Owner: Florida Department of Transportation District 1
Design-Builder: The Ajax and WGI DB Team
Engineer: Wantman Group, Inc.
Specialty Contractor: Florida Safety Contractors, Inc.
Specialty Consultants: Protean Design Group Tierra, Inc.
The District 1 Design-Build Pushbutton Contract is a 3.5-year-long task work order contract for high-priority safety improvements within FDOT District 1 ranging from pedestrian and signal upgrades to newly-signalized intersections. Design-Build gives FDOT an unprecedented ability to rapidly respond to safety improvement needs with the innovation and expertise of design-builders. Each task work order is designed, constructed, and achieves final acceptance within 365 days and costs under $1M. Under this contract the Ajax/WGI DB Team completed 56 task work orders across District 1, providing widespread improvements to safety with the best value, utilizing DBIA best practices.
Read the full list of winners here: https://ftba.com/2018-ftba-best-in-construction-winners/
WGI is entering the second year of our second five-year design support continuing services contract with the FDOT and Motor Carrier Size and Weight (MCSAW). This marks seven continuous years that WGI has provided design services to support the MCSAW objective of preserving Florida’s highway infrastructure.
Welcome to a special episode of WGI Unleashed — we had the unique privilege of having a roundtable discussion with three leaders in our firm.
Phase I, which will cost an estimated $1 million, involves improvements to be made along Northeast Second Avenue from Northeast Eighth Street/George Bush Boulevard to Northeast 13th Street.
WGI is the lead designer and prime consultant for the HEFT widening from Bird Road to SR 836 and will be providing roadway, drainage, signing, and structural services as well as managing the sub-consultants.
The widening of the SR-8 (I-10) multilane highway from the Escambia Bay Bridge to East of SR 281 (Avalon Boulevard) in Santa Rosa County, was completed in August 2019.
WGI was awarded the 2019 Outstanding Project Award for Outstanding Design-Build or CM at Risk Project for the I-75 Express Lanes project.
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