BNSF selects Illinois companies to serve as contractors on Kansas intermodal project
October 21, 2010 | Staff Writer | Print Article | Email this Article
BNSF Railway Company in mid-October selected a pair of Illinois-based construction companies, Joliet-based T.J. Lambrecht Construction and Chicago’s Walsh Construction, as the primary civil contractor to construct its new intermodal facility southwest of Kansas City in Edgerton, Kan.
At the same time, the Kansas Department of Transportation announced that an agreement for a $35 million grant to BNSF from the state’s Rail Assistance Program has been finalized.
BNSF’s new 443-acre intermodal facility will feature wide-span electric cranes that produce zero emissions on-site and automatic gate systems to speed the movement of traffic entering and departing the facility, further improving efficiency and reducing emissions. The facility will also incorporate an approximately 60-acre conservation corridor for water quality benefits to the area.
“The Kansas City market has developed into one of the most important freight transportation hubs in the Midwest and the nation,” said Matthew Rose, chairman, president and chief executive officer of BNSF. “BNSF’s new intermodal facility will help the region’s economy grow in a more energy-efficient and environmentally-friendly way by expanding this market’s capacity to shift even more freight traffic from an all-highway move to rail.”
BNSF intends to begin construction planning before the end of 2010 and site preparation and facility construction are expected to commence in 2011.
The contractor has a commitment with BNSF to hire at least 85 percent of its workforce locally in the Kansas City area, to hire employees and subcontractors at the prevailing wage and to use Minority and Disadvantaged Business Enterprises for a significant amount of the work. The project will generate an estimated 660 construction jobs.
Tags | BNSF, Chicago, Edgerton, Illinois Walsh Construction, Joliet, Kansas, T.J. Lambrecht
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