Projects – Welcome to QAP

QAP has been the premier heavy civil contractor in the state of Alaska since 1985. We specialize in building runways, highways, and bridges. We specialize in solving our clients problems.

Seward Highway MP 50 Quake Repair

Contract Award $1,344,703
This project has ZERO lost time incidents
Major challenges overcome: Dewatering natural spring ground water from subgrade coming across highway into downstream slope.
Tight deadlines require permits and swift mobilization
The access to the jobsite has a 40′ vertical drop making logistics of materials very challenging.
Have to pioneer road to get to construction site.

Alaska Penninsula Highway Bridges

Contract Award $ 10,872,923
This project has ZERO lost time incidents
Major repairs on 2 bridges, remove and replace 1 bridge with a 18′ multi-plate

Anc 2018 Earthquake Damage Repair FEMA Group 1

Contract Award $794,053.45
This project has ZERO lost time incidents
Alaska was rattled with a M7.0 earthquake on November 30th 2018. QAP was involved in supply and construction to get our roads safe and travelable
QAP was successful low bidders on this Earthquake Repair road construction project continuing to help Alaskans travel safely

South Naknek Runway Reconstruction

Contract Award $ 7,991,130
This project had ZERO lost time incidents

Anchorage International Airport Runway 15/33 Rehab

Contract Award $52,882,604
This project had ZERO lost time incidents
Worked with AKDOT to construct an alternative haul route within the AOA that will let QAP utilize high capacity off-road trucks – maximizing excavation production in NTP #2. This relieved stress on the project schedule to minimize the disruptions to airport operations. Staying within the AOA also removes any possible accidents/incidents with the public.
Scope of Work: Rehabilitate Runway 15/33 and interconnecting taxiway pavement at Anchorage International Airport. Runway 15/33 will be widened from 150’ to 200’ and intersecting taxiway geometry will be adjusted to meet FAA standards for Airplane Design Group VI and Taxiway Design Group 7 aircraft. Relocate the Runway 15 threshold approximately 100’ to the north, realign Taxiway Q to intersect the proposed threshold, and relocate the Runway 33 displaced threshold approximately 200’ north. Airfield lighting and signage will be replaced within the project area. Additional work will include drainage improvements, FAA NAVAID relocation, utility adjustments, and terrain obstruction removal.
Major Contract Items
Subbase Course: 594,000 TN
HMA Type II, Class A: 99,600 TN
HMA Type V, Class S: 87,200 TN
Electrical Improvements: $5,134,143
Unclassified Excavation: 487,000 CY
Storm Drain Improvements: $2,697,710
Coordinate with Airport Operations to minimize disruptions of aircraft ground movement. Access to Phase 1 and Phase 2 required crossing an active taxiway and disrupted material hauls to/from the site at times. • Core personnel required to have airport SIDA badges, remaining workforce required to have visitor badges and SIDA badged escorts.
NTP #1 required the installation of 280 LF of Portable Blast Fence to protect employees and equipment from jet blast during the rehabilitation of the south end of RW 15/33 while the remainder of the runway was still active. We worked with Blast Deflectors, Inc out of Reno, NV to procure a blast fence that met FAA and contract requirements. AGGPRO constructed the concrete bases required for the system.
We met all contract requirements and completion dates.
All parties involved have developed a strong and respectful working relationship over the last two years and continue to work towards delivering a quality project to Anchorage International Airport and the State of Alaska.

Beaver Loop Road Improvements

Contract Award $8,294,856.42
This project has ZERO lost time incidents

Glenn Highway Springer to Arctic

Contract Award $36,616,095
This project has ZERO lost time incidents
The Glenn Highway project is a challenging project through downtown Palmer. Building 4 lane divided highway with a frontage road and the largest live tap of a water line ever performed in Alaska.
With tourism, state fair, and local traffic, traffic control and safety for our workers and traveling public is our highest priority.

