The CBBT (Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel) commission selected a team led by Jacobs Engineering Group, Inc and including major partners COWI and HNTB to serve as the Design Manager for the Parallel Thimble Shoal Tunnel Project that is currently under development. The Project will add a two-lane tunnel under the Thimble Shoal Channel, parallel to one of two existing immersed tunnels between the Delmarva Peninsula and the Hampton Roads area at Virginia Beach.
On 05.11.2014 CBBT will host at Hotel Virginia Beach Oceanfront a project showcase for the Parallel Thimble Shoal Tunnel. CBBT will be available to meet, by appointment, with potential contractors and consultants for further project discussion on 06.11.2014 and 07.11.2014. The meeting with suppliers will be held by appointment the week of 17.11.2014.
A formal Request for Proposal (RFP) for a Design-Build Contractor is expected by the second half of 2015, with final award scheduled for the summer of 2016. Visit www.cbbt.com. 42/14.
