Pulse: Project News for the Week of June 14, 2021
Planning
ARKANSAS The Arkansas Dept. of Transportation is planning an improvement project for Interstate 30 in Saline County. The project includes widening 5.5 miles of I-30 to three lanes in each direction, from the interchange with U.S. Route 70 to Sevier Street in Benton. It also includes improvements to the U.S. Route 67 interchange. The project is valued at $187.3 million. Arkansas Dept. of Transportation, P.O. Box 2261, Little Rock, 72203. DR#21-00584108.
CALIFORNIA Terra-Gen is planning to construct the Edwards & Sanborn solar power and energy storage facility on two separate sites, totaling 2,006 acres, in Kern County. It will generate 1,118 MW, and will also include 2,165 MW hours of energy storage. M.A. Mortenson Construction is the general contractor. The project is valued at $1.1 billion. Terra-Gen, 11455 El Camino Real, San Diego, 92130. DR#20-00738094.
CONNECTICUT The New Canaan Library is planning to build a three-story, 40,000-sq-ft facility. It has been designed by Centerbrook Architects, and Turner Construction has been selected as the general contractor. Construction is expected to start in July 2021. New Canaan Library, 151 Main St., New Canaan, 06840. DR#16-00504669.
MARYLAND G&S Contracting, a design-builder, is planning to develop Gray Mount Commons, a residential subdivision, on a 21.27-acre site on Delancey Road in Elkton. It will include 21 two-story buildings containing 173 townhouses, totaling 311,400 sq ft. The project is valued at $77.6 million. G&S Contracting, 755 W. Pulaski Highway, Elkton, 21921. DR#19-00599331.
MONTANA The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints is planning to build a temple and meeting house at 1260 Otter Road in Helena. The two buildings will total 10,000 sq ft. The project is valued at between $15 million and $25 million. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, 50 E. North Temple, Salt Lake City, Utah, 84150. DR#21-00563613.
OHIO The City of Akron is planning to separate the combined sewer overflow system in the Rack 35 collection area into sanitary and storm sewer lines. The project is part of a 2014 consent decree that Akron entered into with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. The project is valued at $115 million. City of Akron Engineering Bureau, 166 S. High St., Akron, 44308. DR#20-00803695.
Bids, Contracts, Proposals
GEORGIA Dominium Development & Acquisition Inc. has started constructing the Ashlynn Ridge Senior Living Facility in Newnan. The four-story, 263,406-sq-ft building will accommodate 202 residents. It has been designed by Martin Riley Associates Architects. The project is valued at $24 million. Dominium Development & Acquisition Inc., 2905 Northwest Blvd., Plymouth, Minn., 55441. DR#20-00450921.9>
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IOWA and WISCONSIN The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has awarded a $9.1-million, firm-fixed-price contract to Kaiyuh Services LLC, for a miter gate anchorage replacement project on the Upper Mississippi River. The work entails replacing six of the eight miter gate anchorages at Lock and Dam 5A, near Fountain City, Wis.; six of the eight miter gate anchorages in the main chamber at Lock and Dam 8 near Genoa, Wis.; and six of the eight miter gate anchorages in the main lock chamber at Lock and Dam 10 near Guttenberg, Iowa. Kaiyuh Services LLC, 112 N. Water St., Sparta, Wis., 54656. DR#21-00538541.
Bid, Proposal Dates
PENNSYLVANIA 6/23 The Allegheny County Airport Authority is seeking bidders to carry out the Pittsburgh International Airport Terminal modernization program. The project entails building a three-level, 632,000-sq-ft main terminal addition to the existing terminal; refurbishment of the existing terminal’s concourses; and constructing a six-story parking garage with 4,500 parking spaces connected to the main terminal addition by two pedestrian bridges and a new roadway system. Construction is expected to start by September 2021 and be completed by December 2024. The project is valued at $670 million. Allegheny County Airport Authority, Attn: Paul Hoback Jr., 1000 Airport Blvd., Pittsburgh, 15231. DR#17-00777651.
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 6/25 The National Park Service is seeking bidders to carry out Phase 2 of the stabilization and rehabilitation of the Carter G. Woodson Home National Historic Site. This phase is valued at between $5 million and $10 million. National Park Service Intermountain Region, Attn: James Waller, 12795 W. Alameda Parkway, Lakewood, Colo., 80228. DR#21-00485952.
KANSAS 6/30 The Bureau of Indian Affairs is planning the Glen Elder Dam Spillway Chute Replacement project. The work includes demolition of the existing concrete chute; excavation of rock, common materials and clay tile pipe demolition; shotcrete application to foundation; grouted anchor bar installation into existing concrete; rock anchor installation into foundation; gravel and sand filter material placement; drain pipe placement; new concrete chute construction; installation of standard, retrofit, and hydrophilic waterstop; unwatering of stilling basin and removal of sediment and debris within stilling basin. The project is valued at between $25 million and $50 million. Bureau of Indian Affairs, Attn: Gerri Voto-Braun, 316 N. 26th St., Billings, Mont., 59101. DR#21-00618001.