Parks Highway MP 83-99

Contract Award $18,937,554.72
This project had ZERO lost time incidents

Parks Highway MP 99 -123.5

Contract Award $11,866,015.70
This project had ZERO lost time incidents

Parks Highway MP 123.5-165

Contract Award $11,866,015.70
This project had ZERO lost time incidents

Seward Highway Dowling to Dimond Blvd

Contract Award $55,969.370.50
This project had ZERO lost time incidents
Work began the beginning of March while multiple feet of snow still covered the ground. The contract completion dates were extremely aggressive and QAP successfully accounted for that during its 2017 schedule, meeting and achieving the contractual deadlines. Accommodating the aggressive schedule meant starting early as well as working around the clock with multiple shifts, 24 hours a day throughout the entire summer.
The two precast concrete box culverts that were designed to cross the Seward Hwy at the South Fork and North Fork Little Campbell Creek were initially designed to be built from one end to the other. However, upon completion of the CPM schedule it was determined the box culverts had to be stubbed out under the frontage roads on either side of the Seward Hwy and connected in the middle. This meant the connecting precast section had to be designed and custom built once the final dimensions of the final piece were known and determined in the field.
Scope of work: Main elements of the work: Widen the Seward Hwy between Dimond Blvd and Dowling Rd from 2 lanes to 3 lanes in each direction. Construct a 22 girder, single span overpass to connect Lore Rd and 76th Ave with a single lane roundabout. Overpass construction consisted of about 500,000 TN of Borrow import, 53,000 SF of MSE Wall, and 3,000 LF of concrete moment slab coping and cast-in-place bridge barrier.
Reroute South Fork and North Fork Little Campbell Creek by constructing 668 LF of precast concrete box culvert, measuring 14 feet wide by 9 feet tall.
Operational constraints: Lane restrictions limited from 8:00pm to 5:30am, seven days a week while always maintaining at least one free lane of flowing traffic. The annual average daily traffic on the Seward Hwy within our project equals 57,000 vehicles.
Special materials: Precast Concrete Box Culverts, Precast Concrete Bridge Girders (131’-6” x 5’-6”), Precast MSE Wall Panels, Structural Plate Aluminum Box Culvert (15’-10” span, 3’-6” rise), 5 each Precast Oil & Grit Separator Structures

C Street 40th to Minnesota

Contract Award $8,532,028
This project had ZERO lost time incidents
C Street Phase 2 comprised of Installing new 40 foot feet deep Traffic Signal Pole foundations, underground structures, curb ramps and milling and paving. This project was initially slated for a potential write down. With the dedication of the project team, they overcame tight budgetary constraints through planning of critical production items and tracked changes in scope of work. This resulted in the project being able to retrieve enough TC Device revenue and Asphalt Bonuses to overcome the potential losses. Great job to the crews!

Galena Airport Improvements

Contract Award $16,756,736
This project had ZERO lost time incidents
Adjusted HMA Mix design to match local material source which eliminated the need to build an 18 mile ice road to an alternate material source.
Utilized existing stockpile of shot rock located on Airport Property in order to supplement HMA aggregate needs.
Recycled Asphalt Pavement – 326,690 SY
Hot Mix Asphalt Type II
Class A – 46,900 TN
All work on the Runway must be completed at night from 8:00 pm to 8:00 am – Material Source only accessible during the winter.
Compliance with AKDEC Project Specific Work Plan for Contaminated Soil Testing completed by NRC Alaska
Demonstrated Ability to Perform Past Remote Projects that project personal have been involved with: – Nome Airport RSA and Apron Improvements – Tununak Runway Relocation – Chiniak Highway: MP 10-15 Pavement Preservation and Bridge Rail Upgrades

Tudor Road Minnesota to 36th

Contract Award $10,402,606.14
This project had ZERO lost time incidents
Emphasize safety on a road with such high volume of traffic and limited space
Utilized readily available material substitutions to DOT for more efficiency and budget opportunities.
Main elements of the work: – Pavement Planning – 307,843 SY – Hot Mix Asphalt Type VH – 35,848.91 TN Operational constraints
All work was to be completed at night from 8:00 pm to 5:30 am
64-40 Oil (only job using 64-40) – Imported hard rock aggregate for Type VH HMA
Time for Performance: – Minnesota Intersection Closure: Paved & opened ahead of schedule. – New Seward Overpass Closure: Membraned, Paved, & opened ahead of schedule.
Having a high volume of production with the given time constraints Awards, Commendations etc.
Received appreciation letters from nearby businesses on our professionalism and ability to perform the work.

