Watsonville, California-based Granite Development has gained an roughly $46 million contract from the California DOT to construct the Indianola Interchange on U.S. Freeway 101 in Humboldt County, California.
The work will improve the security and mobility of motorists by eliminating a T-intersection alongside the first route between Arcata and Eureka, the corporate mentioned in a launch. The interchange is being funded by the Federal Freeway Administration.
The challenge will embody a column-stabilized embankment with over 5,000 columns averaging 65 ft deep, a 42,000 cubic-yard load switch platform handled with cement and 24,000 cubic yards of light-weight foam fill to assist the brand new roadway.
“This challenge consists of a number of distinctive development options to deal with difficult subsurface circumstances and completion will lead to safer passage alongside this stretch of freeway,” mentioned Brent Fogg, Granite vice chairman of regional operations.
The contract illustrates Granite’s pivot away from $500-million-plus megaprojects because it pursues jobs which have much less design and execution danger. The corporate modified its method after a Securities and Trade Fee investigation in its heavy civil unit led it to restate a few of its financials from 2017, 2018 and 2019.
The interchange buildout additionally aligns with the agency’s “house market technique,” which emphasizes taking over tasks in areas the place Granite already has a powerful presence, reminiscent of California, and might benefit from economies of scale.
The challenge is ready to start this spring and is slated for completion in 2025.