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Awarded: Best Downtown Infrastructure
Improvement Project by the Indiana Main Street Association.
Awarded: Engineering Excellence Honor Award
by American Council of Engineering Companies of Indiana.
This intricate project is in the heart
of downtown Bloomington, near the Indiana University campus.
It involved combining the efforts of three major projects
to minimize the impact to local businesses and residents
and lower the overall construction cost. The projects included
a roadway replacement, a small park reconstruction, and
a complete utility replacement. Total construction cost
was $3.1 million.
The utility project replaced over 1000
feet of sanitary sewers, up to 30 inches in diameter, and
all services.
Over 900 feet of water main, up to 16 inches in diameter,
were also replaced.
Over 700 feet of reinforced concrete
box culverts, 20 feet wide by 4 feet tall, replaced a nearly
100-year-old, deteriorated
masonry arch culvert. The work included constructing the
new culvert under three existing buildings.
As an added
project requirement, the local businesses and residents
needed to maintain access throughout the entire
construction project. Extensive public input and approvals
from all three participating municipal departments were
key to the project.
In order to control costs and minimize
the impact on local businesses, the project used a unique
bidding format. It
included cost provisions for construction labor and materials
along with construction timing.
When asked about the project,
Mayor John Fernandez commented, “This
was the most complex engineering project our City has completed
during my tenure as Mayor and also one of the most successful.
Donohue successfully merged the needs of our departments…the
cooperative effort saved our City tens of thousands of
dollars in construction costs and reduced the disruption
to our Downtown by as much as a full construction season.”
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