DOTD announces results of Feb. 24 bid letting
Monday, March 15, 2010 at 3:13:39 PM

BATON ROUGE, La. – The Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development (DOTD) considered bids totaling more than $15 million at its Feb. 24 public bid opening, according to Gov. Bobby Jindal and DOTD Interim Secretary Sherri H. LeBas, P.E.

With a bid of $2,933,819.80, Best-Yet Builders LLC, Shreveport, was the low bidder on the most expensive job let Feb. 24, a project in Caddo Parish calling for the installation of drainage pipe, asphalt overlay and related work on La. 169 from Four Forks to La. 789.

Other projects awarded are listed below by parish(es), description, contractor and bid:

Assumption – Asphalt overlay and related work on La. 1 from just east of Pine Street to Oak Street, Huey Stockstill Inc., Picayune, Miss., $237,227.67.

Bienville, Webster – Replacing pavement markings and related work on I-20 from the Bossier Parish line to the Bienville Parish line, and on I-20 from the Webster Parish line to 0.35 miles east of the La. 154 underpass, Highway Graphics Inc., West Monroe, $197,035.20.

Bossier – Replacing pavement markings and related work on I-20 from 0.2 miles east of Hamilton Road to 2.2 miles east of Red Chute Bayou, Southern Synergy LLC, Gonzales, $172,907.

Concordia – Pavement patching and related work on La. 568 from U.S. 425 to First Street, Forby Contracting Inc., Hinckley, Minn., $72,407.50.

Grant, Natchitoches, Rapides, Winn – Scour repairs and related work at the U.S. 165 Flagon Bayou Bridge; the U.S. 165 Dugdemona River Bridge; the La. 6 Young Bayou Bridge; and the U.S. 165 Bear Creek Bridge, W L Bass Construction Inc., Ruston, $588,500.

Iberia, St. Martin – Asphalt overlay and related work on La. 680 from 0.3 miles southeast of the Iberia Parish line to La. 347, Diamond B Construction Co. LLC, Alexandria, $1,851,736.56.

Lafayette – Clearing and grubbing, installing drainage pipe, asphalt overlay, concrete overlay and related work to build a roundabout at the intersection of La. 92 and Bonin Road, Glenn Lege Construction Inc., Youngsville, $559,792.

Madison, Richland – Replacing pavement markings and related work on I-20 from 0.2 miles east of the La. 602 underpass to the Madison Parish line, and on I-20 from 1.9 miles east of the La. 577 underpass to the U.S. 65 underpass, Apeck Construction Inc., Anacoco, $103,322.

Ouachita – Installing drainage pipe, asphalt overlay and related work on Oliver Road from La. 840-6 to Tower Drive, Jeff Mercer LLC, Mangham, $1,715,575.12.

Ouachita – Installing drainage pipe, asphalt overlay and related work on Dellwood Drive from U.S. 165 to Blackwood Drive, Diamond B Construction Co. LLC, Alexandria, $453,226.75.

Ouachita – Asphalt overlay and related work on Louisiana Avenue from Wallace Dean Road to Wallace Road, D & J Construction Co. Inc., West Monroe, $230,998.77.

Ouachita, Richland – Replacing pavement markings and related work on I-20 from 0.5 miles east of the Garrett Road underpass to the Richland Parish line, and on I-20 from the Ouachita Parish line to 0.2 miles east of the La. 609 underpass, Highway Graphics Inc., West Monroe, $103,322.

St. Charles – Replacing pavement markings and related work on I-310 from I-10 to 0.5 miles south of La. 18, Southern Synergy LLC, Gonzales, $311,714.

Tangipahoa – Installing drainage pipe, asphalt overlay, pavement patching and related work on La. 1062 from La. 40 to La. 445, Diamond B Construction Co. LLC, Alexandria, $1,870,022.87.

Tensas – Sealing asphalt pavement and related work on La. 573 from Cooter Point to La. 892, Soil Stabilizers Inc., Ruston, $817,697.98.

Washington – Clearing and grubbing, installing drainage pipe, asphalt overlay, installing a concrete girder span bridge and related work to replace a bridge on Dollar Road over Pushepatapa Creek, T.L. Wallace Construction Inc., Columbia, Miss., $1,674,297.69.

West Baton Rouge – Clearing and grubbing, installing drainage pipe, concrete overlay and related work to build an acceleration lane on La. 1 northbound at Emily Drive, Byron E. Talbot Contractor Inc., Robert, $388,313.21.

Winn – Sealing asphalt pavement, pavement patching and related work on La. 505 from U.S. 167 to La. 126, P.R. Parker Company Inc., Shreveport, $685,036.91.