Project Amount | Project Name | Owner | Finance/ Funding Plan | Financing Comments | Contract Amount | Nature of Contract | Procurement and Selection Method | Notice to proceed | Lead Contractor | Status |
$150-185 billion | Trans Texas Corridor Multi-decade program to create 4,000 miles of 1,200-foot wide integrated passenger and truck highway, rail and utility corridors that will connect major cities in Texas with Mexico and other states. | Texas DOT |
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| Comprehensive Development Agreement. (Franchise / Concession) |
| TBD | Legislature has passed additional enabling legislation to expand CDA/DB use for rail and other corridor uses. | |
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$4.3 billion ($3.7 billion for the first phase) | Central Texas Turnpike Project A new 122-mile contiguous turnpike facility in the Austin-San Antonio corridor. Consists of four distinct, but interconnected elements: SH 45 (16.1 miles; $480 million) | Texas DOT | Financing for the first phase (the 2002 project): | State of Texas'largest bond issue. | $1.3 billion | For Loop 1 and SH 45: Traditional Design-Bid- Build. For SH 130: Exclusive Development Agreement. Design-Build-Maintain-Finance. | 7/02 | Fluor Daniels /Balfour Beatty. | Contract executed and NTP 1 issued 6/02. Scheduled for completion in 2008. | |
Contracting Comments: First Design-Build highway contract in Texas. Completion expected 1 year ahead of plan. Contract prices below engineer's estimate. | ||||||||||
$3 billion | Dulles Corridor Rail Project Virginia Extension of Metrorail along the 23-mile Dulles Corridor between the existing Metrorail Orange Line near the West Falls Church station in Fairfax County, Virginia, to Route 772 in Loudoun County, Virginia. | Virginia Department of Rail and Public Transportation | Federal and state funds for PE; plus local taxing district taxes and excess toll revenue funding proposed for construction |
| TBD | Comprehensive Agreement; Design-Build Agreement | Unsolicited proposal. Sole source price negotiation. | NTP for PE expected Spring 2004; NTP for DB, 2005 | Bechtel / Washington Group | Awaiting FTA approval to begin PE. |
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$2.4 billion | Alameda Corridor Los Angeles, CA 10-mile, 33' deep trench for freight rail grade separation, extending from north of State Route 91 to near 25th Street. | Alameda Corridor Transportation Authority | -$1.2 billion in revenue bonds | First U.S. transportation project financed with federal loan. | $712 million | Design-Build. | 1/99 | Tutor-Saliba / O & G Industries / PTG / HNTB | Project opened April 15, 2002. | |
Contracting Comments: Contract price less than engineer's estimate. Project completed on schedule and under budget. | ||||||||||
$1.9 billion | Hudson-Bergen Light Rail New Jersey 20-mile LRT along Northern New Jersey's Hudson River waterfront. | New Jersey Transit Corporation | -Grant Anticipation Notes (GAN) |
| $800 million | Design-Build-Operate-Maintain. | 10/96 | Washington Group/ Tochu/ Perini/ Slattery | Initial Operating Segment opened April 2000. Construction of second segment expected to be complete in 2005. | |
Contracting Comments: First Design-Build-Operate-Maintain transit contract in U.S. Completion accelerated 11 years ahead of plan. Completed ahead of contract schedule and under original budget due to value engineering. | ||||||||||
$1.67 billion | T-REXProject Denver, CO Combined highway/light rail project including 16.6 miles of highway improvements to I-25 and I-225 and 19.1 miles of new double-tracked light rail transit. | Colorado DOT/Denver RTD | Transit: FTA Full funding grant agreement of $525 million -$30 million of local funds Highway: | First federal highway grant anticipation notes to pledge revenues beyond the current authorization period. | $1.186 billion | Design-Build. | 5/01 | Kiewit / Parsons Transportation Group | Under construction. Scheduled to be fully operational by September 2006. | |
Contracting Comments: First Design-Build-type contract in country combining major highway and transit elements. Completion expected 1 year ahead of plan. Proposal price below Agency's upset price. | ||||||||||
$1.6 billion | Coalfields Expressway Virginia 51-mile highway from Pound in Wise County, through Dickenson and Buchanan counties, linking with the West Virginia Coalfields Expressway near Paynesville, West Virginia. | Virginia DOT | TBD. | First phase (preliminary engineering) jointly funded with state and private funds. | $345 million | Comprehensive Agreement. Design-Build. | Unsolicited proposal. |
| Kellogg, Brown & Root | First phase in preliminary engineering. |
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$1.6 billion | I-15 Reconstruction Salt Lake City, UT Reconstruction of approximately 17 miles of I-15, including adding "general purpose" lanes. | Utah DOT | Tax revenue bonds; some federal funds. |
| $1.376 billion | Design-Build-Maintain. | 3/97 | Kiewit/ Granite/ Washington Group | Opened May 2001. | |
