Zenith Tech wins $57.6M contract for I-43 project in Milwaukee

The Wisconsin Department of Transportation has awarded Waukesha’s Zenith Tech a $57.6 million contract for a bridge-replacement project in Milwaukee as part of the state’sApril letting, which put more than $120 million worth of work out to bid.

Zenith Tech’s low bid for bridge-replacement work on Interstate 43 in Milwaukee was for the largest job advertised in the April letting. The company’s offer also came in under WisDOT’s internal estimates of between $60 million and $70 million for the project, beating out bids from Brownsville’s Michels Corp. and Watsonville, California-based Granite Construction. Bidding on the project closed on April 13 and WisDOT awarded the contract on Wednesday.

Separately, Integrity Grading & Excavating, of Schofield, won a $24.7 million project on April 20 for an interchange project on State Highway 15 in Outagamie County. Integrity’s bid came in under three other offers and under WisDOT’s estimates of between $25 million and $30 million for the project.

WisDOT also awarded an $11.7 million contract to Rock Road Companies, of Janesville, for an 11-mile paving project on Interstate 94 in Jefferson County. Rock Road’s offer beat out a bid from Payne & Dolan, of Waukesha, and came within WisDOT’s estimates for the project.

The agency awarded the project on April 20, along with more than a dozen other projects from the same letting. WisDOT also signed off on a $4.5 million offer from American Asphalt, of Mosinee, for a paving project on State Highway 98 in Clark County. That single bid came within WisDOT’s estimates for the work. And Monarch Paving Co. won a $4.7 million repaving job on County Highway M in Polk County, a single bid that also fell within agency estimates.

WisDOT’s April letting solicited bids for about $123 million worth of work on 25 projects.