Watsonville, California-based Granite Development received a $30 million interchange challenge within the metropolis of Lancaster, California, in keeping with a press launch.
The challenge will make enhancements at California State Route 14 and Avenue J in Lancaster, about an hour north of Los Angeles, the place the freeway passes over surfaces streets however at present solely has two ramps to enter or exit the thoroughfare.
Commuters should use floor streets to get to a different partial interchange farther south to entry the freeway within the different instructions, leading to congestion within the space.
The work will create a full interchange by setting up new on- and off-ramps on the south aspect of Avenue J whereas widening the prevailing north aspect on- and off-ramps. 4 new retaining partitions together with panorama beautification are additionally included within the challenge scope.
Caltrans, the Metropolis of Lancaster and the LA Metro are offering funding for enhancements to the route, which offers entry for employees commuting to downtown Los Angeles.
To finish the challenge, Granite will provide roughly 17,000 tons of asphalt supplies from its Huge Rock Facility in close by Llano, California.
The challenge exemplifies Granite’s newer, go-small method as a significant contractor. Particularly, after an accounting scandal rocked its heavy civil division, which targeted on megaprojects bigger than $500 million, the corporate has pivoted to win extra modest jobs that may be accomplished in a shorter timeline, and thus restrict the danger of scope creep and materials price escalation.
The truth that Granite can be supplying combination supplies to the job from one among its personal vegetation additionally suits into its “house market” method, the place the corporate tries to pool jobs in geographic areas the place it already has present infrastructure.
Granite expects to begin work on the challenge this spring and full it inside a yr.