This step will allow us to make sure that we are selecting the most highly qualified team, while also giving us flexibility to adapt to changing circumstances before a contract is signed. We will look for the most creative teams, with a track record of delivering highly complex projects. We have structured the West Seattle High-Rise Bridge design RFQ to allow maximum flexibility in terms of cost, length of the contract, and opportunities for federal investment so that we are able to be nimble, adapt to, and leverage all possible scenarios.
To be clear, at this time we are requesting qualifications for design teams to replace the West Seattle High-Rise Bridge because we want to ensure all pathways are primed to enable the fastest possible execution once our data and analysis indicates which — repair or replace — is most prudent. If the moment comes when we can no longer pursue repair, this announcement ensures we will not lose valuable time hiring a design team to begin the rebuilding process.
This flexibility and keeping all options open is not new. In April, we used emergency contracting authority to fast-track the selection of a contractor to help stabilize the bridge.
While we still hope that our broader repair efforts will be successful, some level of repair will continue no matter what, as we diligently work to preclude any worst-case scenarios. In that contract, we included provisions that enable the City to move nimbly and avoid being locked in to a single path forward if the situation changed. Similarly, we are again building in flexibility to pursue all options at once by having a team ready to begin designing a replacement bridge if needed.
Preliminary work on the potential replacement approach will also inform the relative costs and benefits of repair vs replacement of the structure. Eventually we will reach a critical decision point to repair or replace the bridge.
We expect to complete our analysis on the structural stability of the West Seattle High-Rise Bridge later this summer, thanks to all the systems put in place over the past few weeks and months to gather more information. This information is critical to understanding whether repairs to the bridge are still possible or if we must instead immediately pursue some method of replacement for the high-rise span of the West Seattle Bridge.
We have also been conducting non-destructive testing using ground penetrating radar to create an internal image of the bridge concrete and identify whether there are any voids or corrosion around the steel support tendons.
As we continue to gather data points daily, we are getting a better understanding of how the bridge is doing and if repairs seem feasible.
STP argued that because the GBR did not identify TW-2 as an obstacle, this was an indication that TW-2 was not made of steel, because a steel well would have been an obstacle. This short article has necessarily simplified the evidence at trial about TW-2, the GEDR, and the GBR, but enough has been said to illustrate what turned out to be the key issue at the trial: whether TW-2 was a differing site condition.
The jury considered this question and concluded that TW-2 was not a differing site condition. Use the arrows to arrange content. Download pages as a. Before proceeding, please note: Information found on www. No attorney-client relationship attaches as a result of any exchange of information, including emails that are sent to the Firm.
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