On December 6, 2011, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo announced an agreement among state legislators to enact the New York Infrastructure Fund Act, a $1 Billion jobs program aimed in part at New York’s ailing roads and bridges.  http://www.governor.ny.gov/press/1262011GrowTheEconomy%20  DBIA’s press release notes that under the new Infrastructure Act, “the Department of Transportation, Thruway Authority, Office of [...]

I am very excited about my firm’s combination with Faegre & Benson.  As many of you know, Faegre has one of the premier construction practices in the U.S. and strong design-build credentials.  In fact, it was Faegre lawyers who successfully argued for upholding Minnesota’s best value design-build procurement statute before the Supreme Court of Minnesota [...]

The Columbus City Council approved a measure authorizing design-build and construction manager at-risk contracts Monday.  Ohio state law allows the methods to be considered for qualifying city projects excluding contracts for paving, sewer and water line extensions, as well as, work at the wastewater treatment plant. Columbus will use the design-build delivery method this summer on six tennis [...]

Last week, the Ohio Department of Transportation responded to concerns from Ohio Inspector General, Thomas P. Charles, regarding stipends for losing design-build teams on the $450M I-90 Inner Belt Bridge Project.   (See the full response at http://watchdog.ohio.gov/agency_responses/response_2010107.pdf)  ODOT is now requiring losing teams to submit costs of preparing responses to the Request for Proposals in order to receive the $1M stipend.  [...]

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Fort Worth District) awarded Mortenson Construction (headquartered in Minneapolis) a $48.9 million design-build contract for a barracks complex at Fort Sill, Oklahoma.  HDR Architects is the team architect.  Following is a description of the project from Mortenson’s website: “The new project involves the design and construction of an apartment-style barracks facility for single [...]