Pulse   09/15/2014
Planning

Maryland Foulger-Pratt Contracting LLC is planning to redevelop the former site of the Ourisman Ford dealership, in Bethesda, into a mixed-use development. It will contain 340 condo units, 42,000 sq ft of ground-floor retail, a 12,000-sq-ft restaurant and a 34,000-sq-ft green roof. StreetSense LLC is the project's designer. The project's value has been estimated at between $15 million and $25 million. Foulger-Pratt Contracting LLC, 9600 Blackwell Rd., Rockville, 20850. DR#09-00657210.

New Jersey The Philadelphia 76ers organization is planning to build a practice facility in Camden. The 120,000-sq-ft building will be located near the intersection of Delaware Avenue and Martin Luther King Boulevard. 360 Architecture is the designer, and Intech Construction Inc. is the construction manager. The project has been valued at $82 million. Philadelphia 76ers, 3601 S. Broad St., Philadelphia, Pa. 19148. DR#14-00549587.

North Dakota Dakota Gold Transfer–Plaza LLC is planning to build Plaza Terminal, a crude-oil transload facility in Plaza. Located on a 350-acre site, the terminal will collect crude oil produced in Mountrail and surrounding counties, and the Canadian Pacific railroad will serve the terminal. The terminal will include two loop tracks with storage for one or two more trains on a rail spur; a covered loading barn; a 14-arm system for loading a unit train; 15 truck unloading bays; and three 103,000-barrel storage tanks. The terminal will have a throughput capacity of 70,000 barrels per day and storage capacity of over 300,000 barrels. Dakota Gold is a joint venture formed by Cody Moe, a crude-oil trucking and construction company, and TrailStone Group, an energy asset investor and manager. The project is valued at between $15 million and $25 million. Dakota Gold Transfer–Plaza LLC, 6286 41st St., N.W., Plaza, 58771. DR#14-00624051.

Oklahoma Rejoice Christian School is planning to build a school campus in Owasso. The project entails building an 86,413-sq-ft elementary school, a 146,052-sq-ft middle school, and a high school that will contain two gyms and a safe room. Cyntergy AEC LLC is the designer, and Fleming Building Co. is the general contractor. The project's value has been estimated at between $40 million and $50 million. Rejoice Christian School, 12200 E. 86th St. N., Owasso, 74055. DR#14-00523302.

Bids, Contracts, Proposals

Georgia New South Construction Co. has started building the Surya Rugs textile facility on a 75-acre site at the intersection of Interstate 75 and Cass White Road in White. The project's first phase entails constructing a 574,000-sq-ft building, of which 50,000 sq ft will be office space; the rest will be a distribution facility. Surya imports rugs, furniture, pillows and other furnishings. Later phases will involve building an additional 711,000 sq ft. Luckett Architects LLC is the designer. C2 Partners LLC is the developer. New South Construction Co., 1132 W. Peachtree St., N.W., Atlanta 30309. DR#13-00665389.

Michigan Stacy & Witbeck Inc., serving as the construction manager, has started building the M-1 Transit Light-Rail Line in Detroit. The 3.3-mile-long line will run along Woodward Avenue from Larned Street at the Detroit riverfront to Grand Boulevard and have 11 stations. Also including utility relocation, paving and the installation of traffic signalling systems, the project is being delivered as a public-private partnership between M-1 Rail, a non-profit organization, and the City of Detroit and the Michigan Dept. of Transportation. Construction is expected to be completed in late 2016. The project has been valued at $140 million. M-1 Rail, Attn: Roy Barnes, Project/Tech Office, 1426 Woodward Ave., Detroit 48226. DR#10-00559926.

New York Ferguson Enterprises Inc., the nation's largest wholesale plumbing distributor, has awarded a contract to the KBR Building Group to build a 460,000-sq-ft distribution center in the Fountain Flats Business Park in Coxsackie. The project has been valued at $30 million. KBR Building Group, 601 Jefferson St., Houston, Texas 77002. DR#14-00476816.

Bid, Proposal Dates

Washington 9/30 The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is seeking bidders to carry out Lower Granite and Ice Harbor Navigation Channel Maintenance. The project consists of mechanical dredging of the federal navigation channel, port berthing areas, and a navigation lock approach at four locations on the Snake River and the lower Clearwater River. The dredging will bring these areas to the minimum required 14-ft navigation depth. Dredged material for all four locations will total approximately 400,000 cu yd. The project is valued at between $5 million and $10 million. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, 201 N. Third Ave., Walla Walla, 99362. DR#14-00431665.

California 10/17 The Victor Valley Wastewater Reclamation Authority is seeking bidders to build the Apple Valley and Hesperia Water Reclamation Plants in Hesperia. The project involves building a 1-million-gallon-per-day water-reclamation facility, including biological treatment basins, a membrane filtration system, reclaimed-water pump station, raw-sewage lift station, 710 ft of gravity sewer line, and 2,100 ft of 12-in.-dia sewer force main. The project is valued at $57 million. Victor Valley Wastewater Reclamation Authority, Attn: Phyllis Buerstatte, Contract Mgr., 20111 Shay Rd., Victorville, 92394. DR#14-00555334.