Pulse: Project News for the Week of June, 17, 2019
Planning
Alabama The Alabama Dept. of Transportation is planning to expand University Drive/U.S. Highway 72 in Huntsville from four lanes to six for a 5.5-mile segment from County Line Road to Providence Main Road. The project will add one lane in each direction with access management and signal modifications, and includes a new bridge over Indian Creek. Construction is expected to start in 2021. The project is valued at $73.2 million. Alabama Dept. of Transportation, 1409 Coliseum Blvd., Montgomery, 36110. DR#14-00679735.
Colorado Southwest Airlines Co. is planning to build a maintenance hangar at Denver International Airport. The hangar will provide space for three Boeing 737 planes, with parking for eight jets outside. Jviation Inc. has been selected as both the architect and general contractor. Construction is expected to start in September 2019. The project is valued at $100 million. Southwest Airlines Co., 2702 Love Field Drive, Dallas, 75235. DR#19-00527823.
Michigan Metropolitan Detroit Area Hospital Services Inc. is planning to build a single-story, 105,000-sq-ft shared medical laundry building. The project is valued at $48 million. Metropolitan Detroit Area Hospital Services Inc., 4645 Oakman Blvd., Detroit, 48204. DR#19-00656487.
Nevada Matter Real Estate is planning to develop UnCommons, a $400-million mixed-use project in Las Vegas. It will be a 40-acre office park with 500,000 sq ft of office space, 91,000 sq ft of retail space, restaurants, parking garages, recreational facilities and 875 apartments. Matter Real Estate, 385 Pilot Rd., Las Vegas, 89119. DR#19-00701622.
North Dakota The Garrison Diversion Conservancy District is planning to carry out the Red River Valley Water Supply Project. The project entails constructing a 165-mile-long, 72-in.-dia pipeline to carry water from the Missouri River near Washburn to empty into the Sheyenne River above Baldhill Dam, a reservoir north of Valley City. The pipeline will augment water supplies in 35 communities in central North Dakota and the Red River valley during long periods of drought. Construction is expected to begin in 2020 and last eight to ten years. The project is valued at $1.2 billion. Garrison Diversion Conservancy District, Attn: Duane DeKrey, General Manager, P.O. Box 140, Carrington, 58421. DR#19-00699896.
Ohio The Northeast Ohio Regional Sewer District is planning to construct the Shoreline Storage Area Tunnel in Cleveland, along the I-90 corridor, from East 55th Street to Eddy Road. The SSAT, a combined sewer overflow tunnel, will be 21 ft dia and extend 15,500 ft from its gated connection to the Dugway Storage Tunnel; it will include six tunnel shafts and multiple near-surface diversion and gate control structures. The tunnel has been designed by McMillen Jacobs Associates. The project is valued at $203.7 million. Northeast Ohio Regional Sewer District, 3900 Euclid Ave., Cleveland, 44115. DR#17-00580877.
Vermont Heidenberg Properties Group and Dousevicz Inc. are jointly planning to develop a senior housing facility in Berlin. The 98-bed facility will include both independent and assisted living, as well as memory care. It will be located at 282 Berlin Mall Rd., adjacent to the Berlin Mall. The project is valued at between $10 million and $15 million. Dousevicz Inc., Attn: Brad Dousevicz, Owner, 21 Carmichael St., Essex Junction, 05452. DR#18-00889725.
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Bids, Contracts, Proposals
Kansas Renewable Energy Systems (RES) has started constructing the 200-MW Reading Wind Farm near Reading. The project consists of erecting 62 Siemens Gamesa turbines across 23,590 acres in Osage and Lyons counties. Each turbine is mounted on an 80-meter-tall tower and has a 116-m, three-blade rotor connected to a generator. Construction is expected to be completed in 2020. The project owner is Southern Power. The project is valued at $300 million. Renewable Energy Systems, 12 South Sixth St., Minneapolis, 55402. DR#09-006000085.
Washington Pease and Sons Inc. has started a project to renovate 43,000 sq ft of the existing Pope Elementary School in Puyallup and construct a 36,000-sq-ft addition. The project has been designed by Mahlum Architects. The project is valued at $27.1 million. Pease and Sons Inc., P.O. Box 44100, Tacoma, 98448. DR#17-00819809.
Bid, Proposal Dates
Pennsylvania 6/25 The Pennsylvania Dept. of General Services is seeking bidders to renovate Somerset Lake Dam in Somerset. The project includes spillway reconstruction, embankment enhancements, improvements of the lake drain and wetland mitigation. The project is valued at between $5 million and $10 million. Pennsylvania Dept. of General Services, 1800 Herr St., Harrisburg, 17125. DR#19-00675109.
Arkansas 7/24 Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Dept. is seeking bidders to construct the Bella Vista Bypass interchange with Highway 71 in Bentonville. The construction schedule will be coordinated with the Missouri Department of Transportation’s timeline to construct its section of the bypass. The project is valued at between $50 million and $75 million. Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Dept., 10324 Interstate 30, Little Rock, 72203. DR#19-00607267.
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