Four Contract Wins Show Range of Field Work Beyond Data Centers
Construction Dive’s latest Punch List roundup rounds up four contract wins spanning bridge maintenance, military infrastructure, data centers and tech investment, showing subcontractor demand extends well beyond the AI data-center boom dominating headlines.
Certified Coatings Company, a Fairfield, California-based firm, landed a $107.5 million contract from Caltrans, the largest in the company’s history, to paint and repair the Richmond-San Rafael Bridge. The job covers a full abrasive blast and repaint of navigation spans and 29 bridge towers across a 5.5-mile section of the double-deck cantilever bridge, which carries I-580 across San Pablo Bay. CCC, a subsidiary of Muehlhan Industrial Service, submitted the lowest of five competing bids.
Separately, Jacobs won an indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity task order contract from the Naval Facilities Engineering Systems Command Washington to provide architectural and engineering services, new building design, and infrastructure upgrades including utilities, roads and site systems for Navy and Marine Corps installations in Washington, D.C., Maryland and Northern Virginia. Contract value was not disclosed.
Skanska signed a $94 million deal with an existing client to build a 190,000-square-foot Virginia data center with four colocation halls and 38.4 megawatts of designed capacity. Work starts in October, with completion targeted for the second quarter of 2028. Balfour Beatty also invested $13.4 million in Pi Labs, a built-environment venture capital fund.
What It Means for Subcontractors
- Coatings and structural repair crews should note CCC’s win came in as the lowest of five bids on a Caltrans job, signaling agencies are still awarding large infrastructure maintenance work on price competitiveness even for complex, decades-old spans.
- Electrical, mechanical, civil, telecom and security subcontractors in Virginia have a live target: Skanska’s data center build starts in October and runs through Q2 2028, with subcontract packages likely opening well ahead of that start date.
- Firms with security clearances or federal facilities experience should track NAVFAC Washington’s IDIQ task orders under Jacobs, covering new construction and utility, road and site system upgrades across D.C., Maryland and Northern Virginia installations.
