Pulse: Project News
Planning
GEORGIA RocaPoint Partners LLC is planning to build Parterre on Big Creek, a 110-room hotel in Cumming. Whole Town Solutions/Lew Oliver Inc. is the designer. The project has been valued at between $10 million and $15 million. RocaPoint Partners LLC, Attn: Patrick Leonard, Managing Member, 2870 Peachtree Rd., N.W., Atlanta, 30305. DR#15-00434091.
NORTH DAKOTA Dakota Oil Processing LLC is planning to build an oil processing facility in Trenton. A 20,000- barrel-per-day crude-oil/diesel hydro-skimming facility, it will include an 8,000-bpd distillate hydrotreater and its associated hydrogen generator, which will remove sulfur to attain ultra-low-sulfur diesel. It also will include a 667,500-barrel tank farm and a truck loading and unloading facility. The project has been valued at $170 million. Dakota Oil Processing, LLC, Attn: Tristram Collins, Director of Planning, 4622 Highway 1804, Trenton, 58853. DR#13-00432475.
OHIO The Ohio Dept. of Transportation is planning to replace the East 55th Street bridge in Cleveland. The project entails replacing the CSX railroad bridge over East 55th Street, located just south of IR-90, in order to accommodate the widening of East 55th Street. This project is a component of the larger Innerbelt Project. The bridge replacement is valued at $24 million. Ohio Dept. of Transportation, Attn: Jerry Wray, Director, 1980 W. Broad St., Columbus, 43223. DR#07-00879412.
UTAH The Utah Dept. of Administrative Services is planning to build a new state prison at the intersection of Interstate 80 and 7200 West in Salt Lake City. The 1.3-million-sq-ft facility will replace the existing Draper Prison and be capable of initially housing 4,000 inmates, with expansion capability. Layton Construction Co. Inc. has been chosen as the construction manager. The project is valued at $425 million. Utah Dept. of Administrative Services, Attn: Jim Russell, Assistant Director, 4110 State Office Building, Salt Lake City, 84114. DR#05-00721518.
Contracts, Bids, Proposals
ARKANSAS Clark Richardson & Biskup, a design-builder, has started constructing the Simmons Feed Ingredients pet-food plant in Siloam Springs. The single-story, 89,000-sq-ft plant will be located at 1113 E. Ashley St. The project is valued at $26 million. Clark Richardson & Biskup, 1251 N.W. Briarcliff Pkwy., Kansas City, Mo. 64116. DR#16-00468593.
HAWAII Nan Inc. has started constructing the Kamehameha Highway Station Group in Pearl City. The project consists of three transit stations: Pearl Highlands Station, a 26,000-sq-ft elevated station structure; Pearlridge Station, a 60,000-sq-ft elevated concourse structure with a separate ancillary building housing the train control and communications room; and Aloha Stadium Station, a 35,000-sq-ft structure with elevated side platforms, a park-and-ride facility and a bus transit center. The Honolulu Authority for Rapid Transportation is the project owner. The project is valued at $115.8 million. Nan Inc., Attn: Brian Shin, Project Manager, 636 Laumaka St., Honolulu, 96819. DR#13-00474994.
IOWA Ryan Cos. U.S. has started redeveloping in Waterloo. The project entails redeveloping the former “C” building of John Deere’s campus into Green TechWorks campus, which will include the TechWorks Tech I and Tech II buildings. The six-story, 180,000-sq-ft property will include a John Deere training center, a 191-room Courtyard by Marriott, and four floors with up to 60,000 sq ft of office space. The project also will include solar arrays on the rooftops of both Tech 1 and Tech II, as well as canopies over parking areas. Invision Architecture is the designer. Ryan Cos. U.S., Attn: Greg Lundgren, 201 N. Harrison St., Davenport, 52801. DR#12-00421878.
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NEW HAMPSHIRE R.S. Audley Inc. has begun reconstructing Interstate 93’s main line, both northbound and southbound. The reconstruction starts in the vicinity of the weigh stations in Windham and ends near the Kendall Pond Road crossing in Derry. The project has been valued at $49.4 million. R.S. Audley Inc., 609 Route 3A, Bow, 03304. DR#14-00706246.
Bid, Proposal Dates
NEW JERSEY 4/22 The New Jersey Schools Development Authority is seeking bidders to renovate the Paul Robeson Community Theme School for the Arts in New Brunswick. The project includes the renovation of the existing, 59,400-sq-ft school building as well as the construction of a 60,500-sq-ft addition. Paulus Sokolowski & Sartor LLC is the project designer. The project’s value has been estimated at $32 million. New Jersey Schools Development Authority, Attn: Dave Kutch, Senior Procurement Analyst, 333 Washington St., Jersey City, 07302. DR#15-00505347.
TEXAS 5/10 The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is seeking bidders to carry out Galveston Causeway debris mechanical dredging. The project entails mechanical dredging and demolition and debris removal of remnant bridge structures within and adjacent to the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway in the vicinity of Galveston Causeway. The project is valued at between $5 million and $10 million. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Attn: Traci Robicheaux, Contracting Officer, 2000 Ft. Point Rd., Galveston, 77553. DR#16-00417830.
