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Executive Summary Executive Summary Executive Summary Port of Miami Tunnel Page 1 of 5 BOUYGUES TP • TRAYLOR • MANSON BTM JV shares the Chesapeake Bay Bridge and Tunnel District’s vision to develop a parallel tunnel beneath the Thimble Shoal Channel. By any standard, the Parallel Thimble Shoal Tunnel Project is an extraordinary undertaking due to its location in the Bay’s challenging marine environment; the complexity of its combined tunnel, island, and trestle construction; and its strategic location for users of the Thimble Shoal Channel and the Route 13 Corridor. BTM JV is proud to present a solid team to design and build this extraordinary Project. As detailed in Why BTM JV? our Statement of Qualifications, we bring proven design and construction experience in both bored • Our companies are culturally aligned with tunnels and immersed-tube tunnels. Our team strong commitments to quality, safety, and members have worked together extensively on the environmental responsibility. world’s most challenging tunnel projects in difficult • We are committed to partnering with the marine and geotechnical environments, successfully District to ensure stakeholder and community delivering new crossings to delight users and needs are fully met. owners alike. • Both the firms and their key personnel have “The completion of the Port of Miami successfully delivered many major civil Tunnel project is a great moment work projects in the US and internationally and have demonstrated project management in South Florida’s transportation expertise on many projects of similar size and history and shows that game changing complexity. transportation improvements can • Our team members have unique expertise be achieved when everyone works to deliver both immersed tube and together.” bored tunnels without disturbing existing structures. – Florida DOT Secretary Ananth Prasad • With a proven DBE/mentoring program and a solid training track record, we promote a The District’s innovative, business-focused sustainable legacy of local jobs. We will approach has structured a true value-creating positively shape your community. procurement: from our experience on projects • We will bring cost effective and industry- around the world, we recognize that leaving the leading solutions to the District, such as choice of a bored or immersed tunnel solution to proprietary tunnel boring machine technology private-sector ingenuity is unprecedented. Our and innovative immersion equipment. team is fully fluent in both tunneling methods and st looks forward to evaluating both alternatives to • We will deliver a 21 century tunnel that deliver the best-value solution to the District and the achieves all of the District’s objectives. traveling community. With over 230 years of combined global expertise in delivering bored and immersed-tube tunnels, BTM JV presents an inspired team dedicated to taking on and successfully executing this Project’s Driving experience across the Chesapeake Bay. challenging design and construction features. Parallel Thimble Shoal Tunnel Project • Section 1 - Executive Summary • Page 1-1 Page 2 of 5 BOUYGUES TP • TRAYLOR • MANSON BTM JV Team Since 1952, Bouygues Travaux Publics (“Bouygues”) has been As demonstrated in Table 1-1, BTM JV is structured as a leading international specialist a fully integrated joint venture responsible for the full in complex sites and large-scale complex civil delivery of the Project including design, construction, engineering projects. The firm specializes in and commissioning. underground work, engineering structures, tunneling, BTM JV will manage the design team and will be fully earthworks, road, rail and port infrastructures, and involved in the development of all technical solutions. public transportation. This hands-on approach has proven successful on every major design-build project executed by our team Traylor Bros., Inc. (“Traylor”) is a members. family-owned heavy civil contractor founded in 1946. The company provides single- Due to the specific nature of immersed tube tunnels, source, comprehensive, cutting-edge construction our team has built upon its long standing relationship and design-build services to public works agencies with Volker Stevin International, one of the most across the US. Traylor is a leader in soft ground, hard recognized specialist companies for immersion of rock, and drill and shoot tunneling, as well as large- tunnel elements, who will act as a subcontractor to scale bridge and marine construction. BTM JV. Our team and Volker Stevin developed strong corporate and personal relationships having Manson Construction Co. successfully worked together on multiple projects (“Manson”) is an employee-owned including the New Tyne Crossing (UK) and Rostock company established in 1905 