Feet Dry In Florida.(Highway 836 extension )

By Steve Hudson

How pump technology helped a Florida construction team build spread footings on the Highway 836 extension project without getting their feet wet.

Water is a fact of life for contractors in many parts of Florida. Shallow water tables frequently bring challenges to contractors on all sorts of projects, and careful attention must often be given to the matter of dewatering before other aspects of a project can get under way.

Such has been the case on the Highway 836 extension to serve Miami-Dade County in Florida. This major road and bridge construction project extends from NW 137th Avenue to west of NW 122 Avenue, crosses over a CSX rail line and over NW 12th Street, and then continues under the Homestead Extension to South Florida's Turnpike. It has a price tag of close to $140 million. Construction began in the spring of 2004 and should be finished in the summer of 2007.

General contractor on the project is Community Asphalt, and Condotte America is the subcontractor handling bridge construction. …

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