Southwest Pulse: Construction Projects for March 2019
Planning
Arizona
The Mayo Clinic is in the planning stage for a $648-million design-bid-build expansion project in Phoenix. Dubbed Arizona Forward, the project will add 1.4 million sq ft of building space. Among other elements, the project is expected to include a six-story patient tower that will increase the number of patient beds from 280 to 374 by 2023. The expansion also will add a new emergency department, an outpatient surgery center and a 1,000-space underground patient parking garage. Mayo Clinic Hospital, 13400 E. Shea Blvd., Scottsdale, 85259. DR#17-00560287.
Arizona State University is in the planning phase for a new $63.5-million academic building at the downtown Phoenix campus. The building is expected to be five stories and will serve 750 students and 40 faculty within five years. Arizona State University Purchasing Dept., P.O. Box 875212, 1551 S. Rural Road, Tempe, 85287-5212. DR#18-00691669.
The Arizona Dept. of Transportation and the city of Kingman are in the planning stages for an Interstate 40 overpass. The traffic interchange is planned for milepost 56.6, with full access and arterial street connections to Louise Avenue on the south and Airway Avenue and Industrial Boulevard to the north. Arizona Dept. of Transportation, George Wallace, 1651 W. Jackson St., Rm. 121F, Phoenix, 85007-3217. DR#09-00420340.
Nevada
The city of North Las Vegas is planning a $25-million, 140-acre-ft detention basin. This project consists of the design and construction of the detention basin, spillway and outfall as well as two miles of reinforced box culverts along Pecos Road. This project will collect floodwaters from the upper Range Wash watershed within the Northern Beltway right-of-way, and route reduced flows into the Vandenberg Detention Basin. The City of North Las Vegas, 2250 Las Vegas Blvd. North, Ste. 610, North Las Vegas, 89030-6307. DR#18-00655194.
Bidding
Nevada
The Washoe County School District is reviewing bids for Kiley Ranch Elementary School in Sparks. The two-story school will be 88,000 sq ft. Work to be awarded includes site improvements, landscaping, utilities, playground equipment and geothermal wells. Washoe County School District, 14101 Old Virginia Rd., Rm. 10, P.O. Box 30425, Reno, 89521-8912. DR#19-00513694.
The Clark County School District is reviewing bids for a new elementary school near Mountains Edge Parkway and El Capitan Road in Henderson. The school will include two buildings at a total of 100,532 sq ft on a 13-acre lot. Bid scope includes playgrounds, parking lot, offsite improvements and utilities. Clark County Schools, Danielle Palmer, 4170 McLeod Drive, Building B, Las Vegas, 89121-5229. DR#19-00511067.
Arizona
The Arizona Dept. of Transportation is reviewing bids for a design-bid widening project on Loop 101 from Baseline Road to Loop 202 in the Southeast Valley. The approximately six-mile, $51-million project will include design and construction for adding a general purpose lane in both travel directions. Arizona Dept. of Transportation, 1651 W. Jackson St., Rm. 121F, Phoenix, 85007-3217. DR#18-00690900.
Northern Arizona University is reviewing bids to replace the existing service entrance for Physical Sciences Building 19 within a four-day window. Northern Arizona University Planning & Development, P.O. Box 6016, Flagstaff, 86011-0001. DR#18-00591236.
On the Web
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