O-A-K Honored For Street Safety Enhancements

Owen-Ames-Kimball Company (O-A-K) was recently honored in Orlando by the Design-Build Institute of America (DBIA) Florida Region, receiving the Honor Award for Transportation- Roadways for its work on the Lee County Metropolitan Planning Organization’s Complete Streets Initiative project.

The initiative, funded through a federal grant, was designed to enhance bike and pedestrian safety and connectivity, adding miles of new bicycle lanes, sidewalks and multi-use pathways to Lee County roads.

As part of the project, O-AK completed the construction of multi-use pedestrian paths, paved shoulders, sidewalks and two pedestrian bridges along Daniels Parkway from JetBlue Park to Six Mile Cypress Parkway; multi-use paths on Colonial Boulevard from Winkler Avenue to Veronica Shoemaker Boulevard and along the north and south entrance roads at Florida Gulf Coast University; and other improvements extending as far south as Corkscrew Road.

The project team included Mikey Newsome and Scott Reynolds as job site superintendents, Andrew Sass as assistant superintendent, Frank Mullins as project manager, Brian Filipek as assistant project manager, Matthew Zwack as general superintendent/chief safety officer, Shan Gaar as chief estimator and Dave Dale as principal in charge.