CONNECTICUT General Electric plans to dismantle its large manufacturing complex in Bridgeport. The complex consists of 13 interconnected structures, the largest of which is 1.5 million sq ft, located on a 76-acre site on Boston Avenue. The facility closed in 2007, and GE began remediation of asbestos and hazardous waste in 2009, in preparation for deconstruction. Bid packages for the demolition of the five-story structures are expected to go out in late summer, and the project is expected to be completed by 2012. General Electric, 3135 Easton Turnpike, Fairfield, 06828.
NORTH CAROLINA The Greene County Board of Education is planning to build a new intermediate school in Snow Hill. The project will entail a one-story, 79,000-sq-ft building, serving fourth- and fifth-graders. The project will go to bid in September, and the contract will awarded in October, with construction expected to be completed by spring 2012. The estimated construction cost is $13.5 million. Greene County Board of Education, Attn: Superintendant Patrick Miller, 301 Kingold Blvd., Snow Hill, 28580.