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TransCore wins three ITS contracts from Nevada DOT

TransCore has won three separate contracts to provide ITS design, construction and integration services for the Nevada Department of Transportation. The projects include a 30-mile extension of the FAST traffic management system along I-15 from outside Las Vegas to the California border; a 15-mile expansion of the FAST traffic management system along I-515 on the eastern side of the Las Vegas metropolitan area; and a 10-mile segment of I-80 in Reno, Nevada, as part of a roadway reconstruction project.
April 25, 2012 Read time: 3 mins
RSS139 Transcore has won three separate contracts to provide ITS design, construction and integration services for the Nevada Department of Transportation. The projects include a 30-mile extension of the FAST traffic management system along I-15 from outside Las Vegas to the California border; a 15-mile expansion of the FAST traffic management system along I-515 on the eastern side of the Las Vegas metropolitan area; and a 10-mile segment of I-80 in Reno, Nevada, as part of a roadway reconstruction project.

Nevada’s Freeway and Arterial System of Transportation (FAST) is one of the first integrated ITS organisations in the country. It is designed to both monitor and control traffic throughout the Las Vegas metropolitan area. The traffic control component of the system consists of freeway and arterial management. Traffic control requires detection of traffic conditions through the use of radar and inductive loops while visual verification of conditions is possible through closed-circuit television cameras. Traffic control is achieved through the use of traffic signals, ramp meters, and dynamic message signs.

The I-15 ITS design-build contract will extend FAST capabilities along a major commercial and public transportation corridor and includes: construction of a new communications network to support field devices along the 30 miles of freeway; designing a detection network; deploying highway advisory radio along the corridor; installing closed circuit television cameras, dynamic message signs, and travel time signs at key points within the corridor; and integration of all systems into the FAST traffic management system.

TransCore assembled a team with extensive experience working with NDOT. The team consists of TransCore as the prime contractor and lead ITS integrator; 1677 Atkins, formerly PBS&J, as the principal designer; Aztech Materials and Testing will provide construction quality control; while Amalgamated Safety Contractors traffic control support and sign structure installation.

In the competitive procurement Nevada DOT gave TransCore the highest technical score as well as a perfect score on best value pricing. The value of the contract is $13.5 million; project completion is slated for fourth quarter 2012.

The I-515 contract includes the construction of a fibre optic communications network, deploying detectors, CCTV cameras and dynamic message signs along this important commuter corridor and alternative route to the busy I-15 corridor. All new devices will be integrated with the existing FAST system. TransCore’s contract for this project is valued at $9 million and the project is scheduled for completion in the first quarter of 2012.

The I-80 project, which will be the first major ITS deployment along I-80 in the Reno area, is being performed as part of a larger design-build project to reconstruct I-80 being led by Granite Construction. The project will include the deployment of a work zone management system to monitor traffic condition during the roadway reconstruction, installing a fibre optic communications network, and installing and integrating detectors, cameras, dynamic message signs and ramp meters. This work is scheduled for completion in the second half of 2012. TransCore’s contract for this project is valued at $6.5 million.

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