Pulse: Project News
Planning
Georgia The Capella Hotel Group is planning to build the Solis Hotel in Atlanta. The 214-room hotel will include a 6,500-sq-ft event space, a 3,600-sq-ft ballroom and a rooftop lounge. HOK Group Inc. is the designer, and The Winter Construction Co. is the general contractor. The project has been valued at between $15 million and $25 million. Capella Hotel Group, 3384 Peachtree St., Atlanta, 30303. DR#07-00916404.
Maryland Hogan Cos. is planning to develop The Reserve at Annapolis Station, a residential development in Annapolis. The project includes 58 stacked townhouses within six buildings as well as two single-family homes. The Martin Architectural Group is the project designer. The project is valued at between $10 million and $15 million. Hogan Cos., Attn: Mike Sponseller, Project Manager, 2661 Riva Rd., Annapolis, 21401. DR#12-00453213.
Minnesota Catholic Charities is planning to build Higher Ground-Dorothy Day Apartments-Connection Center, Phase II in St. Paul. The six-story homeless shelter and efficiency apartment building will include a dining hall, a commercial kitchen, an office, and space for health-care and job-training services. It has been designed by Cermak Rhoades Architects, and Watson-Forsberg Co. is the general contractor. The project has been valued at $24 million. Catholic Charities, Attn: Tim Marx, 1200 Second Ave., South, Minneapolis, 55403. DR#13-00699081.
Montana The City of Bozeman is planning to construct the Bozeman Sports Park. It will feature playing fields for soccer, lacrosse and other sports, as well as a concessions stand, restrooms, parking lots, and possibly trails and playgrounds. DOWL HKM is the designer. The project is valued at $15 million. City of Bozeman, Attn: Stacy Ulmen, City Clerk, 121 N. Rouse Ave., Bozeman, 59715. DR#15-00412278.
Oklahoma The City of Edmond is planning to expand its wastewater treatment plant, from 9 million gallons per day to 12 million gallons per day. Carollo Engineering Inc. is the designer. Construction is expected to begin in the third quarter of 2017. The project has been valued at $88.3 million. City of Edmond, Attn: Brenda Mayer, Purchasing Manager, Seven N. Broadway, Edmond, 73034. DR#15-00590248.
Vermont Iberdrola Renewables is planning to build the Deerfield Wind Farm in Searsburg. It will include fifteen 400-ft-tall wind turbines, producing up to 30MW of electricity; an operations-and-maintenance building; and a substation. Hill-Engineers, Architects, Planners Inc. is the designer. The project’s value has been estimated at $60 million. Iberdrola Renewables, Paul Copleman, Corp. Communications, 201 King of Prussia Rd., Radnor, Pa. 19087. DR#03-00759921.
Contracts, Bids, Proposals
California The Naval Facilities Engineering Command has awarded a $16.7-million design-build contract to Soltek Pacific Construction Co. to construct an ammunition-segregation facility at Camp Pendleton in Oceanside. The project entails building an above-ground, single-open-bay, small-arms ammunition storage magazine, with a reinforced-concrete foundation and a factory-finished standing seam metal roof. Soltek Pacific Construction Co., 2424 Congress St., San Diego, 92110. DR#16-00422189.
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Illinois CenterPoint Properties has selected FCL Builders to construct an M&M/Mars Wrigley Distribution Center in Joliet. It will be a two-story, 1,388,690-sq-ft building located at 4005 Cedar Creek Rd. Cornerstone Architects Inc. is the designer. FCL Builders, Attn: Mike Boro, President, 1150 Spring Lake Dr., Itasca, 60143. DR#15-00581345.
New Mexico-Texas Frontier Energy LLC has started constructing the Alpha Crude Connector, a 400-mile-long crude-oil pipeline from Lovington, N.M., to Texas. It will have a capacity of 100,000 barrels per day. Construction is expected to be completed by November 2016. The project’s value has been estimated at between $15 million and $25 million. Frontier Energy LLC, 4200 E. Skelly Dr., Tulsa, Okla. 74135. DR#16-00424529.
Bid, Proposal Dates
Florida 2/23 Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University is seeking bidders to build a student union building. The project entails constructing a four-story, 178,000-sq-ft building that will contain a cafeteria, a library, a convention center, offices, a lounge and social areas. The project is valued at $31 million. It has been designed by IKON.5 Architects. Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Attn: Chris Hardesty, Director of Planning, 600 S. Clyde Morris Blvd., Daytona Beach, 32114. DR# 11-00507970.
North Carolina 3/3 The Gaston County Board of Education is seeking bidders to carry out an addition and renovation project to Pleasant Ridge Elementary School in Gastonia. The project entails a 112,508-sq-ft addition, plus renovations to 10,461 sq ft of space in the existing building. Boomerang Design - MBAJ Architecture is the designer. The project is valued at between $10 million and $15 million. Gaston County Board of Education, 943 Osceola St., Gastonia, 28053. DR#16-00426184.
