{"id":32819,"date":"2025-10-18T10:03:28","date_gmt":"2025-10-18T17:03:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/arizona-dot-taps-jacobs-sundt-for-600m-highway-project\/"},"modified":"2025-10-18T10:03:28","modified_gmt":"2025-10-18T17:03:28","slug":"arizona-dot-taps-jacobs-sundt-for-600m-highway-project","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/arizona-dot-taps-jacobs-sundt-for-600m-highway-project\/","title":{"rendered":"Arizona DOT taps Jacobs, Sundt for $600M highway project"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"text-to-speech\">\n    <button class=\"text-to-speech__button button\"><br \/>\n        <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"text-to-speech__button__icon\" src=\"https:\/\/www.constructiondive.com\/static\/img\/play.svg?500116090725\" alt=\"-\"><br \/>\n        Listen to the article<br \/>\n        <span class=\"text-to-speech__button__audio-length\">2 min<\/span><br \/>\n    <\/button><\/p>\n<div class=\"text-to-speech__controls\">\n        <audio controls=\"\" class=\"js-text-to-speech\" preload=\"none\"><source src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/dmgi9movl\/video\/upload\/q_1\/v1760645594\/news\/text_to_speech\/arizona-dot-taps-jacobs-sundt-for-600m-highway-project_fdthus.wav\" type=\"audio\/mp3\"><\/source><\/audio><\/p>\n<div class=\"text-to-speech__controls__text\">\n            This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.constructiondive.com\/contact\/\" target=\"_blank\">feedback<\/a>.\n        <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ed-secondary-content-box\" data-source=\"snorkel-form\">\n<p class=\"ed-secondary-content-box__title\"><strong>Award: <\/strong>Highway construction<br \/><strong>Value: <\/strong>$600 million<br \/><strong>Location:<\/strong>\u00a0Tucson, Arizona<br \/><strong>Client:<\/strong>\u00a0Arizona DOT<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><span><span><span><span><span><span>Jacobs and Sundt have teamed up on <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.jacobs.com\/newsroom\/news\/jacobs-designing-southern-arizonas-largest-highway-construction-project\" target=\"_blank\"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span>southern Arizona\u2019s largest highway construction project<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><span><span><span><span><span><span>, according to a news release.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span><span><span><span><span>The two contractors under a design-build partnership will spearhead a $600 million effort to modernize a three-mile stretch of I-10 between Kino Parkway and Country Club Road in Tucson, according to the Arizona DOT. The contract calls for three general-purpose lanes in each direction and the removal of existing interchanges to ease congestion. The <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/azdot.gov\/projects\/southcentral-district-projects\/Southcentral\/interstate-10-kino-country-club\" target=\"_blank\"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span>Jacobs-Sundt team will also build<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><span><span><span><span><span><span> a new I-10 westbound entrance ramp and an I-10 undercrossing to complete the project, according to the agency.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span><span><span><span><span>The project marks the first major initiative stemming from Arizona DOT\u2019s I-10 and State Route 210 Transportation Design Concept Report, completed in 2020. The study outlined long-term improvements to key transportation corridors in the Tucson area. Arizona DOT programmed the I-10 work into the 2024-2028 Five-Year Transportation Facilities Construction Program in fiscal year 2025, according to the state agency.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span><span><span><span><span>That means the project is fully funded and will progress unaffected by the <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.constructiondive.com\/news\/government-shutdown-federal-construction-projects\/761465\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span>federal government shutdown<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><span><span><span><span><span><span>.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span><span><span><span><span>\u201cThe Kino to Country Club Road program is a pioneering effort and will bring best practices in alternative program delivery to Arizona,\u201d said Galina Leiphart, Jacobs transportation market growth director, in the release. \u201cWorking with the Arizona Department of Transportation and Sundt as our design-build partner, we\u2019ll deliver a safer, more efficient transportation system.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span><span><span><span><span>Jacobs will handle final design for all the structures and provide engineering documents, according to the Dallas-based contractor. Working with Tempe, Arizona-based Sundt, the firm expects the project, now under construction, to finish in summer 2028, according to the release.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>[ad_2]<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.constructiondive.com\/news\/arizona-dot-taps-jacobs-sundt-highway-project\/803064\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">This article was originally posted at Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] Listen to the article 2 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. 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