The Alaska Contractor - Summer 2008

Member NEWS
Three to compete
on $200 million
prison
The Matanuska-Susitna Borough
and the Alaska Dept. of
Corrections selected Hunt/Lydig/
Kiewitt Pacific Co., a joint venture;
Cornerstone/ JE Dunn, a joint
venture; and Neeser Construction
Inc. to compete for a contract to
build a medium-security prison
at the corner of Alsop Road and
Point MacKenzie Road.
One of the three will likely be
selected in September or October,
according to a Mat-Su Borough
press release.
Timber is being cleared now
from the site. Groundbreaking
for the more than $200 million,
1,536-bed Point MacKenzie Correctional
Center is expected in
spring 2009.
A joint project between the
borough and the state, the project
is expected to generate 600 to 700
construction jobs and 350 prison
jobs. The Department of Corrections
will lease the prison from
the Mat-Su Borough, operate it,
and eventually own it when the
lease-revenue bonds are repaid
in 25 years.
Carlile expands
in Fairbanks
Carlile Transportation Systems
broke ground for its new state-of-the
art shop in Fairbanks May 21. Carlile
owners Harry McDonald, CEO, and
Linda Leary, president, were on hand
to help celebrate.
Carlile’s existing Fairbanks terminal
opened in 1984 and employs about
100 people.