Dillingham Runway Rehab

Contract Award $7,996,317.70
This project had ZERO lost time incidents
In August of 2017 QAP was awarded a contract to rehabilitate the Runway in Dillingham, Alaska. This contract included
Planing 115,000 SY
Foaming 115,000 SY
Paving 27,000 Tons
The total contract for the project was $7,996,318 with the owner, state of Alaska Department of transportation and public facilities. The project completion date for the Dillingham Runway Rehabilitation was October 31, 2018.
Dillingham is a remote city located in Southwest Alaska at the head of the Nushagak bay and at the meeting of the Wood and Nushagak rivers in Bristol Bay.
Dillingham is not connected to the road system and is only accessible by air or boat in the summer. As a result, any type of construction in Dillingham presents an enormous logistical challenge and barging of equipment and supplies was critical.
The largest logistical Challenge faced in Dillingham was the amount of oil needed for foaming and Paving. The quantity of foaming oil was 1,200 tons and the quantity of paving oil was 1,680 tons for a total of 2,880 tons. The oil is stored and shipped in 8’X8’X20’ containers called ISO tanks. QAP was required to ship 142 ISO tanks to Dillingham on three separate barges.
With a time sensitive project, QAP needed to start barging the oil in 2017 and started the project before all oil arrived in Dillingham.
Another challenge this Project faced was the daily schedule required to complete the project. Dillingham is one of the largest hubs for Commercial fishing in Alaska, and the runway had to be open for multiple flights of cargo and passengers during the fishing season. QAP’s window for a runway closure was from 8:00 PM to 6:30 AM for 10.5 hours.
This allowed construction for 9.5 hours per day with setup and removal of traffic control devices.

Elim City Streets

Contract Award $3,293,665
This project had ZERO lost time incidents
Elim Write-Up: In June of 2018 QAP was awarded a subcontract to preform
28,000 SY of foamed asphalt base
2,600 tons of paving as well as a
Sand seal over all the paved surfaces
The general contractor for the project was Tumet Industries, LLC and the owner was Kawerak Native Corporation.
Elim is a remote Alaskan Village located on the northern coast of Norton Sound approximately 100 miles east of Nome.
Elim is not connected to the road system and is only accessible by air or boat in the summer and snowmobile in the winter. As a result, any type of construction in Elim presents an enormous logistical challenge.
The ability to fly in parts is limited due to the size of the runway so it was critical to barge in all supplies that will be needed seeing that the time to barge larger items from Seward is measured in weeks.
Paving in a remote location is always a challenge for several reasons but the main reason is that the asphalt plant itself is not designed for being loaded and unloaded from a barge.
QAP purchased a smaller Terex 150 asphalt plant for this project. The plant had not been operated in several years so it required an extensive amount of maintenance and repairs to get it operational again, but or hot plant crew was up to the challenge.
The plant was up and running on schedule and ran continuously for the duration of the project.
Another challenge related to performing paving and foamed asphalt in remote locations is the asphalt oil which must be shipped in ISO containers and heated on site before it can be used in asphalt and foaming. Performing the foamed asphalt base for this project also presented several challenges for the project team as well. The city streets in Elim are extremely narrow and congested which is the exact opposite of ideal conditions for a 150 foot long foaming train.
After reviewing the scope of the project with QAP’s foaming crew it was decided that the best way to perform the work would be to tow the water truck behind the Wirtgen Reclaimer instead of in front of it as that is the traditional way to hook up the foaming train. This allowed the foaming crew to keep the train hooked up for the majority of the work which resulted in completing the foaming 5 days ahead of schedule and reduced the amount of time employees had to deal with hooking and unhooking hot oil hoses.
The project team requested that all of the parking lots be treated with cement instead of the original design which called for foamed asphalt.
The last unique challenge that the Elim project presented was the fact that there was an extremely high volume of pedestrians at all times in and around our work area, the majority of which were young children.
All employees were briefed during our daily safety meetings and told to be extremely cautious and mindful of pedestrians at all times. With the help of several flaggers and constant awareness of the crew all pedestrians remained out of the active work sites.
The Elim City Street Improvements Project was extremely successful and QAP is hopeful to be a part of future projects in remote villages with similar scopes of work.

