Intercounty Connector, Contract B


Location Montgomery and Prince George’s Counties, MD, between Rockville and Beltsville, MD

Duration Limited Notice to Proceed (NTP) in July 2008
Full NTP January 2009 - November 2011

Joint Venture Partners Kiewit Southern Co.
Corman Construction, Inc.

Description This is a $570 million highway Design-Build Project and extends from MD 97 to MD 29. Contract B involves seven miles of new controlled access, six-lane, tolled roadway and two interchanges. The new highway will create interchanges with MD 650 New Hampshire Avenue and MD 182 Layhill Road. The work includes mainline ramps, cross roads, utility relocations, bridges, retaining walls, and more.

The Intercounty Connector project is an extremely environmentally and community sensitive project and extensive measures have been planned by the design-build team to minimize the environmental impact of this project. ICC – Contact B was the second of 5 contracts planned to create the $1.5 Billion 18.8 mile Intercounty Connector that will ultimately connect the I-270 corridor in Montgomery County, MD to the I-95/US1 corridor in Prince George’s County, MD.

Key Challenges & Project Details

  • Includes 14 bridges with 650,000 SF of bridge deck
  • Steel Piles: 60,000 LF
  • Bridge Caisson Installation: 4,000 LF
  • Noise walls: 350,000 SF
  • Retaining walls: 80,000 SF
  • Drainage pipe: 55,000 LF
  • Utility relocation: 4000 LF
  • Excavation: 2,000,000 CY
  • Project sites cross the Northwest Branch Watershed, Upper Paint Branch Watershed and the Upper Paint Branch Special Protection Area
  • ICC-B has over 600,000 square feet of Bridge Deck
  • Over 1000 trees will be harvested with root ball attached to be installed in a future stream stabilization contract.
  • Wagman has relocated over 200 box turtles! Any worker who finds a live box turtle receives a turtle sticker for their hard hat.
  • Underground storm water management basins
  • Turtle relocation
  • Tree harvesting
  • Environmental Manager & Environmental Compliance Crews (crews dedicated to protecting the environment)
  • Culverts designed for fish passage
  • Electro-shocking of fish to relocate them from the work zone
  • 8-ft high right of way fence to protect deer, smaller opening fences at the base of right of way fence to keep smaller animals out
  • Re-forestation areas, invasive species program and plantings
  • Intercounty Connector has received national recognition for their environmental stewardship on this project. Click here to view their segment in “Green & Clean Transportation & Construction”

Web Site Link http://www.iccproject.com/