{"id":5188,"date":"2017-12-20T10:43:41","date_gmt":"2017-12-20T17:43:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.flatironcorp.com\/?p=5188"},"modified":"2021-09-08T15:13:37","modified_gmt":"2021-09-08T21:13:37","slug":"flatiron-secures-east-loop-820-project-tarrant-county-texas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.flatironcorp.com\/news\/flatiron-secures-east-loop-820-project-tarrant-county-texas\/","title":{"rendered":"Flatiron Secures East Loop I-820 Project in Tarrant County, Texas"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Broomfield, Colorado (December 20, 2017)<\/strong> \u2013 Flatiron Construction Corp. (FLATIRON), one of the largest infrastructure contractors in North America, announced today that it has been awarded the contract by The Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) for the Interstate 820 project. The 3-mile improvement project includes reconstructing the existing roadway, building an additional lane in each direction, replacing the Trinity River Bridges, and creating new direct connectors to and from SH 121.<\/p>\n<p>The East Loop 820 project is valued at $174 million and is part of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.texasclearlanes.com\/default.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Texas Clear Lanes<\/a> initiative which is designed to improve drive times and reduce costs while improving the quality of life for Texas.<\/p>\n<p>Construction is expected to begin in the spring of 2018, with completion anticipated in 2023.<\/p>\n<p><strong>About Flatiron Construction Corp.<br \/>\n<\/strong>Flatiron is the trusted provider of innovative solutions to infrastructure challenges across the U.S. and Canada. For public and private clients, Flatiron builds highways, bridges, airports, rail transit, dams, water facilities and underground projects. For more on how Flatiron is transforming infrastructure, visit flatironcorp.com. Flatiron is a subsidiary of HOCHTIEF, an engineering-led global infrastructure group.<\/p>\n<p>Media Contact<br \/>\nMike Swenson<br \/>\n1.720.494.8132<br \/>\n<a href=\"mailto:press@flatironcorp.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">press@flatironcorp.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Employment or Subcontracting&nbsp;Inquiries Visit: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flatironcorp.com\">www.flatironcorp.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Broomfield, Colorado (December 20, 2017) \u2013 Flatiron Construction Corp. (FLATIRON), one of the largest infrastructure contractors in North America, announced today that it has been awarded the&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5188","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news-release"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.flatironcorp.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5188"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.flatironcorp.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.flatironcorp.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.flatironcorp.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.flatironcorp.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5188"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.flatironcorp.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5188\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.flatironcorp.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5188"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.flatironcorp.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5188"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.flatironcorp.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5188"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}