PC airport paving bids are in

[Kurt]

http://pcairport.pbsjis.com

PANAMA CITY, Florida (June 21, 2007) ? The Panama City ? Bay County International Airport and Industrial District (Airport Authority) announced today that it had received five bids for site preparation and paving at the relocated Panama City ? Bay County International Airport. The bids packages are now available to the public for review.

?We are pleased with the number and quality of bids we have received,? said Airport Authority chairman Joe Tannehill. ?Each of these bidders met our stringent pre-qualification requirements. Now it is our job to carefully review the bid packages to determine which one represents the best value for the people of Bay County. The bids are very complex documents based on a number of variables, so it will not be readily apparent which bid is best until we make detailed comparisons. Once we have completed our analysis, we will present our findings to the public.?

The five bidders for the site preparation and paving contract are: A-B Joint Venture, Archer Western Contractors, Odebrecht Construction Inc., Phoenix Construction Services, and C.W. Roberts Contracting, Inc.

The Scope of Work for the site preparation and paving contract includes clearing and grading the airport site, fencing the property, building access and perimeter roads, preparing compacted pads for the terminal and the public safety building and building the airport?s two runways and taxi-ways.

The construction companies were asked to supply a base bid for some of the work, including land clearance, fencing and runway construction. They also supplied material costs for 18 variables. Some of the variables include asphalt versus concrete runways and different lighting along the runways.

After thoroughly reviewing the bid packages, the Airport Authority will pick the bidder as well as the materials to be used in construction. In selecting the bidder and the materials, the Airport Authority will work to deliver the best value for the project.

?While we have not yet reviewed the bids in detail, it appears that site preparation and paving costs will be within our projected budget,? said Tannehill. ?That is good news for the new airport. Our financial plan is coming together very nicely, on both the cost and revenue side. In some of our processes we have deliberately taken extra time, which will allow us to move more expeditiously later in the process. We are very much on track.?

?We are going to thoroughly evaluate every aspect of these bids,? said Tannehill. ?Our goal remains to ensure that we get the best work for the best price. Each member of the airport board takes their responsibility to community very seriously. We will continue to manage this process in a financially prudent manner.?

Bid submissions are available at the Airport Authority website: www.pcairport.com. Copies of the bids also are available at the Airport Authority offices, 3173 Airport Road, Panama City, Florida.

The Airport Authority anticipates breaking ground on the new airport in the second half of 2007. The construction is expected to take up to thirty months.

 

[Kurt]

Does anyone know who A-B Joint Venture is?

 

[pk305]

A-B Joint Venture

see below....

Phoenix lowest bidder for new airport
June 21, 2007
Airport Authority unseals construction bids Thursday
S. Brady Calhoun
News Herald Writer
747-5075
bcalhoun@pcnh.com​

PANAMA CITY

Two local construction companies were the lowest "base'' bidders for the first phase of construction on the new airport in West Bay.​

However, airport officials say the price of the base bid is not the only factor in determining who will get the contract. The contractors also supplied material costs for 18 variables.​

Some of the variables include asphalt versus concrete runways and different lighting along the runways, airport officials said. The winning company will clear the land, put in fencing, build roads and runways on the site.​

The Airport Authority has 90 days to pick the winning bidder and the materials that will be used in the construction. Bid submissions are expected to be available today at the Airport Authority web site: www.pcairport.com​

Copies of the bids also are available at the Airport Authority offices.​

Phoenix Construction Services of Lynn Haven came in the lowest with $81,061,174.26. C.W. Roberts Contracting Inc. of Panama City came in at $90,443,563. A-B Joint Venture a combination of two Lake City companies bid $101,783,476.47. Archer Western Contractors of Jacksonville bid $104,363,844.45 and Odebrecht Construction Inc. of Coral Gables bid $129,203,102.62.​

The Airport Authority pre-qualified eight companies for the project but only five companies submitted bids.​

The Airport Authority plans to relocate the Panama City-Bay County International Airport to a 4,000-acre, St. Joe Co.-donated site at West Bay. The $331 million project is to be funded via state and federal grants, bonds and the sale of the current airport property.​

Phoenix President James Finch said he believed his company was able to bid lower because they were local and because they are familiar with airport construction.​

"We do airport work,'' Finch said. "Most of the other contractors don't specialize in airport work."​

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[Uncle Timmy]

I guess most of you have heard about that horrible plane crash in Brazil, http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory?id=3389261

From the article:

"The 6,362-foot runway at Sao Paulo's Congonhas airport has been repeatedly criticized as dangerously short."

This caught my attention since I know that the current PC Airport runway is shorter than FAA regulations and operates under a waiver.

I looked it up. The current PC Airport runway is only 6,304 feet long. Shorter than the one in Brazil -ugh.

They don't operate planes as big as an Airbus 320 out of PC (yet) but clearly this is one more reason to look forward to a new airport, with a longer runway.

 

[kathydwells]

I guess most of you have heard about that horrible plane crash in Brazil, http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory?id=3389261

From the article:

"The 6,362-foot runway at Sao Paulo's Congonhas airport has been repeatedly criticized as dangerously short."

This caught my attention since I know that the current PC Airport runway is shorter than FAA regulations and operates under a waiver.

I looked it up. The current PC Airport runway is only 6,304 feet long. Shorter than the one in Brazil -ugh.

They don't operate planes as big as an Airbus 320 out of PC (yet) but clearly this is one more reason to look forward to a new airport, with a longer runway.

I did hear about this and it made me very sad.

 

[Rambunkscious]

yes, ROLL TIDE!!!! Its gonna be interesting when FSU and the TIDE plays in October over in Jacksonville, I'd sure like some tickets, my son is a student at fsu and I'm alumni but just cant help but to love the tide, love bobby too, so its gonna be interesting.....yep cant want for airport to announce, that 404 permit seems to be the major obstruction, things gonna change beaucoup around there when that happens.

 

[6thGen]

The last time Alabama beat Auburn, the Panama City Airport relocation site had just been selected and they were just beginning conceptual design. This airport really is taking forever.

 

[Chickpea]

I guess most of you have heard about that horrible plane crash in Brazil, http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory?id=3389261

From the article:

"The 6,362-foot runway at Sao Paulo's Congonhas airport has been repeatedly criticized as dangerously short."

This caught my attention since I know that the current PC Airport runway is shorter than FAA regulations and operates under a waiver.

I looked it up. The current PC Airport runway is only 6,304 feet long. Shorter than the one in Brazil -ugh.

They don't operate planes as big as an Airbus 320 out of PC (yet) but clearly this is one more reason to look forward to a new airport, with a longer runway.

Tragic what happened but in listening to the news they were saying that many airports with shorter runways safeguard against this potential dangers by installing barriers that would prevent a plane from running off runway - Brazil was repeatedly told theirs was dangerous yet they failed to install these barriers - those poor souls....

 

[SHELLY]

The last time Alabama beat Auburn, the Panama City Airport relocation site had just been selected and they were just beginning conceptual design. This airport really is taking forever.

I went out for the June '07 groundbreaking....no one showed up


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[beachmouse]

Chicago Midway handles 18 million passengers a year with a longest runway of 6500 feet that's actually limited 6000 feet of useage because of safety thresholds for the neighboring community.