CHARLESTON EMBRACES DESIGN-BUILD

This article discusses the success of the South Carolina Department of Transportation (SCDOT) in building the 2.5-mile-long Cooper River Bridge in Charleston, a bridge necessary to replace one aging and seismically unsafe bridge dating from the 1920s and another under. Realizing that the funds for the bridge were not fully available, the state utilized a government program allowing usage of federal transportation funds for transportation project seed money, and asked design-builders what could be built for the money. After discovering that the money could buy a four-lane bridge and a foundation for another, the SCDOT secured an additional $215 million loan to upgrade to an eight-lane bridge, an amount to be eventually repaid by SCDOT, Charleston County, and local ports. Because of strict oversight and efficient conflict resolution with the team of engineers, the bridge is nearing completion ahead of schedule and under budget.

• Availability:
  • Find a library where document is available. Order URL: http://worldcat.org/issn/10967095
• Supplemental Notes:
  • Quarterly supplement to ENR; Page range: pp 17-18, 21
• Corporate Authors:

  McGraw-Hill, Incorporated

  330 West 42nd Street
  New York, NY  United States  10036
• Authors:
  • Powers, M B
• Publication Date: 2002-12

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: Photos;
• Pagination: 3 p.
• Serial:
  • Design-Build
  • Publisher: McGraw-Hill, Incorporated
  • ISSN: 1096-7095

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Bridge design; Cable stayed bridges; Cost effectiveness; Design build; Finance; Government funding
• Geographic Terms: South Carolina
• Subject Areas: Bridges and other structures; Finance; Highways;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00942677
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: UC Berkeley Transportation Library
• Files: BTRIS, TRIS
• Created Date: Jun 2 2003 12:00AM