Planning

Colorado The Federal Highway
Administration is planning to reconstruct Tarryall Creek Road (County Road 77) in Pike National Forest. The project entails grading, drainage reconstruction, laying aggregate base and superpave-asphalt pavement, and adding signage, striping and new guardrail on 7.42 miles of roadway. The project is valued at between $7 million and $10 million. Federal Highway Administration, Attn: Agnes Rysz, Contract Specialist, 12300 W. Dakota Ave., Lakewood, 80228. DR#15-00659148.


Georgia
FONU2 Inc. is planning to develop the Moon River Studioplex, a 1,500-acre, full-service movie production facility in Bloomingdale. The complex will include sound stages, scenic landscapes, an outdoor concert venue, postproduction offices, mills and set fabrication services, warehouse storage space and a 300,000-gallon water storage tank. Foley Design Associates Architects Inc. is the designer. Choate Construction is the construction manager. FONU2 Inc., Attn: Roger Miguel, Director and CEO, 135 Goshen Rd., Rincon, 31326. DR#13-00466753.


Minnesota
Dominium Development & Acquisition Inc. is planning to build Columbia Heights senior apartments at the intersection of 37th Avenue and University in Columbia Heights. The four-story buildings will contain a total of 191 housing units and will include 137 underground parking spaces. The project has been valued at between $10 million and $15 million. Dominium Development & Acquisition Inc., Attn: Nick Anderson, Project Manager, 2905 N.W. Blvd., Minneapolis, 55441. DR#15-00555523.


Ohio
Advanced Power North America is planning to build the South Field Energy Electric Power Plant, which is located near Wellsville. The 1,100-MW plant will be fueled by natural gas. Bechtel Power Corp. is the design-builder. The project’s value has been estimated at $1.1 billion. Advanced Power North America, Attn: Tom Spang, President, 31 Milk St., Boston, Mass., 02109. DR#15-00649535.


Virginia
Teeter Inc., a grocery chain, is planning to build a warehouse and distribution center in Carmel Church. The project consists of a warehouse building, a truck-washing building, a fuel station, a tractor-trailer parking lot and a 500-space employee parking lot on a 190-acre site. McKinney & Co. is the designer. The project is valued at between $25 million and $50 million. Harris Teeter Inc., Attn: Glenn Thomson, Director of Construction, 701 Crestdale Rd., Matthews, N.C. 28105. DR#15-00622097.


Contracts, Bids, Proposals


California
Icon West Inc. has started carrying out a project on the Metro Blue line between Long Beach and Seventh Street-Metro Center in Los Angeles. The project entails installing pedestrian gates, swing gates and pedestrian warning devices and reconstructing existing curb ramps for ADA compliance at 27 grade-crossing intersections. Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transit Authority is the project owner. The project is valued at $13 million. Icon West Inc., 550 S. Hope St., Los Angeles, 90071. DR#14-00487685.


Hawaii
Goodfellow Brothers Inc. has started phase two of the Kapolei Interchange Complex modification project. The project team will complete the Wakea Street separation and its associated on- and off-ramps and build a prestressed-concrete girder bridge. Construction is expected to be completed by May 2018. The estimated construction cost is $50 million. Goodfellow Brothers Inc., 91-476 Komohana  St., Kapolei, 96707. DR#13-00555884.


Kansas
McCown Gordon Construction has started building the Garmin Parking Garage in Olathe. The project entails constructing a four-story, 471,071-sq-ft structure containing 949 additional parking spaces for Garmin International’s headquarters campus. Gould Evans Associates is the designer. The project is valued at $27.5 million. McCown Gordon Construction, Attn: Steve Jones, Project Manager, 422 Admiral Blvd., Kansas City, Mo.  64106. DR#15-00512206.


Bid, Proposal Dates


Pennsylvania 11/24
The City of Reading is seeking bidders to upgrade the Fritz Island Wastewater Treatment Plant. The work will involve the renovation of the primary anaerobic digesters and the solids-handling building to accommodate the centrifuges as well as additional sludge-thickening and dewatering equipment. Additionally, a new environmental operations center will be built to accommodate laboratory services and administrative space. Rummel, Klepper & Kahl is the designer. The project is valued at $100 million. City of Reading, Attn: Tammi Reinhart, Purchasing Coordinator, 815 Washington St., Reading, 19601. DR#14-00630184.

Washington 12/2
The Washington State Dept. of Transportation is seeking bidders to rehab the deck of the Duwamish River Bridge in Seattle. The project entails overlaying the concrete pavement with hot-milled asphalt; replacing selected concrete panels; retrofitting dowel bars; grinding diamonds; planing and paving of hot-milled-asphalt road surfaces to match the concrete pavement; repairing the bridge deck and placing membrane waterproofing. The project has been valued at between $25 million and $30 million. Washington State Dept. of Transportation, Attn: Greg Morehouse, Manager, P.O. Box 47360, Olympia, 98504. DR#14-00627191.