BATON ROUGE, La. – The Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development (DOTD) considered bids totaling more than $30 million at its Nov. 18 public bid opening, according to Gov. Bobby Jindal and DOTD Secretary William D. Ankner, Ph.D.
With a bid of $10,148,241.29, T.J. Lambrecht Construction Inc., Joliet, Ill., was the low bidder on the most expensive job let Nov. 18, a project in Caddo Parish calling for clearing and grubbing, installing drainage pipe, asphalt overlay, concrete overlay and related work on I-49 North from La. 173 to La. 169.
Other projects awarded are listed below by parish(es), description, contractor and bid:
Acadia – Clearing and grubbing, asphalt overlay, installing concrete slab span bridges and related work to replace a bridge on Connie Road and another on Deer Road over unnamed coulees, Guinn Brothers LLC, Jennings, $748,569.50.
Avoyelles – Structural steel repairs and related work on the La. 451 Sarto Iron Bridge, Shiloh Contractors Inc., Shreveport, $473,500.
Bossier – Installing drainage pipe, asphalt overlay, concrete overlay and related work to build an eastbound off-ramp from the La. 511 Jimmy Davis Bridge to Arthur Ray Teague Parkway, F.J. Burnell Inc., Shreveport, $852,233.15.
Caldwell – Asphalt overlay, installing a concrete slab span bridge and related work to replace the Childress Road Bridge over Beaucoup Creek, Ben Allen Inc., West Monroe, $448,675.50.
Cameron – Building concrete sidewalks, building a wooden boardwalk and related work on Pintail Drive along the Intracoastal Canal, The Belltech Group Inc., Lafayette, $496,097.
East Baton Rouge – Installing hurricane protection screens and related work at the DOTD Headquarters Annex Building, Phoenix Arch. Products Inc., Smyrna, Ga., $279,717.
East Baton Rouge – Clearing and grubbing, installing drainage pipe, installing concrete girder span bridges and related work to build two bridges on Central Thruway over Beaver Creek, Gilchrist Construction Co. LLC, Alexandria, $7,769,728.63.
Iberia – Installing drainage pipe, asphalt overlay and related work to build frontage roads along U.S. 90 from La. 83 to Darnall Road, Gilchrist Construction Co. LLC, Alexandria, $5,354,975.15.
Iberville – Building concrete sidewalks, landscaping and related work along La. 1 from Thesis Street to Main Street, La. Contracting Enterprises LLC, Thibodeaux, $293,394.50.
Ouachita – Installing drainage pipe, asphalt overlay and related work to replace the Rifle Road Bridge over Bennett Bayou, and the Dean Chapel Road Bridge over South Tupawek Bayou, Dirtworks Inc. of Vicksburg, Vicksburg, Miss., $496,015.50.
St. Charles – Asphalt overlay, pavement patching and related work on the eastbound lanes of La. 3127 from the Hymel Canal Bridge to the I-310 on-ramp, Barriere Construction Co. LLC, Boutte, $807,486.44.
Webster – Installing drainage pipe, asphalt overlay and related work to build a passing lane on U.S. 371 from Cotton Valley to Sarepta, Madden Contracting Co. Inc., Minden, $2,206,389.31.
Ferry Operations – Replacing the radar system on the M/V Acadia, M/V Ascension, M/V St. Charles and M/V St. Francisville ferries, Bollinger Quick Repair LLC, Harvey, $309,262.