Sundt Finishes $34M Texas Dam, Amtrak Advances NJ Bridge Job
Construction Dive’s weekly Punch List rounds up four projects worth tracking, including a completed Texas dam, a New Jersey rail bridge overhaul, a new materials yard in Memphis, and a library groundbreaking in Queens.
Sundt Construction, based in Tempe, Arizona, announced it completed the $34 million Upper Brushy Creek Water Control and Improvement District Dam 101 project near Round Rock, Texas. The nearly mile-long earthen dam, won by Sundt in 2023, reduces flood risk for more than 1,000 residents along about 5 miles of Lake Creek. Sundt self-performed 60,000 cubic yards of excavation and 190,000 cubic yards of embankment work, plus drainage systems and a 60-inch steel pipe installation.
In New Jersey, Amtrak awarded Skanska an $87 million design-bid-build contract to rehabilitate the Dock Bridge, converting the six-track moveable lift bridge to a fixed span as part of a $242 million project starting before year’s end. LiRo-Hill won the project management contract. Funding includes a $188 million Federal Railroad Administration grant, with NJ Transit, the Port Authority, and Amtrak covering the rest.
Separately, Granite Construction’s subsidiary Memphis Stone & Gravel opened a six-acre aggregate yard on the Mississippi River, supplied by barge from a sister quarry in Kentucky. In Queens, New York City broke ground on a $40.2 million, 12,000-square-foot library replacement set to reopen in 2030.
What It Means for Subcontractors
- Earthwork, drainage, and concrete subs eyeing similar flood-control work can point to Sundt’s Dam 101 build, 60,000 cubic yards of excavation and 190,000 cubic yards of embankment, as a benchmark for scope and pricing on Texas water district projects.
- Bridge, mechanical, and E&I subcontractors should watch for Skanska’s $87 million Dock Bridge package to generate lower-tier work as construction ramps up before the end of 2026, with LiRo-Hill overseeing project delivery.
- Aggregate suppliers and site-work contractors in the Memphis region now have a new limestone source at Granite’s River Yard, stocked with 610s, No. 8, 810, No. 57, and No. 4 stone for regional project bids.
