Already one of the Florida’s leading heavy/ highway contractors, Ranger Construction is increasing the scope of its
bidding activity to include more projects of at least $25 million in size.
The move is paying off.
Ranger is nearing completion on a $34-million, I-95 widening project in
St. Johns County and a $24-million US-192 widening job in Brevard County,
while a $26-million I-4 widening project in Orange County is about halfway
finished.
Meanwhile, two similar-sized projects started
earlier this year are now well underway.
Ranger North is widening 6.5 miles of I-95 in northeast Florida, from
US-92 in Daytona Beach to SR-40 in Ormond Beach. The $32.1 million
contract includes construction of a new lane in each direction, along with
milling and resurfacing of existing lanes. The project is scheduled for
completion around November 2005.
Ranger is also building 3.5 miles of SR-429 as part of greater
Orlando’s beltway system under a $25.8 million contract. The section of
four-lane divided highway includes 12 bridges. Subcontractor Leware
Construction is doing the bridge work. Completion is scheduled for August
2005.
Other Ranger North projects include widening 2.5 miles of SR-25 (US-27)
in Polk County under an $8.2 million contract, with 300 days for
completion. Ranger is also widening just over two miles of SR-520 in
Orange County under a $9.8 million contract, with 360 days allowed for
completion.
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Innovation Saves Time, Improves Results
(1st/2nd Quarter 2004)
After much trial and error, several different laser devices, and countless
batteries, a grading crew in Ranger’s North Division has developed an
accurate, laser-assisted grade-checking device that has proved its
usefulness in real-world conditions.
Project Superintendent Ponch Frank said the device has saved both time
and money on an I-95 widening project in St. Johns County. The job
involved building 27 lane-miles of new roadway.
The grade-checking device is now in use on a similar widening job in
Volusia County, which involves 11 lane-miles of new highway construction.
Members of a Ranger North grading crew pose with the
laser-assisted grade-checking device they developed. Front row, L to R:
Mike Richards, John Hughes, James Fleet, Misty Bayer, Louis Bryant, Curtis
Clark, Charles Fudge, Jane Goodrich, and Michael Bergeron. Back row:
Foreman Mike Cutlip, Burhan Akgun and Foreman Walt Pierce.
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Ranger Widening Section of Turnpike, Developing Sites
For New Toll Plazas
(1st/2nd Quarter
2004)
Ranger Central has been awarded a $31 million contract
to widen seven miles of SR-91 (Florida’s Turnpike) in
Palm Beach County, from Atlantic Ave. to the Lantana
toll plaza.
The project involves widening
the roadway from four to six lanes, milling and
resurfacing existing lanes, bridge reconstruction,
sound barrier wall construction, drainage, lighting
and landscaping.
The contract includes up to
$1 million in incentives if Ranger finishes ahead of
the 990-day production schedule. Estimators Andrew
Hodges, Mike Kracunas and Larry Roof prepared the
winning bid.
Ranger has two other Turnpike
projects underway in north Palm Beach County. Ranger
is preparing the site for a new toll facility at PGA
Blvd., with lanes and ramp paving included, and is
performing similar work at SR-706 (Indiantown Rd.)
under contracts worth $4.4 million.
In St. Lucie County, Ranger is
widening a section of Bayshore Boulevard for the City
of Port St. Lucie under a $12.6 million contract, with
730 days for completion. The estimate was prepared by
Chad Swint and Chief Estimator Dave Schutta.
Inland, Ranger is doing site
work for the City of Okeechobee Commerce Center Phase
2 under a $3.2 million contract, with 120 days for
completion.
To the north, Ranger has
repaired a skid strip at Patrick Air Force Base near
Cape Canaveral under a $3.5 million contract.
