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ADOT says Ketchikan airport ferry-berth project nearing final work; topping slab, steel fixes planned
Summary
Alaska Department of Transportation project manager David Lowell updated the assembly on construction progress on the Ketchikan Airport ferry berth project, described earlier cost management decisions, piling splice remediation and a concrete topping-slab fix for vehicle scraping; finish and final inspection expected by September/October.
David Lowell, construction engineer and project manager for the Alaska Department of Transportation’s South Coast region, told the Ketchikan Gateway Borough Assembly July 21 that the long-running Ketchikan Airport ferry-berth project is in its final steps, with planned concrete and steel fixes this summer and a final inspection and ribbon cutting anticipated in the fall.
Lowell said the original contract for the project was awarded June 19, 2020, for $51 million and that the project achieved substantial completion of uplands work and several structures in 2022. The project team deferred some refurbishment work and is preparing to rebid the remaining refurbishment projects next spring; much of the material for that work has been procured and is staged at the airport.
Why it matters: The new berths and uplands work were intended to improve ferry operations and passenger…
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