Spenard Recon PH II

Contract Award $10,748,776.75
This project had ZERO lost time incidents
Spenard Road Reconstruction, Hillcrest Drive to 30th Avenue The Spenard Road District is home to one of Anchorage’s oldest and largest retail business areas.
The Spenard Road project, with a total project cost of approximately $20 million, involves complete reconstruction of approximately 3,000 linear feet of minor arterial roadway that serves adjoining high density residential commercial development. This section of Spenard road has an ADT of up to 19,000 vehicles, is a major transit corridor and attracts a high volume of non-motorized users as well.
The current project is transforming Spenard Road from a 4-lane road characterized by high accident rates and substandard pedestrian, transit and bicycle facilities to a modern 3-lane complete street that will include one lane in each direction with a two-way center left turn lane, 8 ft. sidewalks and 5 ft. bike lanes.
The project also includes 9 upgraded bus stops, 3 new traffic signals and a modern LED street light system.
Local utility companies also identified needs for relocation and betterment of their facilities in the corridor so utility work was included and accommodated by the project. Many of the local businesses initially opposed conversion to 3 lanes based on concerns that a 3-lane road would cause a decrease in business traffic. After almost 15 years of methodically working with local businesses and community leaders, agreement was reached on how to move forward with the project.
Another issue that concerned businesses was the loss of storefront parking. This issue was partially mitigated by including the construction of 4-parking lots as part of the project. Local business concerns were further addressed by incorporating seamless streetscape and landscape amenities extending from the back of sidewalk to the business storefront. The design required the acquisition of additional right-of-way that involved over 70 parcels of land.
The negotiation and acquisition process took over two years to complete. With high expectations established and commitments made to project and community stakeholders concerning impacts during construction and the ability to deliver the project as promised, it was critically important to select a contractor with the qualifications and expertise to complete the project. With that objective in mind, the project was advertised for construction utilizing an RFP “best value” format that evaluated both price and contractor qualifications.

O’Malley Rd. Reconstruction, Phase 1 Seward Highway to Livingston St

Original Contract Value: $21,769,589.00
Projected final value: $24,561,113.76
This project had ZERO lost time incidents
The O’Malley Rd. Reconstruction project was performed for an owner QAP is very familiar working with, the State of Alaska Department of Transportation.
QAP won the project as low bidder in early 2017, and immediately begun planning for the large undertaking that this project would be.
Of particular note was the 322,000 CY of excavation to be performed in an adjacent to known wetlands. This presented challenges in many regards, namely environmental, safety and materially.
When 322,000 CY of excavation are scheduled to be performed, a large volume of fill is also needed; in this case a plan of 686,0000 tons of borrow material. Once environmental accommodations were in place, then the safe execution of the work became the primary focus. Many meetings, letters and negotiations led to an agreement for a 21 day closure of O’Malley Rd. to allow for the safe execution of the deepest excavation near Independence Dr. QAP was able to get a jump start on the closure by excavating outside the road prism in the weeks leading up to the closure.
Nearly 120,000 CY of excavation was performed during the hard closure, with just shy of 200,000 tons of borrow going back in.
By utilizing the hard closure to its fullest, QAP was able to perform the excavation without the DOT planned detour, instead using the newly constructed roadbed to route traffic upon re-opening, rather than a temporary route over poor subsurface material as planned by DOT.
The safe performance of the “deep dig” of greater than 40 foot depth was a major landmark for the project. Once that portion of the work was completed, then other major items, such as installation of over a mile of underground pipe and structures, over 3 miles of new curb and gutter, and several varieties of walls: sound barrier, soil nail, and CIP concrete could become our focus.
Major contract work was completed in advance of the original contract completion date (8/15/18) despite nearly $500,000 in change order work additional to the contract also being completed in the same timeframe.
Now complete, the 4 lane road is a major upgrade from the 2 lane portion we replaced. Also increased sight distance has enhanced safety through the corridor, and has paved the way for the second phase of the project corridor, likely to commence in 2020.

