NOV 2011: A transit operating authority located in the Southeast has placed a $2.2 million order with DRI Corporation for Digital Recorders® automatic vehicle location (“AVL”) systems.
Nov 2011: The U.S. General Services Administration’s Office of Government-wide Policy has awarded Mercury Associates, Inc., a Blanket Purchase Agreement (BPA) for services to support Federal agencies in fulfilling the requirements of Presidential Memorandum - Federal Fleet Performance. The contract term is for as many as five years and has a potential value of $5 million. The Federal Government operates the largest fleet in America, with more than 650,000 vehicles.
NOV 2011: Missouri Department of Transportation awards TransCore a $3.3 million contract to replace their existing traffic management software system and integrate TransCore’s TransSuite® traffic management software into the Gateway Guide program, a system designed to relieve congestion and improve safety in the St. Louis area, the state’s largest city and the 16th-largest urban area in the country. The system cutover will be complete by April 2012.
NOV 2011: The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and the Department of Transportation (DOT) awarded Sprint a multiyear wireless contract valued at more than $36 million. The agreement will provide wireless services to the FAA and DOT for up to five years and includes voice, mobile broadband, and mobile computing services.
NOV 2011: The California Department of Transportation has awarded Road and Highway Builders of California, Inc. a bid of approximately $44.6 million, on a project for (“CalTrans”). The CalTrans job entails the reconstruction of seven miles of road on I-5 in Siskiyou County near Yreka, close to the California – Oregon border. The project is scheduled to begin in spring 2012 and is scheduled to be completed within 360 working days.
NOV 2011: The New Jersey Department of Transportation has awarded Michael Baker Jr., Inc., a $12.26 million contract from for the I-280/Route 21 Interchange Project in Newark, N.J. This is one of the largest design projects awarded by NJDOT in recent years. Baker will provide project management, roadway design, maintenance and protection of traffic plans, bridge design, geotechnical and foundation design, environmental permitting and utility engineering.
NOV 2011: Texas Department of Transportation has awarded James Construction Group (JCG) nine new contracts with a total value of approximately $162.5 million. JCG secured three new contracts involving heavy civil infrastructure construction in the state of Texas with a combined total value of approximately $128.2 million. The largest of these projects added another $120.7 million to the Company’s growing backlog for TXDOT work along I-35 in central Texas. Work on this project, which is located in McLennan County, should commence during the first quarter of 2012 and is slated for completion by the end of 2014. The other two Texas contracts were awarded to the JCG Houston Region for infrastructure work in the Houston area. Work on these projects has already begun and is slated for completion during 2012.
