Pulse: Project News for the Week of February 12, 2018
Planning
Alabama The Tuscaloosa County Board of Education is planning to construct Northport Middle School in Northport. Ward Scott Architecture is the designer, and the project is valued at $24 million. Tuscaloosa County Board of Education, 1118 Greensboro Ave., Tuscaloosa, 35401. DR#14-00620271.
Hawaii The State of Hawaii is planning to build a secure, state-of-the-art forensic adult mental health facility in Kaneohe. The 180,000-sq-ft building will hold 144 beds. Hensel Phelps Construction Co. has been selected as the general contractor. Construction is expected to start in March 2018 and be completed by December 2020. The project is valued at $140 million. State of Hawaii, Dept. of Accounting and General Services, 1151 Punchbowl St., Honolulu, 96813. DR#17-00620521.
Indiana Indiana State University is planning to renovate both the interior and exterior of the Hulman Center basketball arena on its campus in Terre Haute. AECOM is the designer of the project, which is valued at $37 million. Indiana State University, 951 Sycamore St., Terre Haute, 47809. DR#14-00432930.
Kentucky Stoli Group USA LLC is planning to build the Kentucky Owl Park Distillery in Bardstown. The complex will include a distillery, visitors center, cooperage, rickhouses, a bottling center, a restaurant and other facilities. The project is valued at $150 million. Stoli Group USA LLC, 135 E. 57th St., New York City, 10022. DR#17-00834680.
Oklahoma The Oklahoma Turnpike Authority is planning a pavement reconstruction of the northbound lanes of the Indian Nation Turnpike in Okmulgee County, from milepost 96 to milepost 104. The project is valued at $10.5 million. Oklahoma Turnpike Authority, 3500 N. Martin Luther King Ave., Oklahoma City, 73111. DR#15-00703217.
Washington Costco Wholesale Inc. is planning to expand its headquarters campus in Issaquah. The project entails constructing a nine-story, 575,000-sq-ft office building and a 770,000-sq-ft parking garage. Mulvanny G2 Architecture is the designer of the facility. The project is valued at $150 million. Costco Wholesale Inc., 999 Lake Drive, Issaquah, 98027. DR#13-00463573.
Bids, Contracts, Proposals
Kansas Golden State Foods has started building the KanPak Warehouse & Distribution Center at the Goff Industrial Park in Arkansas City. The 200,000-sq-ft building’s construction cost is estimated at $10.3 million. Golden State Foods, 18301 Von Karman Ave., Irving, Calif. 92612. DR#17-00860303.
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New Hampshire The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is currently evaluating bids from firms seeking to carry out a Portsmouth Harbor dredging project. This project consists of the maintenance dredging of 2,200 cu yd of ordinary (sand) material at the uppermost end of the Portsmouth Harbor Federal Navigation channel and the improvement dredging of approximately 683,000 cu yd of ordinary (glacial till/outwash/clay) material and 14,700 cu yd of hard (rock) material to expand the existing turning basin. The dredging will be accomplished by using a mechanical dredge and scows. The removal of the hard material will require submarine drilling and confined blasting. The dredged material will be placed at the Isle of Shoals North Disposal Site, 12 nautical miles east of Portsmouth. The project is valued at between $20 million and $30 million. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, 696 Virginia Rd., Concord, Mass. 01742. DR#18-00514037.
Bid, Proposal Dates
New Mexico 2/21 The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is seeking bidders to carry out improvements to East Jemez Road, state Route 502 and state Route 4 in Bernalillo County. The work on East Jemez Road will consist of milling, to a depth of approximately 2.5 in., the existing surface and installing new asphalt. The NM 502 improvement project will begin at approximately mile marker 5.6, and continue to approximately mile marker 8.6. The work will consist of milling, to a depth of approximately 2.5 in., the existing surface and installing new asphalt. The NM 4 improvement project will begin at the north end of the East Jemez Road-NM 4 intersection, and will continue north-northeast along NM 4, to include the NM 502-NM 4 interchange (the White Rock “Y”). The work will consist of milling, to a depth of approximately 4 in. of the existing surface and installing new asphalt. The project is valued at between $5 million and $10 million. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Attn: Karen Irving, Contracting Officer, 4101 Jefferson Plaza NE, Albuquerque, 87109. DR#18-00503839.
California 2/23 Griffin/Swinerton Joint Venture, the construction manager, is seeking subcontractor bids to construct the Salinas Police Services Headquarters at 312 E. Alisal St. in Salinas. The facility will include a two-story, 44,352-sq-ft building and a single-story, 24,878-sq-ft support building, on a 6.36-acre site. The main building will contain detention spaces, offices, meeting rooms, break rooms, a briefing room, interview rooms, locker rooms and a gym. The support building will include evidence intake and storage, a crime lab, a vehicle exam bay, a leaded firearms proficiency range, an armory, a weapons cleaning area, a SWAT space and a quartermaster space. The project is valued at $40 million. Griffin/Swinerton Joint Venture, Attn: Ed Harris, 2880 Lakeside Drive, Santa Clara, 95054. DR#13-00635288.
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