Pulse: Project News for the Week of April 22, 2019
Planning
Arkansas Springhouse Village of Hot Springs is planning to build a 75-bed assisted living facility on Files Road in Hot Springs. The project is valued at $17 million. Springhouse Village of Hot Springs, Attn: Elizabeth Link, Project Manager, 222 Files Rd., Hot Springs National Park, 71913. DR#18-00710459.
Missouri The City of Saint Joseph is planning to convert the seven-story, 200,000-sq-ft American Electric Building into 140 apartments, plus commercial space on the first floor. The project is valued at $30 million. City of Saint Joseph, 1100 Frederick Ave., Saint Joseph, 64501. DR#18-00534328.
North Dakota Minnesota Soybean Processors plans to construct the North Dakota Soybean Processors soybean processing plant in Spiritwood, on a 150-acre site in the Spiritwood Energy Park industrial park. The plant will have the capacity to process 42.5 million bushels per year. (North Dakota Soybean Processors is a subsidiary of Minnesota Soybean Processors.) The estimated construction cost is $287 million. Minnesota Soybean Processors, P.O. Box 100, Brewser, Minn. 56119. DR#17-00533850.
Ohio The City of Columbus is planning to carry out Phase 2 of the Big Walnut Trunk Sewer Extension project. The extension will begin upstream of Shaft #4 and proceed generally in a northerly direction towards Lee Road and then in an easterly direction along Walnut Street to the vicinity of Harlem Road. The project is valued at $70 million. City of Columbus, Division of Sewers & Drains, Attn: Jeremy Cawley, 1250 Fairwood Ave., Columbus, 43206. DR#14-00424361.
South Carolina The Richland County Transportation Dept. is planning to widen a 4.67-mile stretch of Broad River Road in Irmo, from Royal River Drive to the Peak Interchange. It will be widened to five lanes between Royal Tower Drive and Dutch Fork Road, and to three lanes between Dutch Fork and the Peak exit. The project is being designed by ICA Inc. Construction is expected to start in the summer of 2020. The project is valued at $29 million. Richland County Transportation Dept., 201 Arbor Lake Drive, Columbia, 29223. DR#14-00709235.
Utah Grand County School District is planning to build the Moab Middle School in Moab. The building will be located at 439 South 100 East. It has been designed by MHTN Architects, Inc. The project is valued at $27 million. Grand County School District, 264 S. Fourth St. E., Moab, 84532. DR#18-00769281.
Vermont The Rutland Regional Medical Center is planning to build the Thomas W. Huebner medical office building in Rutland. The two-story, 45,235-sq-ft building will be located at 160 Allen Street. The building is being designed by Lavallee/Brensinger Architects and is valued at $16.5 million. Rutland Regional Medical Center, 160 Allen St., Rutland, 05701. DR#18-00587437.
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Washington The cities of Aberdeen and Hoquiam, which are located along the shore of Grays Harbor and sit between the Wishkah and Hoquiam rivers, are planning to construct the North Shore Levee. The 6-mile-long levee will be around 3 to 5 ft high, and will consist of a combination of earthen berms, concrete walls and sheet pile walls The levee will provide coastal flood protection, improve the storm drainage systems so that they more effectively collect and convey runoff from intense storm events, and significantly reduce the economic burden on the community caused by flooding. The levee is being designed by KPFF Consulting Engineers. The project is valued at between $50 million and $80 million. City of Aberdeen, 200 E. Market St., Aberdeen, 98520. DR#18-00554300.
Bids, Contracts, Proposals
North Carolina The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has awarded a $9.8 million firm-fixed-price contract to Sauer Inc. to construct a special operations forces live fire maze and tower. The project entails constructing a three-story training live-fire ballistic tower and a single-story live-fire ballistic training maze. The scope of work includes a four-story rigid steel frame, AR-500 steel plate, ballistic block and ballistic panel live-fire facility capable of up to 7.62-mm rounds at high volume and a four-story rigid steel frame with AR-500 steel plate, ballistic block and ballistic panel live-fire stair tower capable of up to 7.62-mm rounds at high volume. Construction is expected to be completed by April, 2020. Sauer Inc., 11223 Phillips Parkway Drive, Jacksonville, Fla. 32256. DR#18-00907477.
Bid, Proposal Dates
Arizona 5/2 The City of Peoria is seeking bidders to widen Happy Valley Parkway between Lake Pleasant Parkway and the 303. The project is valued at $17 million. 9875 N. 85th Ave., Peoria, 85345. DR#16-00580531.
Minnesota 5/2 The Metropolitan Council Twin Cities Metro Region is seeking bidders to construct the Orange Line Bus Rapid Transit & Knox Ave. Underpass. The work includes construction of a new underpass under Trunk Highway 494 just west of Trunk Highway 35 W. Watermain (open cut and jack and auger), storm sewer and other utilities will be reconstructed to make way for the underpass. The project is valued at $20.7 million. Metropolitan Council Twin Cities Metro Region, Attn: Michelle Spielman, 390 Robert St., Saint Paul, 55101. DR#19-00611928.
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