Abbott Road Rehab Phase I

Contract Award $8,348,321
This project had ZERO lost time incidents

Abbott Road Rehab Phase II

Contract Award $5,167,568
This project had ZERO lost time incidents

Arctic Boulevard PH III

Contract Award $4,669,064
This project had ZERO lost time incidents
Excellence in Construction Meeting the Challenge of a Job – Under $5,000,000 Transportation, Heavy, Marine, Earthmoving
Projects biggest obstacle was providing continuous vehicle and pedestrian traffic flow within a limited space and time. This challenged all parties involved in performing the immense scope of work in an extremely small work zone and even more challenging schedule.
Special Provisions required continuous two-way traffic at all times within the construction zone and that no construction induced delays during 7:00 AM-9:00 AM and 4:00 PM-6:00 PM. Along with these traffic constraints, buses were required to have access at a rate of one bus every 15 minutes from 8:00 am to 11:00 pm daily.
Project design required the removal and replacement of all curbs and gutters which severely narrowed what was already narrow driving lanes. With two lanes of traffic flowing constantly, this forced construction work to squeeze into a 20 foot space.
Multiple road crossings for storm sewer, signalization, and illumination made it especially challenging to complete work in the space and time provided.
Arctic Boulevard Improvements Phase III – 36th Avenue to Tudor Road presented QAP with the very meaning of a challenge. Through preparation, experience, communication, and coordination QAP faced each challenge head on, turning each challenge into opportunities to showcase our expertise!
Excellence in project management: The Arctic Boulevard Management team was faced with a short time frame not only to complete the project, but to prepare for the project as well. The QAP Project team broke ground 7 days after the contract was executed and 3 days after the NTP with a 60 day window to complete the work.
The QAP project team’s preparation encompassed applying for permits, submitting submittals, procuring materials, and setting a schedule all in a 7 day time frame. This preparation also included fitting 10 subcontractors into the schedule to incorporate their work load into the 60 day time frame and the small space provided. This included a large amount of overlapping work that was necessary to keep work moving forward.
In addition to fast tracking the project, management had to quickly develop ways to communicate with the public. QAP immediately notified the public using flyers, radio ads, newsletters, establishing a project hotline, and releasing contact numbers for management personnel.
The contact numbers given were direct cell phone numbers of QAP and MOA supervisors with 24 hour access.
QAP realized the importance of finding innovative ways to lessen our impact to the community. The key to reducing the impact was to adhere to the extremely aggressive construction schedule of 60 days. In order to shorten the inconvenience of the traveling public, QAP used a paving technique of echelon paving. Echelon Paving is the use of two pavers, paving side by side. This allowed QAP to complete mainline paving in one shift while allowing for continuous vehicle traffic and maintaining access to all local businesses. Additionally, the utilization of echelon paving reduced the use of longitudinal cold joints. Reducing cold joints enhances the quality of the product, promotes longevity, reduces future maintenance costs, and limits areas susceptible to extreme Alaskan conditions.
QAP also utilized some innovative equipment attachments fabricated by QAP personnel to reduce the amount of delay from concrete demolition to usable pedestrian access. QAP was required to remove all existing sidewalks and pedestrian ramps on both sides of Arctic Boulevard. Immediate pedestrian access was necessary to facilitate pedestrian safety, business access, and access to transit stop locations.

Minnesota Drive Seward to Tudor Pavement Preservation

Contract Award $14,387,307.15
This project has ZERO lost time incidents

Parks Highway MP 194 Broad Pass RR Overcrossing

Contract Award $20,669,482
This project had ZERO lost time incidents
The goal of this Federally Funded project is to reconstruct approximately 1 mile of the Parks Highway, Install new storm water infrastructure, construct a railroad overpass and a new bridge to cross the middle fork of the Chulitna River.
Excavation: 106,900 CY
Asphalt: 11,970 Tons
Borrow: 675,000 Tons
Riprap: 7,535 Tons
Corrugated Steel Pipe: 639 feet
QAP has an excellent track record of performing large scale projects on extremely tight schedules; coordinating with numerous subcontractors; and working closely with Owner agencies. The majority of traffic through Parks Highway MP 194 is Alaskan residents traveling between Anchorage and Fairbanks and Tourists travelling to Denali National Park in the summer.
A benefit of the scope and location of this project is a majority of the project work is able to be performed outside the limits of the traveling public, thus limiting necessary delays during the heavily traveled tourist season.
To better facilitate our paving and fill operations, QAP setup a rock crushing plant on site and will soon set up a remote hot plant.
Major challenges of this project include immense communication between different agencies and entities. These include coordinating and scheduling work with the Alaska Railroad to construct a highway detour and temporary railroad crossing as well as working with Fish & Game to demo the existing Chulitna River bridge.
The project is still within the contract time limit and is on track to be completed with the required limits, which shows the proper planning methods and effort have been used.

