Contractor of the Year Awards: Civil Project of the Year, U.S. 95 Realignment Project Goldfield, NV, Ames Construction

U.S. 95 Realignment Project Goldfield, NV

The U.S. 95 Realignment Project near Goldfield, Nevada, was completed by Ames Construction to realign 2.5 miles of the existing highway in preparation of the Gemfield Mine site. The project goals included completing all phases safely with no incidents, achieving substantial completion on an accelerated time frame, minimizing impacts to the traveling public, complying with all applicable environmental requirements and all federal, state and county laws and ordinances, and obtaining all necessary approvals for acceptance by NDOT for the completed work.

Because of the location, Ames encountered several challenges throughout the course of the project, including access to construction water, project staffing, material logistics, existing utilities and on-site raw materials, as well as completing final paving during the COVID-19 pandemic. In order to address this, Ames developed a project- specific COVID-19 Safety Mitigation Plan to ensure that the work was completed safely and without impacts to the local community. Ames Construction was able to complete the project with approximately 39,000 hours worked, not including subcontractors, with no lost-time accidents. The project was on time, nearly $2.5 million under budget and will have a direct impact on the local economy.

“The project is expected to drive the creation of hundreds of direct and indirect jobs in the region, including about 200 contract workers for varying periods during mine construction and approximately 150 employees during the project’s mine life,” said Andrew Conover, director of execution projects at Gemfield Resources. “The increase in income earnings from the future Gemfield Mine will be a major economic benefit to the local economy.”

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