Pitt-Des Moines Bridge Division Wins $23 Million Contract With Michigan Department of Transportation.

THE WOODLANDS, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 4, 1999--

PDM (1) (Product Data Management) An information system used to manage the data for a product as it passes from engineering to manufacturing. The data includes plans, geometric models, CAD drawings, images, NC programs as well as all related project data, notes and Bridge, a division of Pitt-Des Moines, Inc. (AMEX AMEX

See: American Stock Exchange :PDM), announced today that it has been awarded a $23 million contract from the Michigan Department of Transportation The Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) is a government agency in the U.S. state of Michigan. History
The first State Highway Department was created on July 1, 1905. (DOT) to fabricate approximately 11,000 tons of structural steel.

The steel will be used for bridges on U.S. Highway 131 over Grandville Avenue and the Grand River in Grand Rapids, Mich. PDM Bridge will deliver the steel in April and September 2000. The Michigan DOT is targeting completion of the bridge by November of 2000.

Funding for this project was provided through a combination of federal, state and local dollars, including Michigan Governor John Engler's Build Michigan II plan and the federal funding legislation known as TEA-21.

Headquartered in Eau Claire, Wis., PDM Bridge fabricates steel for complex bridge structures including bascule bridges A list of bascule bridges by country: Australia

Birkenhead Bridge carries traffic across the Port River at Port Adelaide.
Spit Bridge - Sydney, Australia - being widened from 4 lanes to 6 lanes in 2007

, vertical lift bridges, tied arch bridges and truss truss, in architecture and engineering, a supporting structure or framework composed of beams, girders, or rods commonly of steel or wood lying in a single plane. bridges.

Pitt-Des Moines is a 107-year-old diversified company diversified company

A company engaged in varied business operations not directly related to one another. A diversified company is less likely to suffer either a collapse or a spectacular gain in earnings compared with a firm concentrating its operations in a that operates in two business segments: heavy construction and steel distribution.

The company's heavy construction business designs and builds tanks and systems for liquid and low-temperature cryogenic storage, fabricates steel bridges, fabricates and erects steel structures for buildings, and designs and builds water storage systems.

PDM Steel Service Centers distribute and provide value-added processing for a full line of heavy carbon steel products through eight steel service centers and three culvert pipe facilities.

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