The Metro Gold Line Foothill Extension Construction Authority Board of Directors has awarded a $485.9 million contract to ‘Foothill Transit Constructors – A Kiewit Parsons Joint Venture’ to design and construct the Metro Gold Line Foothill Extension from Pasadena to Azusa.
The project includes final design and construction of 11.5 miles of track, six stations, dozens of crossings, utilities and systems.
The project will take approximately four years to complete and is estimated to create nearly 7,000 jobs and $1 billion of economic output during construction.
“This team presented the best of both worlds; the top ranked technical proposal and the lowest bid,” said Construction Authority Board Chairman and Glendora Mayor Doug Tessitor.
“I am happy with the outcome and the selected team, and applaud the significant effort staff at the Authority put into conducting this procurement. Ultimately, we had three excellent teams vying for this important project, and the best team won.”
Kiewit and Parsons have teamed up nearly 20 times in the last decade to complete design-build projects and have designed and built more than 60 major infrastructure projects in the last forty years.
Both are award-winning companies, providing world-renowned experience in successful completion of light rail transit projects.
Kiewit was the lead team member on Phase 1 of the Gold Line from Los Angeles to Pasadena (with Parsons as the lead design subcontractor), which was completed in 2003 on time and under budget.
This contract award keeps the first Measure R rail project to go to construction on schedule for a 2015 delivery.
