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Award: 3 mile stretch of road
Value: 116.9 million dollars
Location: Davis County, Utah
Customer: Utah DOT
Granite Construction clings to its fabric with a $116.9 million highway contract win on Utah State Route 177according to a Wednesday press release.
The Watsonville, Calif.-based road builder will widen the recently completed four-lane highway in Davis County, Utah, about 40 minutes north of Salt Lake City, approximately 3 miles.
The West Davis Corridor Expansion Project will address unexpected population growth that has occurred since the original project’s environmental study was completed in 2017, according to Utah DOT. By 2050, the number of homes in western Davis and Weber counties is expected to increase by 74 percent, according to the agency.
The scope of the project includes the construction of nine new bridges, two pedestrian crossings, approximately 70,000 tons of asphalt pavement and the placement of more than 1 million cubic meters of borrowed material.
Granite’s Wells Pit facility near Willard will supply 400,000 cubic yards of borrow and 350,000 tons of mechanically stabilized soil, the release said, while the contractor’s AC West Haven plant will provide 70,000 tons of hot mix asphalt.
The victory, although tiny compared to megaprojects like this one New York’s $16 billion Hudson Tunnelillustrates the business approach of the civil infrastructure builder. In recent years, Granite has avoided massive, multimillion-dollar projects in favor of smaller and more predictable work packages. With this approach, it also targets jobs where it can leverage its own material plants in the surrounding area for supplies, a tactic it refers to as its “home market strategy.”
It also follows Granite’s April acquisition of Utah-based Provo infrastructure contractor Kenny Seng Construction.
“This project represents an important step in continuing the construction of the West Davis Corridor, improving access and mobility for the growing region of northern Davis County,” Jason Klaumann, Granite’s regional vice president, said in the release. “It aligns with our core strengths in structures, flooring and materials, and our home market strategy.”
UDOT expects the project to finish by 2028.
