Pulse: Project News for the Week of March 7, 2022
Planning
ALABAMA
The Guntersville Board of Education is planning to build Guntersville High School. It is being designed by McKee & Associates. The project is valued at $43 million. Guntersville Board of Education, 4200 Alabama Highway 79, Guntersville, 35976. DR#18-00822387.
INDIANA
Elanco Animal Health Inc. plans to build a new headquarters in Indianapolis on the site of the former General Motors Stamping Plant. Elanco will use 39 acres, with its headquarters at the northwest corner of Henry Street and a relocated White River Parkway, with room to build additional structures on the north and west portions of the property. Construction is expected to begin in March 2022 and be completed by July 2024. It is being designed by CSO Architects Inc. and RATIO Architects Inc., and Shiel Sexton Co. has been chosen as the general contractor. The project is valued at $100 million. Elanco Animal Health Inc., 2500 Innovation Way, Greenfield, 46140. DR#20-00801131.
NORTH DAKOTA
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is planning to carry out the Fargo Moorhead Metropolitan Area flood risk management project. The project entails constructing Southern Embankment Reach SE-2A, which will be 1.75 miles long. In addition, the project includes removing an abandoned water line, placement of riprap in ditches, and installation of new corrugated steel pipe culverts. Construction is expected to start in May 2022. The project is valued at between $10 million and $25 million. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Attn: Scott Hendrix, 180 Fifth St. E., Saint Paul, Minn., 55101. DR#21-00625485.
OKLAHOMA
Ideal Homes is planning to develop the Harris Creek residential subdivision at NW 150th St. and N. Sara Rd. in Oklahoma City. It will contain 438 lots. The project is valued at $87.6 million. Ideal Homes, 1320 N. Porter Ave., Norman, 73071. DR#22-00481373.
TENNESSEE
GBT Realty Corp. is planning to build the Eden House mixed-use tower at 2025 Richard Jones Rd. in Nashville. The 16-story, 337,563-sq-ft building will have 111 condominiums and 8,800 sq ft of ground floor retail space. It is being designed by Gresham Smith. Construction is expected to start in April 2022 and be completed by July 2023. The project is valued at between $25 million and $50 million. GBT Realty Corp., 9010 Overlook Rd., Brentwood, 37027. DR#21-00471352.
UTAH
The Utah Division of Facilities Construction and Management is planning to build the Utah State History Museum. The project entails constructing a 17,000-sq-ft facility on the first floor of the New North Capitol Building. The facility will house the new museum for the Department of Heritage and Arts, general conference space, spaces for the governor’s cabinet members, legislative space, and underground parking levels. The project is valued at $140 million. Utah Division of Facilities Construction and Management, Attn: Sarah Boll, 4315 S. 2700 West, Taylorsville, 84129. DR#21-00565696.
Bids, Contracts, Proposals
GEORGIA
Pro Building Systems has begun constructing the Jim Ellis Lighthouse Volkswagen Dealership in Chamblee. It will consist of a 109,615-sq-ft showroom; and a 183,800-sq-ft precast parking deck structure with service shops, the parts department and a car wash on the first floor. It has been designed by YSM Design PC. The project is valued at between $25 million and $50 million. Pro Building Systems, 3678 N. Peachtree Rd., Atlanta, 30341. DR#21-00545187.
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MASSACHUSETTS
Cranshaw Construction has begun building Coolidge Hill R&D Lab in Watertown. It will include a five-story, 255,000-sq-ft building, a six-level, 150,000-sq-ft parking garage with 499 spaces and a rooftop solar array. It has been designed by Elkus Manfredi Architects Ltd. The project is valued at $115 million. Cranshaw Construction, 2310 Washington St., Newton Lower Falls, 02462. DR#19-00737978.
Bid, Proposal Dates
NEW YORK
3/14 The New York State Dept. of Environmental Conservation is seeking bidders to carry out a Superfund cleanup at an old city landfill on Old Upper Mountain Road in Lockport. The landfill site was used as a city dump from about 1921 through the 1950s. The scope of the project also includes cleanup of contaminated sediment and floodplain soils found within Gulf Creek. The primary contaminants at the site are metals, which are present due to the burning of garbage and other waste, with the remnants having pushed into a nearby ravine. The cleanup project will also include the permanent relocation of the Gulf Interceptor Sewer. The project is valued at between $20 million and $30 million. New York State Dept. of Environmental Conservation, Attn: Brianna Scharf, 625 Broadway, Albany, 12233. DR#21-00878342.
OHIO
4/1 Construction manager Model Group is seeking subcontractor bidders to carry out historic rehabilitation and new construction of the Griffon Apartments, consisting of three sites in the Over-the-Rhine neighborhood of Cincinnati, to produce a total of 48 new units. The sites are 30 E. 15 St. (rehab of four units); 1617-19 Race St. (rehab plus new construction; 12 units); and 1624 Central Parkway (new construction; 32 units). The project is valued at $13 million. Model Group, Attn: David Daugherty, Project Manager, 1826 Race St., Cincinnati, 45202. DR#21-00834560.
