Pulse: Project News for the Week of October 5, 2020
Planning
Nevada The Clark County Water Reclamation District is planning to upgrade the Flamingo Water Resource Center. The project entails constructing three aeration basins, three 140-ft-dia clarifiers with 16-ft side water depth, a blower/electrical building with electrical feed and four blowers and a return activated sludge/waste activated sludge pump station with five RAS pumps, five WAS pumps and four scum pumps. At the outlet, a 96-in.-dia pipe approximately 3,000 ft long will connect to the existing secondary effluent structure. Sletten Construction Co. is the construction manager at-risk. The project is valued at between $123 million and $143 million. Clark County Water Reclamation District, Attn: Larry Silver, Capital Projects, 5857 E. Flamingo Road, Las Vegas, 89122. DR#20-00560862.
New York LS Power LLC is planning to carry out upgrades along 93 miles of transmission lines and construct two new substations between the existing Edic substation in Marcy and an existing substation in New Scotland. MYR Group has been selected as the general contractor. The project is valued at between $750 million and $863 million. LS Power LLC, 1700 Broadway, New York City, 10019. DR#19-00709049.
Oklahoma The Gilcrease Museum, owned by the city of Tulsa, is planning to build an 89,000-sq-ft facility. SmithGroup Inc. and 1 Architecture LLC were chosen as design firms, and Flintco has been named general contractor. The project is valued at $75 million. Gilcrease Museum, 1400 Gilcrease Museum Road, Tulsa, 74127. DR#19-00527327.
South Carolina Nexans High Voltage USA Inc. is planning to build an addition to its manufacturing plant in Goose Creek and an adjacent shipping terminal. The project entails constructing a 125,000-sq-ft addition to the plant, a pile-supported concrete wharf and a second mooring berth and loading platform, as well as dredging 80,000 cu yd of material for the berthing area and a turning basin and placing a riprap retaining wall along the shoreline. The project is valued at between $25 million and $50 million. Nexans High Voltage USA Inc., 1716 Bushy Park Road, Goose Creek, 29445. DR#19-00722859.
Wisconsin B.C. Organics LLC is planning to build Wisconsin’s largest biodigester in Wrightstown. The biodigester will collect 900,000 gallons of manure produced by 29,000 cows from 13 local farms and convert it into natural gas (methane). Dynamic Concepts has been chosen as the architect, McMahon Group as the engineer and Miron Construction Co. as the general contractor. The project is valued at $60 million. B.C. Organics LLC, W175N11117 Stonewood Drive, Germantown, 53022. DR#17-00782974.
Bids, Contracts, Proposals
Michigan Wolverine Building Group has started constructing an expansion of Enprotech Industrial Technologies’ facility in Lansing. The 43,500-sq-ft addition will more than double the existing 35,000-sq-ft building, allowing it to extend both its large and small assembly bays and machine shop. It will also contain a new welding shop and parts warehouse, and CNC machines and a heat-treating furnace will be installed. The expansion was designed by Andrus Architecture. Construction is expected to be completed by June 2021. The project is valued at between $10 million and $15 million. Wolverine Building Group, 4045 Barden St. SE, Grand Rapids, 49512. DR#20-00729511.
Ohio Shook Construction has started building the two-story, 183,000-sq-ft Northeastern PK-12 School in South Vienna. The project is valued at roughly $33.2 million. Shook Construction, 2000 W. Dorothy Lane, Moraine, 45439. DR#19-00521875.
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Bid, Proposal Dates
Maine 10/21 The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is issuing a sources-sought announcement for repairs to the breakwaters at the Isles of Shoals Harbor on the Maine/New Hampshire border. The project is valued at between $5 million and $10 million. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Attn: Sara Torres, Contract Specialist, 696 Virginia Road, Concord, Mass. 01742. DR#20-00735416.
Florida 10/27 The city of Melbourne is seeking qualifications from firms to construct the Pineda Causeway Water Transmission Main. The project consists of the installation of two 16-in.-dia water transmission mains, totaling 31,500 ft, across the Indian River, Merritt Island and the Banana River along the State Route 404 Pineda Causeway. Installation will be done with a combination of horizontal directional drilling as well as open trench and jack-and-bore methods. The project is valued at $10.5 million. City of Melbourne, Attn: Lisa Solina, Engineering Dept., 900 E. Strawbridge Ave., Melbourne, 32901. DR#16-00706909.
Tennessee 11/13 The Tennessee Dept. of Transportation is seeking design-build proposals from shortlist firms for technical and price proposals for the Interstate 65 Interchange/Buckner Road Extension project. The project involves constructing a new diverging diamond interchange on I-65 between Saturn Parkway (State Route 396) and I-840 as well as constructing an extension of Buckner Road from Bunker Lane to Lewisburg Pike (US 431) to connect to the new interchange. The project is valued at $48.3 million. Tennessee Dept. of Transportation, Division of Highways, Attn: Lia Obaid, 505 Deaderick St., Nashville, 37243. DR#12-00506969.
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