The New York Department of Design and Construction (DDC) has awarded the joint venture of AECOM and Hill International a $107 million contract to manage the construction of four new New York City jails that will replace the soon-to-be-shuttered Rikers Island detention facility. The value of the work is $8.7 billion, according to The Real Deal. AECOM-Hill will choose four design-build teams to construct new jails in Manhattan, Queens, Brooklyn and the Bronx. As part of its contract with the DDC, AECOM-Hill will create the design-build program’s procedures and manuals; devise industry outreach strategies; create specifications and criteria for each jail project; monitor women- and minority-owned business requirements; manage all jail projects through closeout; and provide quality assurance and quality control services. AECOM, in its own press release announcing the contract award, said this is the City of New York’s first-ever design-build program. The DDC expects that a Request for Qualifications for those companies wishing to participate in the design and construction of the new jails will be issued in December 2019 or later READ HERE
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