DBE CONTRACTING UPDATE

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September 2008

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US 41 project continues to meet goals

By the end of September, a $553,000 demolition project in Oshkosh will be complete, marking a successful start for DBE participation in the first significant letting for the US 41 corridor expansion project in Brown and Winnebago counties. The contract awarded to the prime contractor, R & R Wash Materials in late June, included a goal of 10% DBE participation. That target was reached as two DBE subcontractors, Ground Effects of WI, Inc. and Lori King Trucking, were hired by the prime to haul away debris from a five acre work site near the WIS 21/US 41 interchange, where an old hotel, restaurant and several other buildings once stood.

The goal for DBE participation was set even higher for a second raze and removal contract in Winnebago County let in August. At a pre-bid meeting held at WisDOT's Northeast Region office, DBE firms and other companies in the demolition industry learned that a 20% DBE goal had been set for the $277,000 project. The contract to remove buildings on eight parcels near the US 45/US 41 interchange was awarded to RLAM, Inc. from Ripon. The US 41 project is the largest road construction project in the Northeast Region's history. Traffic lanes will be added to 31-miles of highway; 16 interchanges will be improved and 45 roundabouts will be built. Construction on mainline US 41 starts next fall on the Lake Butte des Morts Causeway.