Doing Business

Overview

Thank you for your interest in business opportunities with the 75th St. CIP. Visit Doing Business with CREATE (Opens in a new window) to see the most recent CREATE Bid Advertisements/RFPs and to sign up for CREATE Program procurement notifications to receive an email notification when a new bid solicitation is opened. Be sure to select the procurement list.

Highway Construction Careers Training Program (HCCTP)

Interested in carpentry, concrete framing, welding and other construction jobs that are in demand on CREATE Projects? Apply for training through the Highway Construction Careers Training Program (HCCTP) to learn the skills you need to get hired for construction jobs on projects such as the 75th St. CIP or other CREATE projects. The HCCTP is offered at three colleges in the Chicago area: Dawson Technical Institute of Kennedy King College, South Suburban College, and Richard J. Daley College.

For more information on the Highway Construction Careers Training Program, please see IDOT's HCCTP flyer(Opens in a new window) and our Dawson Technical Institute of Kennedy King College HCCTP flyer (Opens in a new window) or reach out to the HCCTP coordinators at each college below:

  • Dawson Technical Institute of Kennedy King College: Laveta Moore, 773-487-3629, lmoore145@ccc.edu
  • South Suburban College: Rebecca Garcia, 708-596-2000, ext. 3257, rgarcia@ssc.edu
  • Richard J. Daley College: Nancy Cortes, 773-838-7544, ncortes18@ccc.edu

DBEs In Their Own Words

Several DBEs working on 75th St. CIP have provided insights into their experience. Explore the links below to learn about what the project means for their businesses.

75th St. CIP Contractors including Disadvantaged Business Enterprises (DBEs*)

Forest Hill Flyover (P3)/ 71st Street Grade Separation (GS19) (Led by CSX)

  • Granite Construction subconsultants (as of June 8, 2022)
    • Highway Safety Corp. (DBE)
    • Metromex Contractors, Inc. (DBE)
    • K&S Engineers, Inc. (DBE)
    • Northwest General Contractors (DBE)
    • City Lights (DBE)
    • Industrial Fence (DBE)
    • Pine Waterproofing & Sealing, Inc. (DBE)
    • BBD Trucking Co., Inc. (DBE)
    • AC Iron (DBE)
    • Alpine Demolition Services (DBE)
    • AB Petroleum Services (DBE)
    • Mack Construction Services (DBE)
    • AREA Equipment (DBE)
    • ARGO (DBE)
    • NASHnal Soil Testing (DBE)
    • Stalworth Underground
    • Dyer Construction
    • Capital Industrial Coatings
    • Railworks Track Services
    • Menard USA
  • Mathewson Right of Way Company subconsultants (as of January 29,2020)
    • American Surveying & Engineering, PC (DBE)
    • 1st AEROW Valuation Group (DBE)
  • Parsons subconsultants (as of August 13, 2019)
    • ABNA Engineering, Inc. (DBE)
    • American Surveying & Engineering, P.C. (DBE)
    • Atlas Engineering Group, Ltd. (DBE)
    • Czaplicki Lopez, PLLC (DBE)
    • D.B. Sterlin Consultants, Inc.
    • MELKEL GROUP (DBE)
    • Patrick Engineering
    • Progress Rail
    • Site Design Group, Ltd. (DBE)
    • TranSmart/EJM Engineering, Inc. (DBE)
    • Trinal, Inc. (DBE)
    • Wang Engineering, Inc. (DBE)
  • TranSystems subconsultants (as of December 2020)
    • Ardmore Roderick (DBE)
    • DB Sterlin Consultants, Inc. (DBE)
    • GSG Consultants, Inc. (DBE)
    • Interra Inc (DBE)
    • PMCS Consulting (DBE)
    • Trinal, Inc. (DBE)
  • Dyer Construction subconsultants (as of February 2021)
    • BBD Trucking Company (DBE)
    • City Lights Inc (DBE)
    • Landmark Pest Management (DBE)
    • Railworks
    • Homer Tree

