The following projects are currently advertised for bids. Interested bidders may find general information about each project, as well as printable actual Contract Documents in PDF format. The general information is the same project description provided to Newspapers and by direct mail solicitations. The Contract Documents include the Drawings and the entire Project Manual. Drawings can be printed on any regular or large format printers. The Project Manual includes Proposal Forms, Front End Documents, General and Supplementary Covenants, and Technical specifications. All these are also completely printable.
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This project consists of pavement preservation of approximately 3.8 miles of asphalt
roadway at Nine Eagles State Park, including full depth patches, longitudinal and transverse
joint repairs, cleaning and filling cracks, fog sealing pavement, and other incidental work.
ESTIMATED QUANTITIES:
2306 - ASPHALT EMULSION FOR FOG SEAL (PAVEMENT)
2,239 GAL.
2312 - GRANULAR SURFACING ON ROAD, CLASS A CRUSHED STONE-3/4"
This project involves placement of 920 tons of Class A Crushed Stone, 7 acres of ditch clearing, 760 linear feet of cutting ditches, 44 stations of blading and shaping, replacing a 48" dia. and 12" dia. CMP culverts located in the Hawkeye Wildlife Unit in Johnson Co., IA.
ESTIMATED QUANTITIES:
MOBILIZATION
1 L.S.
DITCH CLEARING
7 Acres
RESHAPING AND CUTTING DITCHES
760 L.F.
GRANULAR SURFACING ON THE ROAD, CLASS "A" CRUSHED STONE
This project consists of pavement preservation; crack cleaning and filling, patching, fog sealing, surfacing on the cabin lane, and placement of shoulder rock in the campground at Green Valley State Park.
ESTIMATED QUANTITIES:
Bituminous Fog Seal (HMA Pavement) (2306)
1,460 GAL.
Patches, Full-Depth Finish, 5-inch, By Area, HMA (2529)
107 S.Y.
Patches, Full-Depth Finish, 5-inch, By Count, HMA (2529)
This project consists of granular roadway maintenance; clearing, ditch cleaning/shaping, roadway blading/shaping, culvert replacement and spreading new rock.
ESTIMATED QUANTITIES:
2101 - CLEARING
1 L.S.
2102-EXCAVATION, CL 12, BOULDER/ROCK FRAGMENT
20 C.Y.
2125 - RESHAPING DITCHES
20.1 STA.
2127 - RECONSTRUCTION OF ROADBED - BLADING/SHAPING
20.1 STA.
2312 - GRANULAR SURFACING ON ROAD, CRUSHED STONE - 3-INCH MINUS
This project consists of armoring approximately 1,850 feet of shoreline with class E revetment (FIELDSTONE) and associated work - bank shaping, tree clearing.
This project consists of granular roadway maintenance - ditch cleaning, small tree/brush clearing/removal, roadway blading/shaping, rock placement/spreading/rolling, and culvert replacement. It also includes the grade preparation and forming/placement of approximately 100 SY (~25 CY) of 9-inch PCC.
ESTIMATED QUANTITIES:
2101 - CLEARING
4 Acres
2102 - SPECIAL BACKFILL
28 Tons
2102 - EXCAVATION, CL 10, RDWY+BORROW
42 C.Y.
2125 - RESHAPING DITCHES
4 STA.
2127 - RECONSTRUCTION OF ROADBED - BLADING/SHAPING
42.4 STA.
2312 - GRANULAR SURFACING ON ROAD, CRUSHED STONE, 1 - INCH
The stairs at Middle Dance Hall Cave have been deteriorating for some time and in need of replacement. Iowa Prison Industries fabricated a new set of steel stair box treads for this area and the contractor shall demolish the existing stairs and install these new stairs. At Twin Arches Trail, the stairs were damaged by a tree in 2019 and will be demolished and a new set of steel stairs fabricated and installed by the contractor.
THIS IS A REBID OF A PREVIOUS PROJECT:
A 18”x12” tee has deteriorated and will be replaced on the Hatchery’s inlet supply line. This tee is situated inside a manhole near Rathbun Lake’s outlet. There is other equipment inside the manhole, some of which will be replaced with new, some of which the old parts will be reinstalled.
An onsite review of the project with the engineer is required prior to bidding. Contact Jason Kruse, 515-250-3707, to arrange for a meeting time.
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Contact: Jason Kruse (515) 250-3707 jason.kruse@dnr.iowa.gov
This project is designed to replace the existing storm sewer piping and intake along with adding new rock to expand boat trailer parking at the main boat ramp. Site Restoration is required on all disturbed grass areas.
Contact: Mark Johnson 515-250-3713 mark.johnson@dnr.iowa.gov
