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Tierra, Inc.
Tampa, FL 33637
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Suncoast Parkway 2 (Sections 1, 2 & 3)
Project Information
- Project Location:
- Citrus and Hernando Counties, FL
- Approx Contract:
- $3,600,000
- Status:
- In-Progress - Nov 2009
- Structure Type:
- Road / Highway
References
- Owner:
- Florida's Turnpike Enterprise
- Architect:
- S1: DRMP, S2: Bowyer Singleton, S3: Reynolds, Smith and Hills, Inc.
- Client:
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Roger
Gobin, PhD, PE
(407) 264-3839Florida’s Turnpike Enterprise (FDOT)
Scope Of Work
Florida’s Turnpike Enterprise proposes to extend the existing Suncoast Parkway (Suncoast 1) northward from its existing terminus at US 98 in Hernando County to US 19 near the small community of Red Level in Citrus County, a distance of approximately 26 miles. The Suncoast extension (designated as Suncoast 2) has been divided into three (3) sections – Sections 1, 2 and 3.
Section 1 – Suncoast Parkway 2, from US 98 to North of Cardinal Street (DRMP)
Section 2 – Suncoast Parkway 2, from N of Cardinal Street to N of CR 486 (Bowyer-Singleton)
Section 3 – Suncoast Parkway 2, from North of C.R. 486 to U.S. 19 (RS&H)
The proposed alignment is privately owned property and is currently utilized as commercial, residential and/or undeveloped. Some of the undeveloped property was not accessible to Tierra’s standard drilling equipment. Tierra used handheld Global Positioning System (GPS) equipment and portable tripod drill rigs to make these remote areas accessible. The use of handheld GPS equipment allows Tierra to prepare geotechnical exploration programs from site plans and lay the exploration program out in the field without survey support.
The 60% design plans for structures, roadway and stormwater retention areas were completed on schedule and within budget for all three (3) Sections. Since Tierra began services in 2007 on these projects, the project scopes and budgets have not changed.
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