Balfour Beatty awarded $242m contract by North Carolina Department of Transport

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Major US interstate improvement project will improve mobility, interconnectivity, support economic development and increase safety.

North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT) has awarded Balfour Beatty a $242m design-build contract to deliver improvements to Interstate 70 between the Havelock Bypass and east of Thurman Road in Craven County, North Carolina.

The project will upgrade the 6.4-mile section of Interstate 70 to improve mobility and military interconnectivity, support economic development and increase safety along the corridor.

Balfour Beatty will lead the design and construction of the project’s structures and roadways, an expertise of the company’s southeast team who have been working along the interstate to deliver the I70 Havelock Bypass and I70 James City projects. According to NCDOT, the newly awarded project is intended to improve the I70 corridor and the future Interstate 42, between Raleigh and the Port of Morehead City, to interstate standards.

Mark Johnnie, Balfour Beatty senior vice president of southeast civils operations, said: “Our southeast region team is honoured to leverage our design-build expertise and unique abilities in self-performing structures and roadway scope on another improvement project along Interstate 70. We look forward to building on our more than 20-year relationship with NCDOT and the opportunity to help the state achieve its long-term transportation needs in its growing communities.”

NCDOT division 2 construction engineer Cadmus Capehart said: “The division looks forward to working with Balfour Beatty on another Interstate 70/Future I-42 project. They are currently upgrading I70 to interstate standards in James City and on the Havelock Bypass project. We are excited about getting underway on the section that will connect the two.”

Construction is expected to commence in late 2023 with an expected completion in summer 2028.