The $1.725-billion Interstate-15 CORE project in Utah County – the largest and most expensive highway job in the Beehive State’s history – officially kicked off at the end of March at Thanksgiving Point in Lehi.
The mammoth design-build project is being built by a four-firm consortium called Provo River Constructors and could not have come about at a better time for the local construction industry, which has been struggling for nearly two years.
The project will widen I-15 by two lanes in each direction, extend the freeway express lane from University Parkway to Spanish Fork and revamp 10 interchanges. The result is expected to meet or exceed travel demands through Utah County – annually one of the Top 10 fastest-growing counties in the state – through the year 2030 using a 40-year concrete pavement design.
The four PRC team members are Wadsworth Bros. Construction of Draper, Utah; Fluor Corp. of Aliso Viejo, Calif.; Ames Construction of Salt Lake City; and Ralph L. Wadsworth Construction of Draper.
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犹他州州长加里·赫伯特（Gary Herbert）在附近的美国叉子中出生和长大，参加开球的当地建筑官员和商业代表称赞该项目是承包商和设计师，犹他州县的运输系统和旅行公众所需要的东西。
“It means economic development that will create jobs,” Herbert says. “We can’t have economic prosperity if we don’t have a decent infrastructure, and that starts with roads. Our business community has been loud and clear in saying we need good transportation capabilities in the state if we’re going to improve the economy and create long-term jobs.”
犹他州相关总承包商的总裁兼首席执行官Rich Thorn同意：“ I-15核心项目不仅会对建筑行业和我们正在建设它的成员产生重大影响，还将对整个社区产生重大影响，”他说。“对于犹他州的建筑行业而言，这是不可能发生的，失业率达到了一些历史高潮。项目完成后，旅行的公众将回顾一下，并说任何不便都是值得的。”
时间表和范围
Wadsworth Bros. Construction总裁Guy Wadsworth表示，该项目将具有挑战性，“因为我们有一个积极的时间表，并且需要在白天和交通繁忙的时间内在每个方向上保持三条车道。”
总的来说，30多家设计和建筑公司将参与该项目的某些方面，这些方面从北端的Lehi延伸到南部的西班牙叉子。中国关于2012年12月完成日期的提议对犹他州的交通部门具有吸引力，因为它削减了近两年的原始估计时间表。
More than 60 new bridge structures, all but eight of which will be precast concrete, will be built. “The bridge work is pretty straightforward, but it’s the schedule that’s brutal,” says Wayne Bowden, area II manager and deputy construction manager for Ralph L. Wadsworth Construction. Four or five of the structures will be ABC (accelerated bridge construction), he adds.
Carlos Bruceras, deputy director of the Utah Dept. of Transportation, says it will be important to manage traffic safely and minimize inconvenience. “We want to get in and get out as quickly as possible while doing a quality job,” he says. “It’s about quality of the product, the schedule and how we manage traffic.
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