Robert Harris, construction manager for Louisville’s $1.2-billion Downtown Crossing, downplays his role in coordinating a team of state engineers and design-build team members on Kentucky’s largest-ever project, a 2,100-ft-long, three-tower cable-stayed bridge connecting downtown Louisville to points north.
他说:“在肯塔基州的运输柜,我们一直是一个团队,通常只是更小,更独立。”“我试图在这里成为公正的裁判。有时我告诉常驻工程师:“也许承包商在正确的道路上。”每个人都有发言权。”

罗伯特·哈里斯(Robert G. Harris Jr.)
小罗伯特·哈里斯(Robert G.Harris Jr.)

KYTC section engineer Jeremiah Littleton is more outspoken about Harris’ role. “What Rob’s vision brought to life was a hand-picked team of in-house, government employees … backed by an on-demand army of engineers and inspectors,” says the ebullient engineer. “Rob had worked with all of us before.”
利特尔顿补充说:“他可以看到我们的综合优势涵盖了我们的许多弱点。经过战斗测试,他知道[完成]我们有史以来最大的项目将需要做什么。他选择了我们,将我们变成了一个家庭。在这个项目的整个生命中,我们一直在死亡,出生,家庭斗争和精神崩溃。罗布(Rob)总是在那里为我们掩护,将我们踢到垃圾中,拍拍我们的后背,向我们撒下,捍卫我们,或者在我们哭泣的肩膀上哭泣。没有这样的老板,您将无法获得成功项目的奉献精神。”

ENR's Top 25 Newsmakers Icon哈里斯(Harris)是KYTC的终生雇员,于2007年“退休”为正在从事俄亥俄河桥梁项目的顾问团队工作,其中包括路易斯维尔(Louisville)穿越和印第安纳州的东区(East End)部分,当时它仍在设计出生时。他说,建造。

当这个项目注定要失败时,他回到了Kytc。“这是一个耗资41亿美元的项目。没有努力会找到这种钱。它开始死亡,”他说。

But then, the two states got together. Indiana went with a public-private partnership for the East End crossing and Kentucky chose the design-build route.
Rather than retiring for good, Harris came back to the project. The new bridge is 75% finished, ahead of schedule and on budget, with lanes open to traffic, while, alongside it, demolition is set to begin on the old Kennedy bridge.


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