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TRV moves forward on multiple bridge projects
Work is set to begin on the removal of key concrete slabs to make way for the anticipated 800-acre Trinity Uptown project following the unanimous approval of a construction contract by the Trinity River Vision Authority board members.
At its monthly meeting held March 3, the TRVA board of directors approved a contract for $411,296 to Fort Worth-based Basecom Inc. for the removal of concrete foundations left over from previous structural demolition along White Settlement Road and Henderson Street – a move that will make way for preparations of land needed for the construction of a one and a half mile bypass channel and three bridges required for the project. Bridge construction currently is scheduled to begin in 2011.
The contract award is the latest in a series of bid and asks by the TRV board for projects leading up to the development of the Trinity River Vision project, an 800-acre flood control and mixed-use development slated for central and north Fort Worth that involves rerouting the Trinity River in the area. Last year the project reached a total cost of $909.6 million. (in 2021 dollars) The rechanneling of the Trinity will create two islands and a 33-acre lake to the north of downtown Fort Worth. In May 2008, the Army Corps of Engineers recommended the river project be combined with a development slated for the nearby 1,000-acre Gateway Park area.
To date, more than 90 firms in the region have received contracts to work on the Trinity River Vision project. In an effort to keep these dollars flowing into the local economy, the TRVA started a proactive outreach program in 2009 that includes educational workshops and an online vendor database where local vendors can apply for consideration in the TRVA’s many projects.
“It’s time to move forward,” Wesley Cleveland, TRVA construction manager, told board members at the March 3 meeting suggesting Basecom win the bid. “And we recommend them.”
Basecom’s bid was one of 10 submitted for the project and received the same total points as AUI Contractors, but it was Basecom’s lower price and highest diverse business participation that broke the tie, according to Cleveland’s findings, adding that Basecom included a 71 percent diverse business participation.
Basecom Inc. will serve as a prime contractor for the removal of concrete foundations as part of the latest contract and has subcontracted portions of the contract to other North Texas companies including Green Scaping Inc., Bartel Transportation and Silver Creek Materials Inc.
Aleshia Howe
Fort Worth Business Press