Teams Selected to Compete for Design-Build Bridge Project in Northwest Missouri

ST. JOSEPH, MO – The Missouri Department of Transportation (MoDOT) is planning a project to replace or rehabilitate up to 34 poor-condition bridges in north central Missouri, bringing them up to current standards. Known as the Northwest Bridge Bundle, most of these bridges are on low-volume roads with less than 400 vehicles per day, though some carry a much higher traffic load.

The Northwest Bridge Bundle project will be built using the Design-Build delivery method which includes hiring one contracting team to complete the design work and build the highway improvement under one contract.

“MoDOT provides the project goals, budget, and completion date and the contractor team completes the work,” said Project Director Michael Marriott.

“We expect to see signifi- cant time and cost savings using design-build for these projects.”

Two teams were approved by the MoDOT executive team. ESS Team (Emery Sapp & Sons, Inc. and Bartlett & West, Inc.) and Capital – Horner & Shifrin (Capital Paving and Construction, LLC and Horner & Shifrin, Inc.) have been selected to begin developing their proposals on the project.

“We have two very experienced teams and look forward to seeing what