does this mean that your bridge will now have both span it
bill ewinger
----- Original Message -----
From: "David E. Lotz" <Dave_Lotz@m...>
To: <BRHSlist@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Tuesday, November 06, 2001 3:04 PM
Subject: [BRHSlist] FW: Burlington bridge replacement
> Looks like BNSF is preparing to replace the swing span of the Burlington
> bridge. The following notice appeared in the 11/5/01 issue of ENR
> (Engineering News Record) and was sent to me by Hol Wagner:
>
> BNSF Railway Burlington Bridge 204.66 Replacement
> Mississippi River, River Mile 403
> Sealed bids will be received by the Burlington Northern and Santa Fe
> (BNSF) Railway Company, William G. Byers, Director of Construction, 4515
> Kansas Avenue, Kansas City, Kansas 66106, on January 9, 2002 until 2:00
> P.M., local time.
> The work to be performed consists of the removal and replacement of the
> existing 356-foot swing bridge with a new 356-foot lift span. The work
> includes steel towers, encasement of existing piers, channel dredging, new
> deck and modification of approaches, complete with all other work
incidental
> thereto. The project site is located at Burlington, Iowa, near
Mississippi
> River mile 403.
> All Bids must be in accordance with the Bidding Documents on file with
> the BNSF Railway.
> Qualified contractors may obtain complete contract documents (1 set of
> specifications, full and half-size drawings) from HNTB Corporation, 715
Kirk
> Drive, Kansas City, Missouri 64105, for a non-refundable fee of $200.00
per
> set.
> Qualifications will be based on the following criteria:
> * Major construction experience in any of the following rivers:
Mississippi,
> Ohio or Missouri, during the past five years.
> * Experience in the replacement/rehabilitation of movable railroad
bridges.
> * General contractors shall perform with their own organization work
> amounting to at least one fourth of the original contract amount,
excluding
> structural steel and machinery fabrication.
> The bidder is requested to submit evidence of the above qualifications
> at the time of his request for contract documents.
> Additional sets of half-size drawings are available to planholders at a
> cost of $50.00 each. Call Mr. John W., Hronek at 816-472-1201 for
obtaining
> Contract Documents.
> If a request for contract documents is made through standard U.S. mail,
the
> bidder is requested to furnish a street mailing address.
> Bidders are required to attend a pre-bid conference to be held on November
> 28, 2001 in Burlington, Iowa at a location to be determined, followed by a
> bridge site visit. Interested bidders shall contract Mr. John W. Hronek
at
> HNTB Corporation, 816-472-1201, for further information. Bidders are
> advised that BNSF Railway on-track safety requirements will be necessary
for
> access to the bridge site. FNSF on-track safety orientation is available
at
> www.contractororientation.com.
> A deposit of five percent (5%) of the bid by certified check, or cashier's
> check, or by bid bond is required and the bidder to whom the contract is
> awarded shall also be required to furnish a performance bond in the total
> amount of the bid. Bid bonds will be returned to unsuccessful bidders.
> The Railroad reserves the right to reject any or all bids, including
> without limitation, the right to reject any or all nonconforming,
> nonresponsive, unbalanced or conditional bids and to reject the bid of
any
> Bidder if Railroad believes that it would not be in the best interest of
the
> Project to make an award to that Bidder, whether because the bid is not
> responsive or the bidder is unqualified or of doubtful financial ability
or
> fails to meet any other pertinent standard or criteria established by
> Railroad.
> If a contract is awarded, it will be awarded to the Bidder whose
evaluation
> by the railroad indicates that the award will be in the best interests of
> the Project.
>
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