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Project Details
Name of Project:
Hiawatha Light Rail
Location:
Minneapolis, MN
Scope of Work: Sewer
& Water Line
Installation &
Protection
The $715.3 million
Hiawatha Light Rail
was the first
Commuter Rail line
in Minneapolis,
Minnesota. Designed
to alleviate the
growing freeway
congestion in the
Twin Cities area,
the first run -
completed in 2004,
is 12 miles long and
connects from
downtown
Minneapolis, to the
Minneapolis/St. Paul
International
Airport.
In January 2001
Meyer Contracting, a
Native American
women owned small
business, broke
ground on the long
anticipated Hiawatha
Light Rail Project.
Meyer Contracting
removed and replaced
all water main
crossings that were
in the path of the
proposed light rail.
This included
setting up bypass
water main, and
removing and
replacing existing
line – some of which
was over a century
old. The project
also entailed
complete concrete
encasement,
isolation couplers
and all related
cathodic protection.
Effective
coordination and
scheduling was
absolutely critical,
as Meyer Contracting
had to close down
some of
Minneapolis’s
busiest
intersections.
Special attention in
the downtown zone
was required as
Excel Energy’s Hub
was located in the
construction
zone.
Crews
had to work around
thousands of
underground wires. |
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