Farmer Loop Resurfacing & Farmers Loop Signal Interconnect

Contract Award $12,656,111
This project had ZERO lost time incidents
During project staff planning and scheduling activities before work began, quantity takeoffs and analysis of earthwork for the Lump Sum CABC Pay Item, we discovered that with the existing ground used to calculate the earthwork quantities, there was no way for the project to balance CABC wise, without opening up the entire 8 miles of roadway. However the contract only allowed for disturbing 2 miles of roadway at a time and paving back before grinding any further.
The way the designed profile was, QAP would have to double and triple handle the material in order to meet the contract requirements. We worked with the owner and jointly decided to adjust the profile slightly and get the new profile to balance exactly how we wanted it to exactly where we wanted it to as to how we wanted to phase and schedule the project to maximize hauling efficiency and minimize the amount of material that had to be moved with a truck
Maximizing the amount of material that could be cut and filled with a grader using 3D GPS automatics with our 3D model. In order to get the Dept of Transportation to accept our new profile, we decided to present it to them as a Value Engineering Change Proposal. We showed the DOT how the new profile would save the DOT 150,000$ by reducing the amount of Subbase Grading F borrow import and D-1 base course needed because of the road balancing with the new profile.
We had a time savings of 4-6 weeks to the DOT by increased efficiency and constructability.
CABC – 328,260 SY
Hot Mix Asphalt Type II
Class B – 53,456 TN
Demonstrated Ability to Perform – Sterling Highway Erosion Response MP 153 – Sterling Highway Resurfacing MP 135-150 – Kenai Spur Highway Pavement Preservation and Deep Fish Culverts – Richardson Highway MP24-35 Thompson Pass Resurfacing – Richardson Highway Lowe River and Valdez Glacier Stream Bridge Deck Rehabilitation and Resurfacing. – Abbott Road Phase II Rehabilitation. Awards, Commendations etc. AGC Excellence in Construction Runner Up Farmers Loop Medium Project 2018

Parks Highway MP 192-194 Resurfacing

Contract Awards $2,089,539
This project had ZERO lost time incidents
The scope of work for this federally funded project includes reclaiming and repaving the asphalt surface of the highway as well as replacing culverts and improving the ditch.
36” Corrugated Steel Pipe 460 LF
Asphalt: 13,300 Tons
The Parks Highway MP 192-194 Resurfacing job is connected to our Parks Highway MP 194 Broad Pass RR Overcrossing job, which means it will affect the same types of traffic, Alaskan residents traveling between Anchorage and Fairbanks and Tourists travelling to Denali National Park in the summer.
To facilitate our paving operation and for increased efficiency, we used our remote hot plant that was set up on our adjoining job Parks Highway MP 194 Broad Pass RR Overcrossing
These projects were worked concurrently offering AKDOT an accelerated schedule and better products with added benefits such as seamless pavement operations and more efficient traffic control.
Project was completed with a goal zero mindset

Parks Highway MP 239-252 Rehabilitation

Contract Award $28,866,930.50
This goal of this federally funded project was to rehabilitate 13 miles of the Parks Highway, MP 239-252.
The Project added passing lanes to 2 areas of the highway and provided culvert, guardrail, bridge, and sign improvements.
Excavation: 225,624 CY
Asphalt: 115,310 Tons
Borrow: 295,513 Tons
Liquidated Damages: $3,000 per day QAP has an excellent track record of performing large scale projects on extremely tight schedules; coordinating with numerous subcontractors; and working closely with Owner agencies.
Parks Hwy MP 239-252 posed unique challenges such as high traffic volumes due to the close proximity of Denali National Park and tourist village.
During construction QAP worked with AKDOT to negotiate a change order to switch to night shift to better accommodate high traffic volumes and mitigate the effect on local businesses.
Within the 13 miles of the project, 10 bridges required maintenance and repairs. At one point 4 consecutive bridges had active construction operations increasing the demand for efficient traffic control
Modern and appropriately sized equipment & batch plants were used and full back-up plants and equipment were available to make sure that the schedule was met.
The successful completion of the large volume of work on this highly visible project while modifying construction operations to accommodate AKDOT, local businesses and the traveling public clearly demonstrated QAP’s ability to perform the required effort.