Army Corps of Engineers' first P3, a $2.8B flood control project, restarts | Dump Trucks Charlotte NC
Columbus Ohio Dump Truck Company Brief:
- Work is progressing, according to Construction Equipment Guide, on the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' first public-private partnership (P3), the $2.8 billion Fargo-Moorhead Metropolitan Area Flood Risk Management Project, which is being built in Fargo, North Dakota, and Moorhead, Minnesota.
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Flooding in the Fargo-Moorhead area causes about $238 million of damage each year, and a 500-year flood event would likely flood almost all of Fargo, a large portion of Moorhead and surrounding communities. Six of the area's top 10 floods have occurred in the last 30 years.
Before columbus oh dump truck company was halted, project officials published a shortlist of potential partners for the P3 portion of the project, which includes the design, construction, financing, operation and maintenance of a 20,000-cubic-foot diversion channel and associated infrastructure. They are:
- Lake Agassiz Partners (Meridiam/Walsh/AECOM)
- Red River Valley Partners (Fluor/Plenary/Ames/Barnard)
- Red River Valley Alliance (Acciona/InfraRed/North American Enterprises/Shikun&Binui)
- Red River Partners (Graham/Parsons/Alberici/BBGI)
The Army Corps has not indicated how it will re-engage with these groups after the fairly lengthy stop of construction.
The Army Corps is also using the P3 model as part of the Revolutionize USACE Civil Works Program, which is intended to streamline delivery of large projects. The four projects in the pilot program will first go through a development phase that is meant to ensure that each is suitable for a P3. They include:
- Brazos Island Harbor Channel Improvement at the Port of Brownsville in Brownsville, Texas ($288 billion)
- Los Angeles River P3 ecosystem restoration ($1.4 billion)
- New Soo Lock at St. Mary's River in Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan ($922.4 million)
- Sabine Pass to Galveston Bay (S2G) Coastal Storm Risk Management (CSRM) project off the coast of Texas ($3.9 billion)