This is
certainly good news for this project in our general area, but how many of us will seek jobs on the reconstruction of the Dan Ryan Red Line:
The Chicago Transit Authority has selected a contractor to handle the massive rehabilitation project for the South Red Line, and the firm will subcontract about 30 percent of the work to minority- and women-owned businesses.
The CTA selected Chicago-based Kiewit Infrastructure Corporation for the project, which will force the agency to shut down the Red Line below the Cermak-Chinatown stop for five months complete track restoration and other upgrades. The firm submitted the lowest bid of $220.1 million, and is considered the most qualified.
The firm slightly exceeded the CTA’s target of 28 percent of the work being subcontracted to minority- and women-owned firms, or “disadvantaged business enterprises.” Kiewit will subcontract 29.3 percent of the work to outside firms – a portion of the work worth $66.5 million.
A total of 60.6 percent of the work is going to African-American firms, 23.8 percent to Hispanic firms, 3.5 percent to Asian firms, and 12. 1 percent to women-owned firms, the CTA said.
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