Good news for residents of San Antonio: the city’s Hausman Road Improvement Project is nearing the end of the first phase of construction. This portion of the job is mainly focused on utility work, temporary pavement construction and channel excavation. Crews began constructing a detour earlier this month to allow traffic to be switched onto the new pavement in the middle of October. What’s next? The team will begin constructing the storm drain and the first of five bridges while work progresses on utilities.
The project is the City of San Antonio’s first design-build transportation construction project. Whereas the traditional design-bid-build process separates design and construction, design-build provides a single point of responsibility for an entire project, providing significant cost and time savings and bringing more value to the owner.
Hausman Road is a two-lane roadway that connects two major highways: Loop 1604 and Interstate 10. Sundt is widening the 3.4-mile stretch between the highways to four lanes, plus a center turn lane, and constructing five new bridges. Also included in the contract are managing the extensive utility relocations; earthwork; construction of retaining walls; sidewalks, hike and bike trails; storm sewer; archeological and historic survey; environmental analysis and permitting; geotechnical work; right-of-way services and acquisitions; and public outreach.
The improved roadway is scheduled to be open in late 2015.