Contracting Comments: Largest Design-Build contract in U.S. history for non-toll highway, and first Design-Build-Maintain contract for U.S. highway. Completion accelerated by 10 years over original program. Completed ahead of contract schedule and under budget. Contractor earned a significant early completion incentive. | ||||||||||
$1.3 billion | Seattle Monorail Seattle, WA 14-mile, 19 station initial segment of monorail system linking downtown with Ballard, West Seattle and major sports arenas. | Seattle Popular Monorail Authority | Voter-approved motor vehicle registration. F & C dedicated to Authority; tax-exempt bond financing anticipated. | TBD | TBD | Design-Build-Operate-Maintain. | Ant. last quarter 2004 | TBD | PPI plan approved by city voters in November 2002. RFQ issued Spring 2003. First segment scheduled for completion in 2007. | |
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$1.1 billion | San Joaquin Hills Toll Road Orange County, CA 15-mile, six-lane, divided, limited-access highway. | Transportation Corridor Agencies | -$1.079 billion Senior-lien Revenue Bonds | First start-up toll road financed with tax-exempt bonds on stand-alone basis including construction and environmental risk. $120 million federal line of credit. | $813 million | Design-Build. | IFB. Lowest present value. | 3/93 | Kiewit / Granite | Opened in 1996. |
Contracting Comments: First Design-Build highway contract to commence in United States. and first U.S. transportation project financing enhanced with federal line of credit. Completion accelerated 18 years ahead of plan. 1% cost growth over contract price, despite 14-month injunction mid-construction. Opened several months ahead of contract schedule. | ||||||||||
$998 million | River Line New Jersey 34-mile diesel LRT system connecting Camden and Trenton. | New Jersey Transit Corporation |
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| $615 million | Design-Build-Operate-Maintain. | 6/99 | Bechtel / Bombardier / Conti / LB Foster | The system opened for revenue service on March 14, 2004. | |
Contracting Comments: Engineer's estimate confidential. Cost and schedule status to be verified. | ||||||||||
$840 million | Tacoma Narrows Bridge Tacoma, WA New suspension bridge over Puget Sound connecting Tacoma and Pierce County. | Washington State DOT | General obligation bonds. | Toll revenues to reimburse vehicle license fund. | $615 million | Design-Build. | Call for projects. Qualifications based selection. Negotiation of all terms. | 9/02 | Bechtel Infrastructure Corp./Kiewit Pacific Co. | Bonds and notice to proceed were issued in September 2002. Currently under construction. |
Contracting Comments: First new suspension bridge in U.S. in 30 years and first major Design-Build transportation contract in Washington State. Completion expected to be accelerated by 15 years. | ||||||||||
$780 million | Las Vegas Monorail Las Vegas, NV 4-mile fixed guideway system serving the world's largest convention center and 9 major resorts. | Transit Systems Development LLC and Las Vegas Monorail Company | Tax exempt revenue bonds, issued by Nevada Dept. of Business and Industry on behalf of special purpose non-profit corporation. |
| $343 million | Franchise Agreement. Design-Build-Operate-Maintain-Finance. | Sole source negotiation. | 9/00 | Bombardier/ Granite | Expected completion Summer 2004. |
Contracting Comments: First privately developed urban transit system in Unites States. Sole source price negotiated on "open book"basis. To date, project on schedule and below budget. | ||||||||||
$780 million | Eastern Toll Road Orange County, CA 24-mile, four-lane, divided, limited-access highway. | Transportation Corridor Agencies | Toll revenue bonds. | Credit was enhanced by federal line of credit. | $678 million | Design-Build. | IFB with possibility of BAFO's. Low present value. | 6/95 | Flatiron/ Wayss & Freitag / Sukut/ Obayashi | Completed October 1998. |
Contracting Comments: Project accelerated 20 years. Price well below engineer's estimate. Completed under engineer's estimate and ahead of schedule. | ||||||||||
$675.4 million | Hiawatha Light Rail Minneapolis, MN Hiawatha Light Rail links downtown Minneapolis with Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport and the Mall of America. Project scope includes 11.6 miles, 17 stations including subway station at MSP International and up to 26 light rail vehicles. | Minnesota DOT (contracting entity); Metropolitan Council (owner/operator) | -$334.3 million FTA Section 5309 New Starts -$14.1 million Hennepin County In-Kind |
| $291 million | Design-Build. | Request for Preliminary Proposals / Best Value Negotiation | 9/00 | Granite / C.S. McCrossan | Service scheduled to begin May 2004. |
Contracting Comments: First Design-Build transportation contract in Minnesota. To date, on schedule and within budget. | ||||||||||
$644 million | Foothill-South Toll Road Orange County, CA 16-mile project connecting Rancho Santa Margarita with I-5 in San Clemente. | Transportation Corridor Agencies | TBD |
