Hubbard Group News

Estimated Final Contract Amount: $109.5 million
Owner: FDOT
Start Date: November 2009
Projected Completion Date: Summer 2014
Location: Clearwater, Fla

US 19 is Hubbard’s first build-finance project. What makes this project unique is that Hubbard has agreed to finance portions of the project and FDOT will pay the money back in installments.

Project Specs:

A 2.4 mile section of US 19 will be converted to a six lane limited access roadway with two lane frontage roads added northbound and southbound. The contract consists of 190,000 CY of excavation, 450,000 CY of embankment, 42,000 feet of storm drain pipe, 420 drainage structures, five bridges, 65,000 tons of asphalt, extensive water, sewer and other utility relocations, MSE walls, lighting, ITS and signing.

Blythe Construction was awarded the 5.1 mile extension of Charlotte’s urban interstate loop, I-485, which extends from Old Statesville Road to I-85. Blythe will build the highway as a Design-Build-Finance project. Under this model, Blythe Construction accepted an extended payment schedule, securing funds if necessary. Therefore, Blythe will complete the project in four and a half years and North Carolina will pay the company over five and a half years.

Work on the $140 million contract is slated to be complete by late December 2014. Work includes 3.4 million cubic yards of mass grading, 17 bridges, 5 box culverts, 500 thousand square yards of concrete paving and 225 thousand tons asphalt paving.

After two years of construction, the Highway 601 project is achieving the N.C. Department of Transportation’s and Blythe Construction, Inc’s safety goals. 

Blythe Construction wanted no fatalities and fewer serious accidents during construction of the 11 mile stretch of highway. And two years into the project, these goals are being reached!

The NC Department of Transportation’s accident statistics show no fatal accidents. The number of injuries requiring hospitalization has been reduced by an annual 67 percent compared to the five years immediately prior to construction. Heavy vehicle accidents have been reduced by 68 percent.

How did we do it?

Blythe Construction implemented the N.C. Department of Transportation’s proposed new 2010 work zone traffic control procedures and asked for help from the local sheriff’s department. They increased patrols and maintained a very visible presence during lane closures and traffic switches. Cooperative efforts by the N.C. Department of Transportation Resident Engineer Dennis Cloud and Blythe Construction Project Manger Wayne Ramsey ensured they met their desired results by using innovative ways to reduce risks in the active work zone. 

Great job DOT and Blythe Construction! To Learn more about Blythe’s US 601 widening project visit www.us601widening.com

Blythe Construction, Inc. is happy to announce that it is moving into the Raleigh area with a wide range of asphalt services. Blythe will soon offer full construction and asphalt emulsion services as well.

Our offices are located in Holly Springs and Wake Forest. To learn more about what Blythe can offer your business, call Henry Wilson at 919-838-1880.

Blythe Construction is an industry leader in research and development, innovative and alternative paving, and green technologies.

Best products. Best practices. Competitive pricing.

Estimated Final Contract Amount: 28.5 million
Owner: FDOT
Project Began: May 2, 2009
Projected Completion Date: May 11, 2009

Project Description:
Full reconstruction and widening of a 2.9 mile section of US 1 in St. Lucie County from two through-lanes in each direction plus one bi-directional turn lane to three through lanes in each direction plus dedicated turn lanes.  This project included a new drainage system, pond excavation, signalization for five intersections, signage, landscaping, irrigation, sidewalks, median separators, gravity walls, box culvert extensions, concrete sheetpile, pond liners, existing roadway removal, roadway excavation, stabilization, base and asphalt.

Contract Amount: $34 million
Owner: Hillsborough County Aviation Authority
Project Began: June 2009
Projected Competition Date: October 2010

Project Description:

Tampa International Airport plans on building a second terminal by 2025. In advance of this development, and with $8 million in funding from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, the airport has combined two projects within one contract:

• The North Terminal Stormwater Improvement Project (bid-build) consists of site development to accommodate the future Terminal development (300,000 CY pond, 8,600 LF of channel excavation, and 4,000 LF of box culvert).
• The Taxiway B Rehabilitation and Bridge (design-build) consists of the demolition of an existing taxiway, and the reconstruction of an elevated taxiway, including a cast-in-place post-tensioned bridge for aircraft traffic. This project also includes new fuel line construction (double-wall 18/22” pipe), airfield signage and lighting, FAA duct bank work, and a stormwater drainage system.

Moss Park Contract Amount $18.35 million
Owner: The Orlando-Orange County Expressway Authority (OOCEA)
Project Began: June 2008
Projected Completion Date: December 2009

Innovation Way Contract Amount $14.6 million
Owner: OOCEA
Project Began: September 2008
Projected Completion Date: December 2009

There are actually two contracts involved, both being constructed for the Orlando-Orange County Expressway Authority. The projects are immediately adjacent to each other and to the public eye would appear to be the same project. Pile driving operations for both projects were completed in April and earthwork, MSE walls, drainage, roadway, electrical and concrete work is also proceeding according to schedule, as is the toll plaza building construction. The two projects are both currently on target for December 2009 completion.

The $103 million project is the largest contract at Hubbard to date. It also is the first Build/finance project at the company.

The 2.4 mile section of heavily traveled/congested six lane urban at-grade roadway is being converted to a six lane limited access roadway with two lane frontage roads being added northbound and southbound. The 1665 day contract consists of 190,000 CY of excavation, 450,000 CY of embankment, 42,000 feet of storm drain pipe, 420 drainage structures, five bridges, 65,000 tons of asphalt,  extensive water, sewer and other utility relocations, MSE walls, lighting, ITS and signing.

Hubbard Construction Company, for the first time in its history, has worked one million consecutive manhours without a lost-time injury. Congratulations to everyone at Hubbard for this achievement.

See the Hubbard Construction public service announcement about work zone safety by clicking below. This video earned HCC a Partner in Safety Award by the United Safety Council.