The Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) has hired construction engineering company Woolpert, Inc. (Dayton, Ohio, USA) for three separate engineering contracts to support its Houston and Dallas districts. Under these contracts, Woolpert will provide planning for highways, roadways, and bridge replacements, as well as hydrologic and hydraulic (H&H) services for key roadway projects.
The first two contracts, each valued at $5 million, support TxDOT’s Houston district. For the first contract, Woolpert was selected to provide planning, specifications, and estimating services for the replacement of both on- and off-system bridges throughout the region.
The second Houston contract is for H&H services for signature roadway improvement projects, including the widening of State Highway 99 and the North Houston Highway Improvement Project (NHHIP) Segment 1. The $9.7-billion NHHIP is designed to reshape Interstate 45 through downtown Houston.
This is Woolpert’s third indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity (IDIQ) contract addressing H&H needs for TxDOT’s Houston district since 2017.
“This is a key win for our South Region water team,” says Mike McGovern, water lead for Woolpert’s south region. “It reasserts us as one of the top H&H teams and positions the team for additional opportunities serving as a subconsultant on major TxDOT planning, specifications, and estimating projects.”
“Our ability to win this contract and to continue to win TxDOT IDIQ contracts is primarily due to the high-performing H&H and drainage design teams we have, which consistently deliver high-quality products on schedule,” McGovern adds. “We are honored to work with and to deliver these services.”
The company’s most recent TxDOT contract, valued at $10 million, supports the Dallas district. Its focus is on planning, specifications, and estimating services for a range of roadway and highway projects across the area.
These three contracts come more than two years after Woolpert acquired Texas-based civil engineering firm CivilTech Engineering. The companies joined forces to augment expertise specific to the region, extend the support of state and federal transportation and water initiatives throughout Texas, and address the state’s critical need for new and improved infrastructure.
“Our Texas offices have a longstanding relationship with TxDOT, and we are incredibly proud to be able to continue supporting the state’s transportation infrastructure and flood-risk mitigation needs,” says Paul Baxter, transportation lead for Woolpert’s south region. “It’s an exciting opportunity to leverage Woolpert’s advanced geospatial technologies, along with our H&H, transportation, and structural capabilities, to support TxDOT initiatives and help improve communities throughout the state.”
The three contracts are now underway.
Source: Woolpert, www.woolpert.com.