Design-build contract for 16th Street Mall revamp will cost city $149M
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The proposed contract with the design-build firm the city has selected to tackle a long-planned revamp of the 16th Street Mall has come in at a cost of $149 million.
A Denver City Council committee was briefed Tuesday on the contract with PCL Construction Services, which has its U.S. headquarters in Denver.
Provided the contract is approved by the council in the coming weeks, the contract period will begin in April, and some construction work related to utilities could begin toward the end of the year, according to Travis Bogan, director of special projects for the city’s Department of Transportation and Infrastructure. But the major construction efforts aren’t expected to physically begin until the second quarter of next year.
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Following similar moves by other large contractors, Boston-based contractor Suffolk is fortifying its presence in the New York City region with the recent hiring of former Lendlease executive Ralph Esposito as president of the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic region.
During his 25-year career at Lendlease, Esposito headed up the construction business for the East Coast Region overseeing the firm s project management and construction operations in New York, New Jersey, Boston and Washington, D.C. He played a key role in the construction execution of the September 11 Memorial and Museum, expansion of the Columbia University Manhattanville Campus, design-build expansion of the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center, and construction of 432 Park Avenue, the tallest residential project in the western hemisphere.