I-5: Victory Boulevard to Lombard Street
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The award-winning project is part of the gateway to Oregon and the city of Portland and is the everyday commute for tens of thousands living in southwest Washington and the greater Portland area. This complex, high profile, multi-modal project is located in a heavily urbanized area of Portland, with more than 130,000 freeway vehicles passing through the project daily. As the West Coast’s major interstate transportation and freight corridor, I-5 is critical to the regional and national economy. Severe congestion along this segment of I-5 was identified as the worst bottleneck from Mexico to Canada with detrimental impact to freight mobility and the traveling public.
This project involved widening a 1.25 mile segment of I-5 to three lanes in each direction and significant associated improvements. The project also widened two I-5 steel girder bridges which span two environmentally sensitive sloughs, Columbia Boulevard (a major industrial arterial), and a Union Pacific Railroad (UPRR) mainline and facilities; and included bicycle and pedestrian facilities and freeway ramps. The project had extensive highway and local infrastructure improvements. The tight constraints of three construction seasons and short in-water work windows required Hamilton to simultaneously construct bridges, ramps, retaining walls, and other elements. A strong partnership was formed early in the project between all project team members. This was based upon respect for each other, the project purpose, and the drive to deliver a quality result for the community in a timely manner with minimal disruptions. The project team's commitment to proactive planning and their collaborative development and execution of the project plan achieved all project objectives and led to a highly successful result. Hamilton considers its most notable achievement to be its successful efforts to increase DBE community involvement in the construction process. This project was advertised and awarded with no DBE participation requirements; however, given the economic climate and the socioeconomics of the area, ODOT immediately faced push-back from the minority contracting community. Hamilton voluntarily created an extensive minority contractor outreach program that brought together ODOT, stakeholders, and the DBE community, easing tensions by building trust and partnership among all involved. Hamilton’s efforts resulted in the award of multiple contracts to DBE contractors after project notice to proceed. These efforts led to Hamilton being honored with the National Association of Minority Contractors of Oregon (NAMC-Oregon) Contractor of the Year Award. |
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