Pulse: Project News for the Week of October 15, 2018
Planning
Alaska The Native Village of Eyak is planning to construct the Cordova Shepard Point Oil-Spill Response Facility. The project includes a 4.5-mile-long access road, a deepwater dock with a 600-ft-long dock face and 32 ft of water depth at mean low water, and a staging and loading area adjacent to the dock. The facility has been designed by CH2M Hill AK and is valued at $32 million. Native Village of Eyak, P.O. Box 1388, Cordova, 99574. DR#96-00757524.
Delaware Capano Management Co. plans to redevelop the former Brandywine Country Club site in Wilmington. The plan for the 120-acre site includes 138 single-family attached and detached homes, 360 apartments and two commercial buildings, one 5,500 sq ft and the other 10,000 sq ft. The project is valued at $75 million. Capano Management Co., 105 Foulk Rd., Wilmington, 19803. DR#17-00605699.
Indiana RTM Ventures, a joint venture of Cross Street Partners, Greenstreet Ltd. and Biggs Development, is planning to develop the former General Electric campus in Fort Wayne into Electric Works, a multiuse development. The 31-acre site includes 18 buildings and more than 1.2 million sq ft of space, where GE in 1911 began manufacturing motors, generators and transformers. The final business units there, a motor testing lab and an executive center, closed in January 2015. Electric Works Phase I will convert 616,000 sq ft of space: 224,000 sq ft of office space, 113,000 sq ft of educational/institutional space, 83,000 sq ft of retail space, 83,000 sq ft of innovation space, 82,000 sq ft of residential space and 31,000 sq ft of recreational space. Design Collaborative has been chosen as the architect, and Weigand Construction Co. has been selected as the construction manager. The project is valued at $213 million. Greenstreet Ltd., Attn: Jeff Kingsbury, Managing Principal, 212 West 10th St., Indianapolis, 46202. DR#17-00540159.
Louisiana The City of Baton Rouge is planning Phase II of the Picardy–Perkins Connector. Phase II involves completing the four-lane section from Perkins Road to The Mall of Louisiana Boulevard, including bridges and a railroad underpass. Phase II is valued at $25.6 million. CSRS has been selected as the program manager. City of Baton Rouge, Dept. of Public Works, 1100 Laurel St., Baton Rouge, 70802. DR#08-00852666.
Missouri The Cordish Co. is planning to build Three Light Residential Tower, a multistory luxury apartment building at the corner of Main Street and Truman Road in Kansas City’s Power & Light District. The project is valued at $130 million. The Cordish Co., 601 E. Pratt St., Baltimore, 21202. DR#18-00514610.
South Carolina The Charleston County School District is planning to build the Haut Gap Elementary School, to accommodate 500 students, on Johns Island. The project is valued between $25 million and $50 million. Charleston County School District, 3999 Bridge View Drive, Charleston, 29405. DR#14-00632680.
Bids, Contracts, Proposals
Massachusetts Autiello Construction has begun building a 100,000-sq-ft building in the Myles Standish Industrial Park in Taunton for Rhino Capital Advisors LLC. The building will contain 80,000 sq ft of manufacturing space and 20,000 sq ft of office space. It will be leased to NN Inc.’s Power Solutions group, which manufactures a range of high-precision metal and plastic components and finished products for the aerospace and defense markets. The project is valued at $18 million. Autiello Construction, 125 Carlsbad St., Cranston, R.I. 02920. DR#18-00825878.
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Nevada The Naval Facilities Engineering Command has awarded Straub Construction a $16.8-million firm-fixed-price contract to construct an air wing training facility at Naval Air Station, Fallon. The 25,000-sq-ft building will contain desk-style aircraft simulators, Virtual Aegis Combat simulators, F-35 Mission Rehearsal Trainers, unmanned aerial system simulators, E-2D simulators and support spaces. The facility will be constructed with reinforced concrete masonry with seismic upgrades, reinforced concrete slab, structural steel framing, and an elastomeric roof. Construction is expected to be completed by August 2020. Straub Construction Inc., 202 W. College St., Fallbrook, 92028. DR#17-00737579.
Bid, Proposal Dates
Alabama 10/19 The Federal Highway Administration is seeking bidders to carry out a highway improvement project on the Natchez Trace Parkway. The work involves resurfacing, placing aggregate-topsoil, signing and striping approximately 17.6 miles of the parkway, including ramps, parking areas, and access roads, from milepost 313.60 to milepost 331.20 in Colbert and Lauderdale Counties. Additional work as needed includes regrading shoulders, spot widening and bridge joint sealing. The project is valued between $5 million and $10 million. Federal Highway Administration, Attn: Shawn Long, Contract Specialist, 21400 Ridgetop Circle, Sterling, Va. 20166. DR#18-00811688.
Wisconsin 1/8 Gilbane Building Co., the construction manager-at-risk, is seeking subcontractor bids for the Foxconn electric substation in Mount Pleasant. The 250-MW substation will be located at the intersection of Interstate 94 and Highway 11. Gilbane Building Co., 101 W. Pleasant St., Milwaukee, 53212. DR#18-00806649.
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