Owner: City of Idaho Falls
Completion Date: September 23, 2011
Location: Idaho Falls, Idaho
HK Contractors was responsible for the reconstruction of the Shoup Avenue and A Street intersection in Idaho Falls. Work included removal of six existing trees, installation of new water line, water services, fire hydrants, curb & gutter, sidewalk, new roadway installation, 13 new trees, decorative pavers, decorative rock enclosure and decorative light poles. HK Contractors supplied 768 tons of gravel and 277 tons of hot-mix asphalt for the project.
HK’s crews and subcontractors worked dilligently to meet project requirements. The intersection has always been very busy. Business owners were very concerned about accessibility and crews worked late nights and weekends in order to minimize impacts. The Idaho Falls Downtown Development Corporation praise HK Contractors for a job well done, saying, “We truly felt like you listened to our concerns and followed through on all our suggestions to make this improvement as painless as possible for the downtown. Your ability to get everything completed and the roads back open within the time frame first agreed upon was very helpful and appreciated.”
Click to read more about the Idaho Falls Shoup Avenue and A Street Reconstruction.
Owner: Western Federal Lands Highway Division
General Contractor: HK Contractors
Completion Date: October 2010
Location: Yellowstone National Park near West Entrance of Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming
The scope of the project included milling and removal of a road and bridge constructed in the 1920s, installation of a new road and bridge to divert traffic from the pristine Gibbon River, paving a major complex parking area with three pedestrian viewing areas, restoration of extensive vegetation in sensitive environmental areas, positioning boulders and landscape logs in picnic areas and placement of bio-degradable wattles for erosion control. HK Contractors completed highly skilled excavation with cuts as high as 124 feet to allow for accessible parking areas and trails. Work was completed within wetlands, geothermal areas, thermal seeps and thermal cores. The work schedule anticipated 25,000 vehicles per week travelling through the construction zone in the high tourist summer season.
HK Contractors was honored with multiple awards from Western Federal Lands for the excellent work completed on the project. Click to read the press release.
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