Our team, Dragados USA, Inc. and Flatiron West, Inc. collectively known as DF, brings the necessary transportation experience to successfully complete the California High-Speed Rail Construction Package 2-3 Project (CP 2-3). The California High-Speed Rail Authority (Authority) is responsible for the planning, design, construction and operation of the first high-speed rail system in the nation. The California High-Speed Rail System will connect the mega-regions of the State; contribute to economic development and a cleaner environment; create jobs for subcontractors and small business; and preserve agricultural and protected lands.
Construction Package 2-3 is a 60-mile route located within the counties of Fresno, Tulare and Kings and the cities of Hanford, Corcoran and Allensworth. The Project requirements are construction of at-grade, aerial, and possible below grade sections of the high speed train, relocation of existing BNSF tracks for approximately 5.5 miles, possible crossing of existing BNSF railroad tracks, construction of waterway and wildlife crossings, and roadway reconstructions, relocations, and closures.
The $1.5 to $2 billion design-build contract will bring thousands of jobs to the Central Valley. The route will also provide environmental benefits, relieve roadway congestion and spur economic development.
CP 2-3 is dedicated to following and upholding the terms of the Authority’s Small Business Program. The program requires an overall 30 percent goal for small business participation with a ten percent goal for Disadvantaged Business Enterprises and three percent goal for Disabled Veteran Business Enterprises. Our team recognizes the local and specialty subcontractors as vital and productive members of the Project.
We have successfully implemented small and disadvantaged business programs that meet and exceed project goals and develop meaningful participation for local small business enterprises/disadvantaged business enterprises (SBEs/DBEs). Our team is reaching out to Small and Disadvantaged Businesses to augment its self-performance capacity and utilize local and specialty subcontractors for a variety of tasks pertaining to project controls, construction, quality control and material supply.
Learn MoreAugust 19
The California High-Speed Rail Authority (Authority), in cooperation with
design-build contractor Dragados-Flatiron Joint Venture (DFJV), announces heavy construction activity
east of State Route 43 (SR 43) and north of Avenue 144 in Tulare County. Work will include construction
of a high-speed rail embankment and is scheduled to begin Monday, Aug. 19, 2019 and continue
through 2021.
August 19
The California High-Speed Rail Authority (Authority), in cooperation with designbuild contractor Dragados-Flatiron Joint Venture (DFJV), announces the closure of 9th Avenue between
Corona and Cairo in Kings County for construction of a high-speed rail overpass. This closure is
scheduled to begin Monday August 19, 2019 and continue through the end of 2021.
September 23
The California High-Speed Rail Authority (Authority), in cooperation with
design-build contractor Dragados-Flatiron Joint Venture (DFJV), announces the closure of
South Avenue between Cedar and Maple avenues in Fresno County. This is phase one of three
closures for construction of the South Avenue overpass and is scheduled to begin Monday,
September 23, 2019 and continue through 2021.
July 19
The California High-Speed Rail Authority (Authority), in cooperation with design-build contractor
Dragados-Flatiron Joint Venture (DFJV), announces the closure of Peach Avenue between Conejo and Clarkson avenues
in Fresno County for construction of a high-speed rail overcrossing. The closure is scheduled to begin Friday, July 19,
2019 and continue through the end of 2021.
March 04
The California High-Speed Rail Authority (Authority), in cooperation with design-build contractor Dragados-Flatiron Joint Venture (DFJV), announces the closure of South Avenue between Cedar and Maple avenues in Fresno County for construction of an overpass. Work is scheduled to begin Monday, March 4, 2019 and continue through 2020.
East South Avenue between Cedar and Maple avenues will be closed through 2020.
This work is part of construction of an overpass that will grade separate BNSF railroad and high-speed rail tracks.
February 11
Embankment construction at Excelsior Avenue between 8th Avenue and 9th Avenue in Kings County will begin Monday, February 11 and is expected to continue through 2019.
Intermittent closures; expect heavy truck traffic.
November 12
The California High-Speed Rail Authority (Authority), in cooperation with design-build contractor Dragados-Flatiron Joint Venture (DFJV), announces that Avenue 120, just west of SR 43 in Tulare County, will be reduced to one lane for both directions for asphalt overlay paving. Drivers will follow a pilot car and take turns driving through the work zone. Work is scheduled to begin Tuesday, November 12, and continue through early December.
September 18
Construction starting in Fresno County from Jefferson Avenue to South Avenue, between Cedar and Maple avenues. Work will begin September 18, 2017