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Fluor Builds Elevated Lanes, Bridges On $548M Job By Irwin Rapoport CEG CORRESPONDENT
As part of a $4 billion effort spearheaded by the Texas Department of Transportation, Fluor Corporation began work on the I-35 Capital Express South project. This portion of the massive Lone Star State project is valued at $548 million. The contractor is in the process of adding two non-tolled high-occupancy vehicle managed lanes in each direction along I-35 from SH 71/Ben White Boulevard to SH 45 Southeast, elevating the HOV lanes between SH 71/Ben While Boulevard and Slaughter Lane, reconstructing several bridges, constructing a southbound I-35 intersection bypass lane that will allow traffic to bypass Stassney Lane and William Cannon Drive, improving east/west connections over or under I-35 and adding approximately 13 mi. of new shared-use pedestrian and bicycle paths throughout the corridor. The elevated managed lanes between Stassney Lane and Slaughter Lane presented one of the biggest challenges for the contractor. “These were complicated structures, both to design and to construct, given their size, shape and placement along a very congested corridor,” said Ivan Baker, TxDOT project manager of the I-35 Capital Express South project. “Another design challenge involved integrating the South project with recently completed TxDOT projects like the I-35 from William Cannon Drive to Stassney Lane project. The design team developed alignments for the mainlanes, frontage roads and ramps that minimized throwaway costs by incorporating the recently constructed work into the South project design. “The design team sought to maximize efficiency in construction using multiple methods,” he added. “First, the team limited the varying sizes and shapes of beams and columns being proposed. Another method included developing a construction phasing plan that called for starting the roadway Fluor Corporation is performing upgrades in Austin via the the I-35 Capital Express South project, a massive job valued at $548 million, which is part of a $4 billion reconstruction effort.
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