Belt Junction and 80th Street Junction Replacements (EW2) (Led by Union Pacific)

  • HDR, Inc. subconsultants (as of September 29, 2022)
    • Atlas Engineering Group, LTD (DBE)
    • DB Sterlin Consultants, Inc. (DBE)
    • Wang Engineering (DBE)

Belt Junction and 80th Street Junction Replacements (EW2) (Led by Norfolk Southern)

  • Design Packages #1: Parsons subconsultants (as of July 17, 2023)
    • Infrastructure Engineering Inc - Drainage & RR Structure Design [M/P]
    • Pinpoint Precision LLC - Signing; Striping; Utilities; Community relations
    • Sanchez & Associates PC - Survey; LiDAR; ROW verification
    • TranSmart, LLC- Lighting & traffic signal design
    • Wang Engineering Inc - Geotechnical borings; Testing; Engineering
  • Design Package #2: Hanson subconsultants (as of July 17, 2023)
    • 2IM Group LLC - Drainage design
    • Atlas Engineering Group Ltd - Structural engineering [M/P]
    • Claassen, White & Associates PC - Survey
    • DB Sterlin Consultants Inc - Stakeholder coordination; Drainage design
    • OSEH Inc - Maintenance of traffic design [M/P]
    • Pinpoint Precision Engineering - Utilities coordination; Community engagement [M/P]
    • Program Management & Control Services LLC - Project controls [M/P]
    • SE3 LLC - Structural engineering [M/P]
    • Site Design Group Ltd - Landscape architecture; Community engagement
    • TranSmart, LLC - Lighting design
    • Wang Engineering Inc - Geotechnical investigation
  • Design Package #3: Parson subconsultants (as of July 17, 2023)
    • American Surveying & Engineering, Ltd. - Topographic survey
    • Czaplicki Lopez PLLC - Structural design; Structural inspection
    • DB Sterlin Consultants Inc - Permitting; Utility design
    • TranSmart, LLC - Lighting design
    • Wang Engineering Inc - Geotechnical engineering
  • Design Package #4: Gannett Fleming subconsultants (as of July 17, 2023) (as of July 17, 2023)
    • Infrastructure Engineering Inc - Drainage & RR Structure Design [M/P]
    • Pin Point Precision LLC - Signing; Striping; Utilities; Community relations
    • Sanchez & Associates PC - Survey; LiDAR; ROW verification
    • TranSmart, LLC- Lighting & traffic signal design
    • Wang Engineering Inc - Geotechnical borings; Testing; Engineering
  • Alfred Benesch & Company subconsultants (as of September 5, 2019)
    • TranSystems Corporation
    • 2IM Group, LLC (DBE)
    • American Surveying & Engineering, PC (DBE)
    • Ardmore Roderick (DBE)
    • Cera Solutions and Applications, LLC (DBE)
    • CTC, Inc.
    • GSG Consultants, Inc. (DBE)
    • Mathewson Right of Way Company
    • SE3, LLC (DBE)
    • Synnov Group, Inc. (DBE)
    • Trinal Inc. (DBE)

Bridge 87 Raise (EW2) (Led by Metra)

  • Ardmore Roderick Group subconsultants (as of July 15, 2020)
    • CCS International
    • GSG Consultants (DBE)
    • T.Y. Lin International

Rock Island Connection (P2) (Led by Metra)

  • Jacobs Engineering Group subconsultants (as of July 15, 2020)
    • AAA Engineering, Ltd. (DBE)
    • Collins Engineers, Inc
    • DB Sterlin Consultants, Inc. (DBE)
    • Design Consulting Engineers, Inc. (DBE)
    • Ernest R. Sawyer Enterprises, Inc. (DBE)
    • GSG Consultants, Inc. (DBE)
    • Lin Engineering, Ltd. (DBE)
    • Michael Baker International
    • Pin Point Precision, LLC (DBE)
    • Site Design Group, Ltd. (DBE)
    • Vaughn Management (DBE)