Pulse  09/23/2009
Planning

TENNESSEE The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga plans to build a five-story, 180,000-sq-ft library at the corner of Vine and Douglas streets. It will include a 200-seat auditorium/lecture hall and a café. Energy-saving features include a green roof for the café and below-grade cisterns to collect rainwater for site irrigation. Construction is expected to begin in 2010 and be completed in 2012. The project is valued at $40 million. Derthick, Henley & Wilkerson Architects, 1001 Carter St., Chattanooga, 37402.

Contracts/Bids/Proposals

CALIFORNIA Stronghold Engineering has been awarded a $7.3-million contract by the Naval Facilities Engineering Command for the repair and upgrade of Bachelor Enlisted Quarters Building 2002 at the Marine Corps Mountain Warfare Training Center located near Bridgeport. The work includes renovations to bring the building into compliance with current building, seismic and fire-safety codes and installation of a communications and solar-energy system. The project should be completed by March, 2011. Stronghold Engineering, 2000 Market St., Riverside, 92501.

VIRGINIA Consigli Construction Co. Inc. has been awarded a $9-million firm-fixed-price contract by the Naval Facilities Engineering Command for construction of a consolidated emergency-control center at Portsmouth Naval Shipyard. The project includes construction of a three-level, steel-framed reinforced-concrete facility. The building will house the shipyard’s radiological emergency response organization. Some work will be performed in Kittery, Maine, and the project will be completed in April, 2011. Consigli Construction Co. Inc., 72 Sumner St., Milford, Mass. 01757.

Bid/Proposal Dates

NORTH DAKOTA 10/6 Standing Rock Community School, 145 Proposal Drive, Fort Yates, 58538, high school renovation. The project includes interior remodeling, mechanical retrofitting, and electrical alteration of the two-story, 113,000-sq-ft Standing Rock High School in Fort Yates. The project is valued at $10 million. Standing Rock Community School, 145 Proposal Drive, Fort Yates, 58538. DR# 09-00623225.

ILLINOIS 10/8 Ottawa Pavilion, 800 East Center St., Ottawa, 61350, nursing home. A one-story, 79,350-sq-ft nursing home. The project is valued at $12 million. Ottawa Pavilion, 800 East Center St., Ottawa, 61350. DR# 09-00634732.

GEORGIA 10/9 Salvation Army of Augusta, 2020 Gardner St., Augusta, 30904, recreation center. The Kroc Center Salvation Army Community and Aquatic Center will be a two-story, 95,000-sq-ft wood-frame building that will include two gyms, classrooms, a worship center with a 600-seat theater, kitchen and banquet center. The project is valued at $107 million. Salvation Army of Augusta, 2020 Gardner St., Augusta, 30904. DR# 06-00700514.

IOWA 10/9 Guttenberg Municipal Hospital, Second and Main streets, Guttenberg, 52052, hospital addition. The project entails construction of a 54,000-sq-ft addition. The project is valued at $10 million. Guttenberg Municipal Hospital, Second and Main streets, Guttenberg, 52052. DR# 07-00883933.