MnDOT Releases Names of Bidders on St. Croix River Crossing Design, Peer Review

MnDOT has announced a list of bidders for design and peer review for the St. Croix River Crossing Project.

on March 26. The proposals were due by April 27.

Bidders for the Bridge Design:

• Figg Bridge Engineers, Inc.
• HDR Engineering, Inc.
• Parsons Transportation Group, Inc.
• T.Y. Lin International
• URS Corporation

Bidders for the Bridge Design Peer Review:

• CH2M Hill, Inc.
• HNTB Corporation
• Jacobs Engineering Group, Inc.
• Parsons Brinckerhoff, Inc.
• Parsons Transportation Group, Inc.
• T.Y. Lin International
• URS Corporation

, which means department will put out RFPs for builders after the river crossing’s design is completed and reviewed.

URS Corporation was the engineering company linked to the I-35W Bridge collapse, according to this report by the Associated Press.

According to the AP report:

“A federal probe attributed the collapse to an original design flaw from the 1960s. URS was under contract to study the bridge before it fell.”

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The proposals will be judged using a “quality-based process,” according to this MPR report. Cost will reportedly not be part of the selection process.

The contracts for the design and peer review of the river crossing project are expected to be awarded this month.