Pulse: Project News for the Week of December 24, 2018
Planning
California Urban Commons, the company that operates the ocean liner Queen Mary as a tourist attraction and hotel, is planning on developing 65 acres of waterfront property in Long Beach, alongside the ship, into a massive entertainment complex called Urban Adventure Center. It will feature a 7,000-seat amphitheater, 500,000 sq ft of entertainment and retail, and a public music performance space. The complex will feature a 150,000-sq-ft facility with 22 sports and entertainment activities, including two rooftop surf pavilions, a zip line, a roller coaster, an indoor ice climbing venue and a ropes course. The complex is being designed by Gensler. The project is valued at $250 million. Urban Commons, 777 S. Figueroa St., Los Angeles, 90017. DR#17-00584251.
Florida TECO Energy, the parent company of Tampa Electric, is planning to make changes to its coal-fired Big Bend Power Station in Apollo Beach. Unit 1 will be converted from coal to natural gas by 2023, and Unit 2 will be shut down in 2021. The project’s estimated cost is $853 million. TECO Energy Inc., 702 N. Franklin St., Tampa, 33602. DR#18-005120982.
Iowa Blackbird Investments is planning to erect Blackbird Tower, a 33-story residential building at 515 Walnut St. in Des Moines. The 340,000-sq-ft building will contain 275 apartments, a 20,000-sq-ft business center, 10,000 sq ft of retail space, a skywalk-level park and a cantilevered pool jutting out from the top floor. The building has been designed by Neumann Monson, and Beal-Derkenne Construction has been chosen as the general contractor. The project is valued at $88 million. Blackbird Investments, 130 E. Third St., Des Moines, 50309. DR#16-00543542.
Maryland Toll Brothers is planning to develop Locust Hill Townhouses in Bowie. It will include 17 two-story buildings totaling 208,000 sq ft and containing 116 townhomes. Toll Brothers will serve as both the designer and general contractor. The project is valued between $25 million and $50 million. Toll Brothers, 250 Gibraltar Rd., Horsham, Penn., 19044. DR#17-00555153.
Ohio The Northeast Ohio Regional Sewer District is planning to carry out the Shoreline Consolidation Sewer project in Cleveland. The project consists of approximately 11,700 ft of 114-in.-dia sewer to be constructed along South Marginal Road from East 12th Street to its downstream connection to the Shoreline Storage Tunnel at Shaft SST-7 near Marquette Road. The SCS project will reduce the number of combined sewer overflows to Lake Erie by capturing and conveying CSO from seven CSO outfalls that currently discharge to Lake Erie. A design firm will be selected in the fourth quarter of 2019. The project is valued at $86.2 million. Northeast Ohio Regional Sewer District, 3900 Euclid Ave., Cleveland, 44115. DR#17-00580894.
Oregon Yacht Harbor LLC is planning to develop Yacht Harbor Retirement Housing, an age-restricted retirement community in Portland. The project entails construction of a five-story, 296,000-sq-ft building containing 221 units, with both surface and indoor parking. It is being designed by Ankrom Moisan Associated Architects PC. The project is valued between $25 million and $50 million. Yacht Harbor LLC, 2501 NE 134th St., Vancouver, Wash., 98687. DR#18-00830553.
Bids, Contracts, Proposals
Minnesota The City of Glencoe has awarded a $20.1-million contract to Rice Lake Construction Group to build a new influent lift station, including a new preliminary treatment building, aeration basin modifications with new diffusers and blowers, replacement of final clarifier mechanisms and new covers, a new advanced treatment building with cloth disc filtration, and UV disinfection and dissolved air flotation sludge thickening anaerobic digester improvements. The project was designed by SHE Inc. Rice Lake Construction Group, P.O. Box 517, Deerwood, 56444. DR#18-00800986.
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New Jersey The Federal Aviation Administration has awarded a $36-million contract to TRC Solutions to oversee remediation of the William J. Hughes Technical Center, an FAA-owned Superfund site in Egg Harbor Township. The 5,000-acre technical center is the nation’s premier air transportation system federal laboratory. The work entails remediation of aviation fuels, pesticides, heavy metals, PCBs, mercury and emerging contaminants such as per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances. TRC Solutions, 650 Suffolk St., Lowell, Mass., 01854. DR#18-00897781.
Bid, Proposal Dates
Mississippi 1/24 The City of Ridgeland is seeking bidders to construct the Lake Harbour Drive Extension from Highland Colony Parkway to U.S. Highway 51. It will also include a bridge over Interstate 55 and a bike trail. The project is valued between $14 million and $15 million. City of Ridgeland, Attn: Gene McGee, 304 Highway 51, Ridgeland, 39158. DR#11-00637696.
Texas 2/4 The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is seeking bidders to carry out the Freeport Hurricane Flood Protection Project in Brazoria County. The work will consist of repair of damages to the levee embankment, placement of riprap and replacement of a pump station engine. The project is valued at between $5 million and $10 million. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, 2000 Fort Point Rd., Galveston, 77553. DR#18-00889561.
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