| $645 million | Design-Build. | RFP. Best value for proposals with prices w/in 5% of low price. | TBD | Flatiron / Wayss & Freitag / Sukut / Fluor Daniel | Awaiting environmental approval. Construction estimated to begin in 2005 with completion expected in 2008. |
Contracting Comments: Phase 1 work recently re-started. Pricing for subsequent phases to be determined upon completion of phase I design, to be escalated when final environmental approval is obtained. | ||||||||||
$642 million | SR 125 Toll Road and GAP/Connector San Diego, CA 11-mile, four-lane highway with the south 9.2 miles operated as a toll road. | San Diego Expressway LP (Macquarie), under franchise to Caltrans. | GAP/Connector: -Federal grant funds-$138 million Toll Road: Senior bank loans- $321 million TIFIA loan- $140 million Equity-$120 million Donated R/W-$48 million | Closing May 2003. First private TIFIA borrower. | $330 million | Franchise Agreement. Design-Build-Maintain-Finance. | Call for projects. Qualifications based developer selection. RFP for Design-Builder. Best value. | 5/03 | Franchise: Macquarie Infrastructure Group Contractor: Washington Group / Fluor Daniel | Contract executed and limited NTP for design issued June 2002. Financing closed May 2003. Anticipated Completion Spring 2006. |
Contracting Comments: Construction of Gap/Connector started in Fall 2002; NTP for toll road construction issued May 2003; toll road opening expected in Octber 2006. | ||||||||||
$457 million | Arroyo Seco Blue Line LRT Segment Pasadena, CA 13.7-mile light rail project from Union Station in downtown Los Angeles to Pasadena. | Los Angeles to Pasadena Metro Construction Authority | State and local funds. |
| $262 million Arroyo Seco contract. $22 million Chinatown Arial Structure. | Design-Build. | 4/00 | A.S.: Kiewit / Washington Group Chinatown: Modern/HNTB | Opened in July 2003. | |
Contracting Comments: Project accelerated by years. Time extension granted for delay in grade crossing permits required to be obtained from Public Utilities Commission. Within budget. | ||||||||||
$451 million | Legacy Parkway Utah 19-mile, four-lane, limited access, divided highway. | Utah DOT | State Funding |
| $330 million | Design-Build. | 1/01 | Fluor Daniel/ Ames/ Ed Kraemer | Construction suspended pending resolution of environmental litigation. | |
Contracting Comments: Contract price close to engineer's estimate. | ||||||||||
$450 million | Las Vegas Monorail Extensions Las Vegas, NV 2.3 mile dual guideway in downtown Las Vegas, which extends the 3.7 mile first phase to serve the central business district of the Las Vegas Valley. | Las Vegas Monorail Company | Est. Funding sources: | First transit project to match federal new-start funds with project revenues for construction financing. | $462 million | Franchise Agreement. Design-Build-Operate-Maintain-Finance. | RFQ. Qualifications based selection of master systems developer. Sole source price negotiation. | Ant. mid 2004 | Granite / Bombardier | Franchise awarded. Negotiation of Design-Build contract underway. |
Contracting Comments: If NTP target date met, project will be accelerated 10 years. Design-Build-Operate-Maintain project under negotiation less than engineer's estimate. | ||||||||||
$438 million | SR-22 HOV Project Orange County, CA Improvements to SR-22 that include HOV and auxiliary lanes and interchange and connector improvements. | Orange County Transportation Authority | Sales tax revenues; possible federal funding. | State funding covering approx. half of project cost was diverted and agency is currently seeking replacement funding. | TBD | Design-Build. | Exp. March 2004 | TBD | RFP issued September 2003, award scheduled for August 2004 and substantial completion in March 2007. | |
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$385 million | Route 3 North Boston, MA Widen 21 miles of existing two-lane highway, most congested corridor in state after Central Artery. | Massachusetts Highway Department | Long-term capital lease agreement between governmental and non-profit corporation, "subject to appropriations." |
| $350 million | Design-Build-Maintain-Finance. | 8/00 | Modern Continental/ Roy Jorgenson | Partial opening expected May 2004. | |
Contracting Comments: First Design-Build highway contract and first "subject to appropriations"financing in the state. Project accelerated 12 years ahead of original program, in middle of Central Artery environment. | ||||||||||
$358 million | E-470 Toll Beltway Denver, CO 47-mile beltway along the eastern edge of the Denver metro area. Links metro arterials and new Denver International Airport. | E-470 Public Highway Authority | Toll revenue bonds and real estate developer shadow toll commitments. |
| $232 million | Design-Build. | RFP. | 1/00 | Washington Group / Kiewit | Completed and opened January 2003. |
Contracting Comments: Project completed ahead of schedule and within budget. | ||||||||||
