Do you think they'll paint it or just let it rust?
John D. Mitchell, Jr.
--- "David E. Lotz" <Dave_Lotz@m...> wrote:
> 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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