At A Glance: Chickamauga Lock Update
- Action: Lock chamber contract with Shimmick Construction Company, Inc. (SCCI) terminated.
- Location: Chickamauga Lock Replacement Project on the Tennessee River in Chattanooga, Tennessee.
- Reason: Contractor failure to maintain schedule, progress critical work, and correct quality deficiencies.
- Strategic Alignment: Supports Army Civil Works’s ‘Building Infrastructure, Not Paperwork’ (BINP) initiative to protect taxpayer dollars.
- Future Goal: Maintain project timeline for an operational navigation lock by 2028.
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The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Nashville District terminated the lock chamber contract with Shimmick Construction Company, Inc. (SCCI), at the Chickamauga Lock Replacement Project on the Tennessee River in Chattanooga, Tennessee, effective today. This decisive action is necessary to get the project back on track and protect taxpayer dollars.
The decision to terminate results from USACE holding the contractor accountable for failure to prosecute the work with diligence, maintain project schedule, progress critical work, correct quality deficiencies, and manage project controls. The Nashville District actively collaborated with SCCI to improve efficiency of their execution and overall delivery of contractual obligations. Despite these efforts, the contractor’s inability to meet contractual obligations resulted in the government’s loss of confidence in their ability to perform the work required by the contract…