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 VANCOUVER, WASH. — The Columbia River Crossing project announced today that Max J. Kuney Company has been awarded a $4.22 million contract to conduct a construction techniques test project in early 2012. The Washington contractor submitted the lowest of eight bids for the test project. The test project will allow engineers to refine design assumptions and project plans, keeping the project on schedule to start construction by the end of 2013.

The test project focuses on construction techniques for drilling shafts and pile driving. Construction crews plan a total of three drilled shafts and a set of five driven piles at two on-land locations just west of the Interstate 5 Bridge near the I-5/State Route 14 interchange in Washington and near the Hayden Island interchange in Oregon. Drilled shafts are deep, cylindrical holes that concrete is poured into to form bridge foundations. A driven pile is a long, cylindrical steel column that is driven into the soil to provide support for bridges and other structures.

Construction on the test project is scheduled to be complete in June 2012. Additional information about the drilled shaft project will be distributed to area businesses and residents and posted on the CRC website (www.columbiarivercrossing.org) before work starts.