Planning

Arizona Pima County is planning to build the Pima Animal Care Center in Tucson. The single-story, 25,000-sq-ft building will be constructed on the existing site, located at 4000 N. Silverbell Rd. The facility will incorporate, as needed, improvements to the current structures and eliminate all temporary structures. Line & Space LLC is the designer. Sundt Construction has been selected to serve as the construction manager. The project’s value has been estimated at $15 million. Pima County Procurement Dept., Attn: John Carter, Contract Specialist, 130 W. Congress St., Tucson, 85701. DR#15-00422842.

California The California Dept. of Transportation is planning to build a wildlife overpass on the 101 Freeway in Agoura Hills. It will consist of a 165-ft-wide, 200-ft-long landscaped bridge, near Liberty Canyon Road, to provide a wildlife corridor between the Santa Monica Mountains to the south and the Simi Hills and the Santa Susana Mountains to the north. The project has been valued at between $33 million and $38 million. California Dept. of Transportation, 1727 30th St., Sacramento, 95816. DR#15-00654445.

Minnesota Lennar Corp. is planning to build the Stone’s Throw mixed-used housing development at Rogers. It will include detached townhouses and simplexes. At the intersection of Interstate 94 and Brockton Lane, the 684-acre site includes 220 acres that will be preserved for its natural appeal. The master development plan calls for 1,008 housing units and up to 45 acres of commercial land. Lennar Corp., Attn: Joe Jablonski, Developer, 935 Wayzata Blvd. E., Wayzata, 55391. DR#15-00676904.

Utah The Snyderville Basin Water Reclamation District is planning to expand the Silver Creek Water Reclamation Facility in Park City. The project entails completely rebuilding and expanding the facility to a capacity of 4 million gallons per day, including a new headworks, prestressed-concrete equalization tanks, concrete bioreactors, three secondary clarifiers with fiberglass domes, a tertiary filter building and a solids building with mechanical dewatering equipment. The project’s value has been estimated at between $25 million and $50 million. Snyderville Basin Water Reclamation District, 2800 Homestead Rd., Park City, 84098. DR#15-00503197.


Contracts, Bids, Proposals

Indiana Rieth Riley Construction has started carrying out a roadway rehabilitation and bridge-deck overlay project in Montgomery, White and Jasper counties. The project includes rehabilitating two sections of Interstate 65 as well as deck replacement or deck overlay of eight bridges that carry Interstate 65. The project has been valued at $37.8 million. Rieth Riley Construction, 7500 W. Fifth Ave., Gary, 46406. DR#15-00581009.

New York The J Pilla Group Ltd. is building the Landing Road Residence, a homeless shelter located at 233 Landing Rd., near the Major Deegan Expressway in the Bronx. Edelman Sultan Knox Wood Architects designed the nine-story, 131,355-sq-ft building. The project is valued at between $25 million and $50 million. The J Pilla Group Ltd., Attn: John Pilla Jr., Principal, 2712 Williamsbridge Rd., Bronx, 10469. DR#14-00725561.

North Carolina Whiting-Turner Contracting has started converting the seven-story former Liggett & Myers building, an erstwhile cigarette factory in Durham, into the Chesterfield, a 284,000-sq-ft mixed-use building. From 1948 to 2000, the factory produced Chesterfield-brand cigarettes. Wexford Science & Technology  LLC is the project developer. The project is valued at $128 million. Whiting-Turner Contracting, 900 Ridgefield Dr., Raleigh, 27609. DR#14-00664958.

South Carolina Shimizu North America has started constructing a Giti Tire manufacturing and distribution facility in Richburg. The 1.6 million-sq-ft facility will occupy a 250-acre site. Gresham Smith & Partners is the designer. Construction is expected to be completed by November 2016. The project’s value has been estimated at $180 million. Shimizu North America, 1000 Parkwood Circle, Atlanta, Ga., 30339. DR#14-00559482.


Bid, Proposal Dates

Kansas 12/16 The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is seeking bidders to carry out the Turkey Creek Interceptor project in Kansas City, Kan. The work comprises a wide variety of tasks, including dewatering, rock removal and channel-shaping of Turkey Creek. Concrete slabs, concrete walls, rock anchoring and concrete-filled, drilled-shaft retaining walls will be installed in the channel and along the banks. The project has been valued at between $10 million and $25 million. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Attn: Jennifer Allsbury, 601 E. 12th St., Kansas City, Mo., 64106. DR#15-00676863.