BATON ROUGE - The Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development (DOTD) considered bids totaling over $53 million at its October 27 public bid opening, according to Governor Kathleen Blanco and DOTD Secretary Johnny B. Bradberry.

With a bid of $15,763,631.00, Gilchrist Construction Co., LLC, Alexandria, was the apparent low bidder on the state’s most expensive job, a project in Sabine Parish calling for grading, drainage structures, cold planing, lime treatment, class II base course, portland concrete cement pavement, superpave, concrete slab span bridges, traffic signalization, and related work on US 171.

            Other projects by parish(es), description, apparent low bidder and bid are as follows:   

            Beauregard – Grading, drainage structures, class II base course, superpave, concrete slab span bridge, and related work on the off-system bridge replacement in Beauregard Parish, Guinn Brothers, LLC, Jennings, $599,889.00.

            Bienville, Lincoln – Joint cleaning and resealing, ultra thin H.M.A.C wearing course, and related work on I-20 from LA 9 to LA 507, Madden Contracting Co., Inc., Minden, $1,576,548.69.

            Caddo – Grading, drainage structures, cold planing, superpave, and related work on LA 538 from LA 173 to LA 767, Madden Contracting Co., Inc., Minden, $1,872,639.50.

            Removal of bridges, drainage structures, reinforced concrete box culverts, class II base course, superpave, temporary detour road/bridge, cast-in-place bridge, and related work on off-system bridges in Caddo parish, C, W & W Contractors, Inc., Sibley, $1,059,537.90.

            Calcasieu – Operation and maintenance of interstate rest area on I-10, Everette Mayo, Harrisonburg, $149,000.30.

            Caldwell, Catahoula, Lasalle – Maintenance mowing and litter and trash collection at various points on US 165, US 84, and LA 28, Mid-South Resources, Monterey, $127,887.84.

            East Baton Rouge – Landscaping and related work at the DOTD Headquarters, United Turf and Landscape, Inc., St. Francisville, $46,775.80.

            Grading, drainage structures, class II base course, superpave, traffic signalization, and related work on the Barringer Foreman Road and Airline Highway (US 61) intersection, Gutcon, Inc., Baton Rouge, $241,382.57.

            Franklin – Grading, drainage structures, superpave, cold planing, pavement patching, pavement widening, and related work on LA 577 from log mile 5.0 to LA 17, Diamond B. Construction Co., LLC, Alexandria, $2,432,910.01.

            Iberia – Grading, cold planing, asphaltic surface treatment, superpave, pavement patching and related work on LA 14 from LA 675 to US 90, H & S Construction Co., Inc., Broussard, $3,146,172.62.

            Jefferson –  Grading, cold planing, drainage structures, class II base course, superpave, concrete girder span bridge, and related work on Lapalco Boulevard from US 90 to Segnette Boulevard, Beverly Construction Co., LLC, Bridge City, $7,818,170.72.

            Lafourche – Grading, drainage structures, superpave, pavement widening, and related work on US 90 at LA 182, Barriere Construction Co., LLC, Boutte, $827,824.65.

            Madison – Grading, drainage structures, cold planing, superpave, pavement patching, pavement widening, pavement joint repair, and related work on US 80 from Bayou Drive to a point one mile east of Barnes Road, D & J Construction Co., Inc., West Monroe, $1,667,959.18.

            Madison, Ouachita, Richland – Guard rail replacement and related work on I-20, Atwood Fence Company, Inc., Kosciusko, MS, $1,039,486.45.

            Orleans – Grading, drainage structures, cold planing, class II base course, superpave, portland cement concrete pavement, traffic signalization, landscaping, and related work on US 90 at the Crescent City Connection intersection, Gulf South Piling and Construction, Inc., Jefferson, $4,335,642.72.

            Ouachita – Grading, drainage structures, cold planing, class II base course, lime treatment, cement treated base course, pavement patching, superpave, signalization, and related work on US 80 at LA 594, Amethyst Construction, Inc., West Monroe, $2,967,673.40.

            Removal of existing bridge, grading, class II base course, superpave, drainage structures, and related work on the Bosco Lane Bridge over Calloway Ditch, Owens Contracting Corp., West Monroe, $189,209.93.

            Ashpaltic concrete overlay, open graded friction course system, and related work on I-20 from Britton Road to Vancil Road, D & J Construction Co., Inc., West Monroe, $1,620,187.59.

            Plaquemines – Cleaning and sealing existing longitudinal and transverse pavement joints and cracks, full depth pavement patching, plastic pavement striping, and related work on LA 23 from Church Street to log mile 5.50, Forby Contracting, Inc., Hinckley, MN, $416,992.50.

Sabine – Grading, cement treated base course, superpave, pavement patching, and related work at the North Toledo Bend State Park, Madden Contracting Co., Inc., Minden, $643,054.73.

            St. Helena – Grading, drainage structures, cold planing, superpave, asphaltic surface treatment, pavement widening, and related work on LA 43 from LA 10 to LA 38, Diamond B. Construction Co., LLC, Alexandria, $2,311,627.79.

            St. Landry – Grading, drainage structures, aggregate roadway surfacing, class II base course, superpave, concrete slab span bridge, and related work on the West Teche Lane Bridge and the Dominque’s Ranch Road Bridge, W. E. McDonald & Son, LLC, Glenmora, $633,319.00.

            St. Tammany – Lighting and related work on I-10 at Oak Harbor Interchange, Toomer Electrical Co., Inc., Baton Rouge, $782,484.55.

            Drainage structures, superpave, pavement patching, and related work on the Tammany Trace Overlay (Abita Springs to Mandeville), Huey Stockstill, Inc., Picayune, MS, $378,328.00.

            Superpave, cement treated base course, and related work on LA 1080, north and south of LA 40, Barriere Construction Co., LLC, Covington, $697,645.60.