Almost two years after beginning its Goethals Bridge procurement, the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey awarded a 40-year DBFM availability-pay, performance-based contract on Apr. 24 to NYNJ Link, a partnership of Macquarie and Kiewit, with Parsons Transportation/Weeks Marine/Massman Construction as subcontractors.

Until recently, Australia’s Transfield Services had been the maintenance subcontractor for the NYNJ Link Partnership project company. It pulled out, however, leaving Macquarie to price that work in the group’s bid, which was won on the basis of the lowest-priced, qualifying proposal.