Pulse: Project News
Planning
CONNECTICUT Choate Rosemary Hall, a private boarding school, is planning to build an auditorium. The 1,070-seat facility will be constructed on the school campus in Wallingford. Bowie Gridley Architects is the designer. The project is valued at between $15 million and $25 million. Choate Rosemary Hall, Attn: Alex Curtis, Headmaster, 333 Christian St., Wallingford, 06492. DR#15-00656684.
MISSOURI Great Lakes Management Group and Kothe Real Estate Partners are planning to convert the Brookfield Building, in Kansas City, into a hotel plus apartments. The 12-story building, located at 101 West 11th St., will be converted into a 113-room Indigo Hotel and 27 market-rate apartments. Rosemann & Associates is the project’s designer, and Rau Construction Co. has been chosen as the general contractor. The project’s value is estimated at $33 million. Great Lakes Management Group, Attn: Neil Densmore, 245 Horizon Drive, Verona, Wis., 53593. DR#15-00615542.
NEW YORK The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is planning to carry out the Long Beach Coastal Storm Risk Management project, which will stabilize the Atlantic Coast of Long Beach by modifying 18 existing groins, constructing four new groins, and revetment repair. Requiring about 250,000 tons of stone, it will extend about six miles, from Ohio Avenue on the City of Long Beach’s west side to Point Lookout, the terminal groin. The project is valued at $37.6 million. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Attn: Orlando Nieves, Contracting Officer, 26 Federal Plaza, New York City, 10278. DR#15-00664868.
VIRGINIA The U.S. General Services Administration is planning to build the NASA Measurement Systems Laboratory at the NASA Langley Research Center in Hampton. The 175,000-sq-ft building will contain six types of laboratories—laser, calibration, sensor, chemistry, electronics and prototyping—as well as clean rooms. AECOM is designing the facility, which has been valued at between $50 million and $100 million. U.S. General Services Administration, Attn: Raymond Porter, Contract Specialist, 20 N. Eighth St., Philadelphia, Pa. 19107. DR#15-00639557.
WASHINGTON Hugo Properties LLC is planning to build the Hugo House mixed-use building, at 1634 11th Ave. in Seattle. The six-story building will contain 80 residential units, a 10,300-sq-ft community center and 1,500 sq ft of retail space. The project includes the demolition of existing, on-site structures. Weinstein A/U Architects & Urban Designers is designing the project, which is valued at $14.6 million. Hugo Properties LLC, 1634 11th Ave., Seattle, 98122. DR#15-00546274.
Contracts, Bids, Proposals
INDIANA Messer Construction has started building a research-and-development facility for Eli Lilly & Co. in Indianapolis. The four-story, 130,000-sq-ft building will be located at 1555 S. Harding St. Flad & Associates Inc. is the designer. The project is valued at between $25 million and $50 million. Messer Construction, 6964 Hillsdale Court, Indianapolis, 46250. DR#15-00666768.
TENNESSEE Lehman Roberts Co. has started work on resurfacing a 7.4-mile stretch of Interstate 40 in Shelby County. The project involves resurfacing I-40 from west of Sycamore View (milepost 15.54) to west of Davies Plantation Road (milepost 22.98). The project is valued at $16.1 million. Lehman Roberts Co., Attn: John Finerson, 1111 Wilson St., Memphis, 38106. DR#15-00678931.
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UTAH Alder Construction has started expanding the finished water-storage capacity of the Jordan Valley Water Treatment Plant in Herriman. The project entails constructing a new 12.5-million-gallon storage reservoir, located immediately west of the existing reservoir. The new reservoir will feature a completely buried, conventionally reinforced concrete design; the reservoir will expand the plant’s water-storage capacity to 20 million gallons from 8 million gallons. The project is valued at $15.5 million. Alder Construction, 3939 S. 500 West, Salt Lake City, 84123. DR#14-00613514.
Bid, Proposal Dates
CALIFORNIA 4/19 The Santa Clara Valley Water District is seeking bidders to carry out the San Francisquito Creek construction project in Palo Alto. The project involves building floodwalls and levees between East Bayshore Road and San Francisco Bay. The project is valued at between $24 million and $26 million. Santa Clara Valley Water District, Attn: Bill Springer, Project Manager, 5750 Almaden Expressway, San Jose, 95118. DR#12-00535019.
FLORIDA 3/22 The Jacksonville Electric Authority is seeking bidders for an indefinite-quantity contract for streetlight conversion services. The work consists of converting, across the entire JEA service territory, approximately 111,000 existing overhead and underground-fed lights from high-intensity-discharge luminaries to light-emitting-diode lights. The project is valued at $15 million. Jacksonville Electric Authority, Attn: Elizabeth Ellis Moore, Buyer, 21 W. Church St., Jacksonville, 32202. DR#16-00444857.
