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• A joint venture that brings Tutor Perini together with Parsons Corp. staff from Texas and Zachry Construction from San Antonio, Texas, has awarded the contract to build the first 30 miles of California's high-speed rail project, a section from Fresno to Bakersfield.
• The California High Speed Rail Authority had eliminated the team during an early review, but rules changed afterward and the group's $985 million bid, the only one under $1 billion, was back in the running.
• The proposal had been given the lowest first-round score on technical matters, including safety, design and engineering, which is why it had been eliminated.

From the article:

Work is expected to be completed on that portion in December 2017. ...