Owner Procured Preliminary Shop Drawings

Abstract

Located near downtown Milwaukee, the Marquette Interchange reconstruction project is the largest and most complex highway project ever undertaken by the Wisconsin Department of Transportation. The construction staging on this project is very complex and it is critical that the Department meet the project’s December 2008 completion date. The reconstruction involves a significant amount of structural steel for rebuilding plate I-girder, prestressed concrete of girder and concrete box girder bridges. Throughout the design process the Department had identified steel delivery as a potential risk item for the project and monitored delivery times as the design proceeded. To expedite the schedule, the Department has selectively procured preliminary shop drawings for critical structures and provided those to all prospective bidders prior to the bid opening.