that Tunnel (Germany). specializes in heavy civil marine construction including complex bridges, wharves and piers, flood Figure 1-1: BTM JV Structure protection, dredging, mechanical, cutter suction and hopper. One of Manson’s distinctive characteristics is its significant fleet of heavy marine equipment, which includes 60 specialized vessels and over 50 barges. Specialty Subcontractors Volker Stevin, whose history BOUYGUES TP • TRAYLOR • MANSON dates to 1854, is a world leader in immersed tube tunnel construction. The company specializes in complex engineering solutions across a wide range of sectors including coastal protection. (Environmental ) (Design) (Immersed Tube Tunnel Only) If BTM JV develops an offer based on an immersed tube tunnel solution, Volker Stevin will be involved from the very early stages as a subcontractor with responsibility for immersion activities. (Design Subconsultants) Established in 2000 and with a long history of tunnel-specific Design-Builder/Lead Contractor environmental management, Kroner Environmental We are a fully integrated joint venture team who Services (“Kroner”) will lead our environmental will share all roles and responsibilities for all the compliance efforts. We have worked together closely design and construction aspects of the Project. on many past tunnel projects, and Kroner’s tunnel Our three core members possess complementary expertise will be complemented by our local partners’ skills and have proven expertise in constructing familiarity with Virginia environmental permitting tunnels, artificial islands, and bridges, with safety agencies. records consistently superior to industry averages. Parallel Thimble Shoal Tunnel Project • Section 1 - Executive Summary • Page 1-2 Page 3 of 5 BOUYGUES TP • TRAYLOR • MANSON Lead Designer Tuen Mun- Bouygues TP and Arup are As the Lead Designer, Arup will manage the Chek Lap Kok designing and constructing 42ft design of either tunnel option and has assembled a Link and 58ft diameter twin subsea team of subconsultants who have global and local (Bouygues TP bored tunnels launched from 40 engineering expertise and previous successful and Arup) acres of reclaimed land. This $2.3 experience working together on large infrastructure billion project will be the first bored road tunnel in Hong Kong. projects. Queens Bored Arup was founded in 1946 and has Tunnels East Side This $777 million rail tunnel was bored in difficult soft-ground 12,000 employees. The firm offers Access (Traylor) conditions in close proximity to comprehensive engineering services and was named existing structures in New York. the Global Tunnel Design Firm of the Year in 2012. Tappan Zee This $3.1 billion bridge in New Design Subconsultants Bridge - New York involves extensive marine Tunnel Engineering Consultants NY Bridge work for this 3mi long river (“TEC”), doing business via its US (Traylor) crossing. Arup is on the owner’s entity Haskoning, Inc., has been engineer team and Michael Baker involved in a wide range of challenging and innovative is a design subconsultant. large- diameter bored tunnel projects and 80% of SR 520 Evergreen the world’s immersed-tube tunnel projects since its Floating Bridge This $750 million bridge project founding in 1988, as well as significant artificial-island and Landings extends 1.5mi across Lake and land-reclamation work. (Manson) Washington in Seattle and is built on floating concrete pontoons. Michael Baker International (“Michael Baker”), established in Fehmarnbelt The $7 billion link will deliver 1940, has over 5,000 employees and a long history Fixed Link a four highway lanes with an of civil and environmental-engineering design (Arup and emergency lane and a dual-track excellence in coastal Virginia. TEC) railway, with a 120-year design life. The immersed-tube tunnel BTM JV General Qualifications will comprise 80 elements each with a length of 710ft. In the past 10 years, BTM JV team members have been involved on numerous complex design-build Second Avenue This $4.5 billion project in Subway New York City involved bored projects, each exceeding $500 million. In addition Phase 1 tunneling in a range of soil to our team’s design and management capabilities, (Arup) conditions (rock, mixed-face, and the projects identified below feature a number of soft ground) while minimizing similarities to the District’s Project, especially with ground movements to protect respect to its marine environment. sensitive existing structures. Table 1-2: Relevant Project Experience Lake Mead This $507 million water tunnel Intake in Nevada was designed with Port of Miami This $902 million PPP delivered (Arup) a prefabricated concrete intake Tunnel a large-diameter tunnel under structure immersed in Lake Mead (Bouygues TP) a busy navigation channel, a to
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