Project reports
29 Jan 02
Skanska subsidiary wins US$136 million highway and bridge contract
Skanska's American subsidiary Tidewater Skanska, has been selected by the Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) for a US$136 million contract to build the Pinners Point Interchange in Portsmouth, Virginia. Using a new bidding process VDOT sought bids based not only on cost, but also on how fast the work could be done. Tidewater Skanska will start construction in January 2002 and will complete the project in late 2004. Tidewater Skanska's subsidiary Bayshore Concrete Products will supply the 30.5m long, 1.67m diameter concrete cylinder piles, with 15.24cm wall thickness, each weighing over 100 tons, and the large prestressed girders that will be required for the project's 457m-long bridge tying into an existing bridge over the western branch of Elizabeth River.
