MidAtlantic Pulse: August 2022
Planning
District of Columbia
The Dept. of Agriculture is planning to modernize its south building, which encompasses approximately 2.2 million gross sq ft occupying two city blocks. There are six main floors, a sub-basement, a basement and an attic. The building has seven wings connected by a north building section and a south section. Design-build bids are due Sept. 6. Dept. of Agriculture, 300 7th St. SW, