Design Build/Value Engineering
Increasingly in major construction projects, time and budget constraints call for accelerated project delivery through design-build and/or value engineering. Wyman & Simpson has considerable experience in both disciplines, providing integrated design, engineering and construction services to complete projects on time and within budget.
Fall’s Bridge—Pittston, ME
Owner: Town of Pittston, Maine
Contract Amount: $235,000
Completed: 2007
The Town of Pittston, Maine, chose Wyman & Simpson through a competitive bid, design-build process, to replace the deteriorated Fall’s Bridge. The project scope of work included agency permitting, geotechnical design, substructure design, superstructure design, bridge demolition, cofferdams, concrete abutments, precast concrete arch and roadway reconstruction.
Route 143 Bridges—Etna, ME
Owner: MaineDOT
Contract Amount: $3.63 million
Completed: 2009
Wyman & Simpson constructed these two bridges carrying I-95 over Route 143 in Etna, Maine. The project replaced two outdated spans with a sufficiency rating of 50, so the contract stipulated an accelerated three-month delivery schedule. During the fast-track project, Wyman & Simpson submitted a value engineering change proposal to modify the retaining wall design on this project to allow for winter construction and enhance the project schedule. With more than 8,000 square feet of retaining wall in the final project, the change represented a savings of more than $30,000 to the state of Maine.
Ela Fish Hatchery—Embden, ME
Owner: Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife
Contract amount: $3.28 million
Completed: 2005
Work on the hatchery started on 2004 and included demolition of the existing concrete hatchery pools. New stainless steel rearing tanks were installed in a new steel framed building with new piping tied in to the water supply from Embden Pond. Modifications were made to the clarification system for wastewater. The stormwater system was also upgraded with new catch basins, piping , re-grading the yard and paving.