The Port of Long Beach and California Department of Transportation have identified a $649.5 million bid from a joint venture as the best option for designing and building a replacement for the aging Gerald Desmond Bridge. The joint venture's major partners are Shimmick Construction Co. Inc., Oakland, Calif.; FCC Construction S.A., based in Madrid; Italy's Impregilo S.p.A.; San Francisco-based Arup North America Ltd.; and Biggs Cardosa Associates Inc., San Jose, Calif., t...