UP issues invitation to bid on CREATE B2 project near Proviso Yard
Written by jrood
In-Channel Work Press Release Union Pacific has posted an invitation to bid for work on the CREATE B2 Project. Work includes track roadbed, drainage, bridge and retaining wall construction to add a railroad flyover connection between the Union Pacific line and Indiana Harbor Belt Railroad near Proviso Yard in the near west suburbs of Chicago..
Interested contractors will
be required to complete a Construction Prequalification Form. The UP
Construction Prequalification Form must be completed and submitted online by
August 18, 2010 at the following website: UP Precertification. A pre-bid
meeting will be held August 26, 2010.
This is first of two UP bid
packages for B2 project, roughly the eastern half. The second half also involves
grading and structures to the west and should go out to bid later this year.
Funding for the project come
from a TIGER 1 grant.
