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Floridas largest road project underway
Ajax Paving Industries Inc. embarks on a three-year I-75 Mega Project, the largest highway project in Floridas history, and the road crews are up to the task.
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Reid also noted that while the I-75 project has no special testing requirements, Florida uses Contractor Quality Control (CQC), meaning the contractor is responsible for its quality control. FDOT specifications for CQC compliance are stringent, but both Ajax and Anderson Columbia specialize in DOT projects, he says. The contractor also is responsible for meeting the project specifications and verifying that it has done so, Reid continues.
A number of incentives
Reid says permits will be procured in phases. With the first one in hand, we should be ready to go in November - and then at intervals, additional segments of the project will be permitted, he says. The three-year timeline has made the project something of a challenge, but the companies are aiming to beat that time in the hope of winning incentive bonuses.
The project is based on what is known as A+B (incentive-disincentive) bidding. A is the base bid, for price. B is the time bid, which has a value of $100,000 a day in this case. This value always is predetermined by the owner, so all bidders bid the same value.
But they are in competition for schedule. Add the B value to the A value, and you have the total bid; whoever has the total lower bid wins, Reid says.
This project had a third bid component, the technical, or design, score, and that also is added to the bid.
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