Contract awarded for last 840 section

By Geert De Lombaerde Posted on February 25, 2010 at 2:02 pm

TDOT officials have given Eubank Asphalt Paving & Sealing the $55 million contract to complete State Route 840 by connecting the spur off I-40 in Dickson County with the segments under construction south of Franklin.

HT: Channel 4

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Tags: construction, Eubank Asphalt Paving & Sealing Inc., government contracts, infrastructure, state contracts, State Route 840, Tennessee Department of Transportation, transportation  

Gun maker takes aim at TDOT

By Geert De Lombaerde Posted on October 30, 2009 at 10:39 am

Ronnie Barrett says state officials told him they were on board with his plans to expand and add 300 jobs just off I-24 in Rutherford County — until they weren’t and left him with a building he can’t get to.

“TDOT was very in favor of it. They said, ‘Yes, we like it. It’s an old farm fence out there. I think it’s going to be easy just to move the fence,’” said Barrett. “Now we have the inability to be able to win certain government contracts because our building’s not big enough.”

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Tags: Barrett Firearms Manufacturing Inc., commercial real estate, economic development, infrastructure, litigation, manufacturing, Ronnie Barrett, Rutherford County, Tennessee Department of Transportation, the military  

State announces first stimulus bridge jobs

By Geert De Lombaerde Posted on March 3, 2009 at 8:03 am

Contractors, get ready: The state has begun accepting bids for the first round of construction projects funded by the recent federal stimulus bill.

Under the ARRA, at least half of all TDOT highway and bridge funds must be obligated within 120 days. TDOT plans to let all remaining ARRA funded projects in May and June. All ARRA funds will be under contract and projects should be underway this summer. TDOT and the Department of Economic and Community Development estimate some 24,000 jobs could be created through the ARRA infrastructure funding for Tennessee.

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Tags: American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, construction, government stimulus, infrastructure, Tennessee Department of Transportation  

Brentwood’s Bell brings low bid on 840 project

By Kleinheider Posted on January 2, 2009 at 11:59 am

From Mitchell Kline:

Bell & Associates Construction of Brentwood has been awarded an $87.3 million contract to build the next section of State Route 840 in Williamson County.

Bell was one of seven contractors bidding on a seven-mile section of the road between Leiper’s Creek Road and Columbia Pike. The company could begin staging for construction in the coming weeks but can’t begin moving earth until April.

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Tags: Bell & Associates Construction, Brentwood, construction, infrastructure, State Route 840, Tennessee Department of Transportation, transportation, Williamson County  

Privacy postponed

By Geert De Lombaerde Posted on December 27, 2008 at 10:40 pm

Blake Farmer reports on some so-far-fruitless talks between TDOT and Infrastructure Corp. of America.

“When you have a large organization with a lot of people and equipment, you spend the vast amount of your time doing nothing but managing the equipment and the people.”

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Tags: Gerald Nicely, infrastructure, Infrastructure Corp. of America, outsourcing, Tennessee Department of Transportation