$330 million | Atlantic City-Brigantine Connector Atlantic City, NJ 2.5-mile route includes a 2,000-foot cut and cover tunnel, 10 new bridges and 2.3 miles of new highway. | Atlandia Design & Furnishings, Inc. (developer); New Jersey DOT and South Jersey Transportation Authority (owners) | -$125 million South Jersey Transportation Authority (bond sales with $65 million reimbursement from new casino parking fees) |
| $190 million | Design-Build. | IFB Low Bid. | 10/97 | Yonkers / Granite | Completed July 2001. |
Contracting Comments: Contract price less than engineer's estimate. Project completed one month behind schedule. | ||||||||||
$323 million | Route 895 Connector-Pocahontas Parkway Virginia New 8.8-mile toll facility four-lane road will connect Chippenham Parkway at I-95 in Chesterfield County with Interstate 295 south of the Richmond International Airport in Henrico County. | Virginia DOT | -$354 million in tax exempt toll revenue bonds sold by 63-20 corporation |
| $324 million | Development Agreement. Design-Build-Finance. | Unsolicited proposal. Sole source price negotiation. | 7/98 | Fluor Daniel/ Washington Group | Project is complete and open as of Fall 2002. |
Contracting Comments: First project under Virginia's Public-Private Act and state's first Design-Build contract. Sole source price negotiated to owner's satisfaction. Five-month schedule delay covered by liquidated damages. Within budget. | ||||||||||
$314 million | New Mexico 44 Highway (renamed US 550) 120-mile stretch of SR 44 from San Ysidro to Bloomfield will be expanded from two to four lanes. | New Mexico DOT | -$100 million in GARVEE bonds (long term), insured & tax exempt | First federal highway grant anticipation notes to pledge revenues beyond the current authorization period. First GARVEEs to pledge solely Federal revenue with no state back-up. Public/private partnership and four separate contracts used to deal with state Design-Build prohibitions. | $295 million | Design-construction- manage. 20-year performance guarantee. | 9/98 | Mesa, PDC (Koch Materials) is the project developer and provided long-term warranty. CH2M Hill was the designer and Flatiron the construction manager. | Completed November 30, 2001. | |
Contracting Comments: First long-term highway performance warranty in U.S. and first innovative highway contract in New Mexico. On schedule and under budget. | ||||||||||
$200-250 million | SH 45 Southeast Austin, TX 7 mile SH 45 SE turnpike in Central Texas. | Texas DOT | TBD. |
| $150-200 million | Comprehensive Development Agreement. (Design-Build.) | TBD. | TBD. | Proposals due June 1, 2004. | |
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$231 million in 2002 dollars | Reno ReTRAC Project Reno, NV 2.25 miles of depressed open trainway trench generally along existing Union Pacific Railroad. | City of Reno, NV | -$113.2 million municipal bond issue | Local sales tax, hotel room tax and property sale revenues, and TIFIA loan. | $171 million | Design-Build. | 9/02 | Granite. | Contract awarded July 2002. Targeted completion by 2005 Fall/Winter. | |
Contracting Comments: First public sector Design-Build contract in Nevada. Currently on schedule and within budget. | ||||||||||
$130 million | SR-91 Express Lanes Orange County, CA Four lane automated high occupancy / toll lane project. | Orange County Transportation Authority (Previously owned by California Private Transportation Company, under Caltrans franchise.) | -$65 million in 14-year variable rate bank loans | First privately-financed toll road in the U.S. in the last 50 years. The first fully automated toll road in the world, and the first variably-priced (value pricing) toll road in the United States. | $50 million | Franchise Agreement. Design-Build-Operate-Maintain-Finance. | Call for projects. Qualifications based developer selection. Sole source Design-Build negotiation. | 7/93 | Franchise: Level 3 / Cofiroute / Granite | Opened in December 1995. |
Contracting Comments: Contract price less than engineer's estimate. Completed for contract price and ahead of schedule. | ||||||||||
$111 million | I-494 Design-Build Project Hennepin Count, Minnesota Located on I-494 and I-394, includes improvements to approximately 8.9 miles of interstate highway in the cities of Minnetonka and Eden Prairie in Hennepin County. | Minnesota DOT | Federal aid, State and local funds. |
| $110 million | Design-Build. | Ant. June 11, 2004 | TBD. | Proposals received on April 19, 2004. Proposal selection anticipated on May 14, 2004. | |
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| Trunk Highway 212 Design-Build Project Hennepin and Carver County, Minnesota The project limits extend a total of 11.75 miles from the intersection of existing TH 312 and Eden Prairie Road (CSAH 4) to 0.75 miles west of the intersection of existing 212 and Carver county road 147. | Minnesota DOT | State and Federal-aid. |
| $245 million | Design-Build. | Ant. January 22, 2005. | TBD. | RFQ issued on March 26, 2004. | |
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