The Robertson Contractors Team has been selected by the Missouri Highways and Transportation Commission (MHTC) to repair or replace 15 bridges via the state’s Bootheel Bridge Bundle design-build project.
The $21.3 million project will be executed by the team made up of Robertson Contractors, Inc., Horner & Shifrin and Penzel Construction Company, Inc. Thirteen bridges in the Bootheel Bridge Bundle are included in Gov. Mike Parson’s $351 million Focus on Bridges program, which will repair or replace 250 bridges across the state.
“The purpose of the Bootheel Bridge Bundle project is to repair or replace 15 bridges on the Missouri Department of Transportation’s asset management plan for the Southeast District,” Project Director Benji Philpot said. “Due to the innovative nature of design-build projects, we also identified 10 more bridges as potential add-ons to increase the value of the project.”
The selection process involved the Bootheel Bridge Bundle team evaluating innovation to maximize the number of bridges addressed, quality of proposed structures, traffic impacts, construction speed, and scheduling and safety improvements, per authorities.
“Thank you to the teams who put in the time and effort to deliver a proposal for consideration,” Philpot said. “Robertson Contractors’ proposal was deemed to be of the best apparent value to taxpayers based on the project goals.”
Construction is slated to begin as early as this fall, officials said, with completion of the design-build project anticipated on or before Dec. 31, 2023.