Pulse   10/06/2014
Planning

California Rincon del Rio is planning to develop an eponymous continuing-care community on a 215-acre site that borders the Bear River in Auburn. The project will encompass five buildings and 345 units of senior housing, including cottages, duplexes, cohousing, assisted-living units and nursing-home units. McCamant & Durrett Architects and the CoHousing Co. are the designer. The project's value has been estimated at $23 million. Rincon del Rio, Developers, 10450 Rincon Way, Auburn, 95602. DR#09-00531944.

Massachusetts The Town of Scituate is planning to build a combined police-fire public-safety complex at the intersection of Route 3A and Mann Lot Road in North Scituate. The single-story building will be 25,700 sq ft. The project is valued at $10 million. Dore & Whittier Architects is the designer. Town of Scituate, Public Works Dept., 600 Chief Justice Cushing Hwy., Scituate, 02066. DR#12-00681054.

Nebraska The Dept. of Veterans Affairs is planning to construct the Omaha National Cemetery. The first phase will involve the development of 50 acres to support 10-year burial projections and encompass 25,000 gravesites, including preplaced crypts, columbarium niches and in-ground sites. The project also will include roadways, irrigation systems, landscaping, a combined public information center and administration building, a maintenance building complex, parking and public restrooms. Vireo Planning & Design is the designer. The project has been valued at between $20 million and $40 million. Dept. of Veterans Affairs, 811 Vermont Ave., N.W., Washington, D.C., 20420. DR#10-00454747.

Texas The City of San Antonio is planning to build a consolidated rental-car facility at the San Antonio Airport. The single-story, 1-million-sq-ft building will include 2,600 parking spaces, a customer-service center, multi-level fueling stations and vehicle wash stations. Turner Construction is the construction manager. The project has been valued at between $50 million and $100 million. City of San Antonio, 100 Military Plaza, San Antonio, 78205. DR#12-00653012.

Utah Alliance Consulting Engineers is planning to build The Cove @ Rock Creek, a townhouse development in Eagle Mountain. The project entails the construction of 19 two-story buildings, totaling 100,000 sq ft and 82 units: four three-unit buildings, nine four-unit buildings, two five-unit buildings and four six-unit buildings. The project has been valued at $20 million. Alliance Consulting Engineers, 150 E. 200 N., Logan, 84321. DR#14-00568016.

Bids, Contracts, Proposals

Illinois The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has awarded an $18.2-million firm-fixed-price contract to Massman Construction Co. for final dam repairs at Illinois River Basin LD05 in Marseilles. The work will entail fabrication, testing, painting, delivery and installation of new tainter gates with trunnion shoes; fabrication, coring, saw-cutting, installation and jacking of trunnion girder and anchor rods for Pier 2; upstream concrete repairs on Piers 2 and 3; and replacement of rock dike materials. Massman Construction Co., 8901 State Line Rd., Kansas City, Mo. 64114. DR#14-00580688.

New York The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has awarded a $25.2-million firm-fixed-price contract to H&L Contracting LLC for beach nourishment in the community of Sea Gate, Coney Island, in Brooklyn. The project entails placing 125,000 cu yd of beach fill, the construction of several new T-groins, placing between 80,000 and 100,000 tons of stone, driving 40,000 to 50,000 sq ft of new steel sheet pile and removing existing timber groins. H & L Contracting LLC, 38 Homan Ave., Bay Shore, 11706. DR#10-00546959.

Pennsylvania Intech Construction Inc. has started building Rodin Square, a mixed-use project located at 501 N. 22nd St. in Philadelphia. The nine-story, 651,000-sq-ft building will contain 293 apartments, 500 parking space and 85,000 sq ft of retail space. Mushinsky Voelzke Associates is the designer. The project has been valued at $130 million. Intech Construction Inc., 3001 Market St., Philadelphia, 19104. DR#12-00675472.

Bid, Proposal Dates

Georgia 10/3 Goodwill of North Georgia is seeking invited bidders to build a Goodwill store, a career center and a support-services building at 2201 Lawrenceville Hwy. in Decatur. The project entails the construction of three buildings, totaling 100,450 sq ft: a single-story, 25,000-sq-ft retail building; a two-story, 30,600-sq-ft career center and a two-story, 44,850-sq-ft support-services building. Randall Paulson Architects Inc. is the designer of the complex. The project has been valued at between $10 million and $15 million. Contact the project manager, Piedmont Cos. Piedmont Cos. Inc., Attn: Sandra Cashion, 2671 E. Main St., Lincolnton, N.C. 28092. DR#14-00531966.

Alaska 10/14 The Alaska Dept. of Transportation is seeking bidders to carry out a highway reconstruction project in Livengood. The project entails the reconstruction of Elliott Highway, between milepost 107.7 and milepost 120.5. Construction is expected to begin in April 2015 and be completed by September 2016. The project has been valued at between $20 million and $30 million. Alaska Dept. of Transportation, Attn: Northern Region Contract Coordinator, 2301 Peger Rd., Fairbanks, 99709. DR#12-00441284.