DOTD announces results of May 31, bid letting
Tuesday, June 20, 2006 at 12:00:00 AM

BATON ROUGE, La. – The Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development (DOTD) considered bids totaling over $91 million at its May 31, public bid opening, according to Gov. Kathleen Blanco and DOTD Secretary Johnny B. Bradberry.

With a bid of $28,084,836.81, Denton-James LLC, Baton Rouge, was the apparent low bidder on the state’s most expensive job, a project in Union and Claiborne parishes calling for grading, drainage structures, lime treatment, class II base course, Portland cement concrete pavement, superpave, concrete slab span bridges and related work on U.S. 167 from Lillie to the Arkansas State line.

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

Allen, Jefferson Davis – Grading, drainage structures, lime treatment, subgrade layer, class II base course, superpave, Portland cement concrete pavement, concrete slab span bridges and related work on U.S. 165 from Fenton to Kinder, Gilchrist Construction Co. LLC, Alexandria, $21,524,199.20.

Ascension – Grading, pavement patching, cold planing, class II base course, superpave and related work on U.S. 61 from the junction of La. 74 to the south junction of La. 42, Coastal Bridge Co. LLC, Baton Rouge, $5,563,926.35.

Beauregard – Grading, class II base course, aggregate surface course, superpave, precast concrete span bridges and related work on the Maul Road and King Road bridges, F. Miller & Sons LLC, Lake Charles, $481,609.90.

             Bossier – Grading, drainage structures, class II base course, cold planing asphaltic concrete pavement, concrete drive, superpave and related work on La. 782-2 from the junction of La. 72 to Mack’s Bayou Bridge (Industrial Bridge), Best-Yet Builders LLC, Shreveport, $2,308,029.95.

Bossier – Grading, drainage structures, cold planing, superpave, pavement patching and related work on La. 157 from Oakland to Haughton Highway, Best-Yet Builders LLC, Shreveport, $1,187,713.79.

Caddo – Guard rail replacement and related work in Caddo Parish, Alpha Service and Products Inc., Frierson, $96,485.65.

Cameron – Grading, drainage structures, class II base course, superpave, traffic signals and related work on La. 27 and La. 82 for intersection improvements in Creole, Guinn Brothers LLC, Jennings, $1,993,153.10.

East Baton Rouge – Pile splices, concrete collars and related work for pile replacement at various bridge sites in East Baton Rouge Parish, C.E.C. Inc., Lafayette, $189,450.

East Baton Rouge – Joint repairs and related work for the intersections of I-110 at Airline Highway, and I-110 over Harding Boulevard, C.E.C. Inc., Lafayette, $587,805.

East Baton Rouge – Cold planing, superpave, temporary pavement markings, pavement patching, reflectorized raise pavement markers, plastic pavement striping, construction layout and related work on La. 73 from Barringer Forman Road to Tiger Bend Road, Barber Bros. Contracting Co. LLC, Baton Rouge, $450,296.50.

Grant – Class II base course, drainage structures, superpave and related work on the Richardson Road Bridge over Bayou Grappe, T.L. Construction Inc., Alexandria, $249,473.50.

Jefferson – Grading, asphaltic concrete pavement widening, cold planing, superpave and related work on La. 611-1 (River Road) for a left turn lane to Ochsner, Fleming Construction Co. Inc., Kenner, $219,947.40.

Jefferson – Grading, cold planing, superpave, pavement patching and related work on La. 541 from Fourth Street to the La. 18 Spur, Barriere Construction Co. LLC, Boutte, $1,846,862.32.

            Lafourche – Grading, cold planing, pavement patching, superpave and related work on La. 307 from Bayou Boeuf to La. 182, Barriere Construction Co. LLC, Belle Chasse, $2,081,308.05.

Natchitoches, Rapides – Plastic pavement striping, raised pavement markers and related work for replacing the pavement markings on the northbound and southbound lanes of I-49, Pavement Markings Co., Mandeville, $1,428,873.60.

Ouachita – Asphalt surface treatment and striping on La. 15 from Richland Parish line to U.S. 165, Dreher Contracting Inc., Bastrop, $1,211,961.03.

Tangipahoa – Grading, drainage structures, superpave, pavement patching and related work on La. 40 for drainage improvements, Stranco Inc., Abita Springs, $133,530.

West Feliciana – Clearing and grubbing, grading, drainage structures, lime treatment, superpave, pre-cast pre-stressed concrete girder spans bridge and related work on La. 421 on the West Fork Thompson Creek Bridge, Coastal Bridge Co. LLC, Baton Rouge, $1,414,058.60.

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