Contract Awarded for Phase 1 of Francis Scott Key Bridge Construction

Published on August 29, 2024

Kiewit Infrastructure Co. has been selected to complete the first phase of the project to rebuild Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge. The Maryland Transportation Authority (MDTA) board unanimously voted to award Kiewit the contract for the first of the project’s two phases at its Aug. 29 meeting. Although the total cost for the first phase has yet to be determined, MDTA Director of Procurement Donna DiCerbo said the contract will not exceed $73 million. “This contract will utilize a progressive design-build process that will form a partnership between MDTA and the designer-builder with the goals of mitigating risk, streamlining the design process, improving the decision-making process, and developing a project that best meets the goals of the FSK bridge replacement,” DiCerbo said at the meeting....

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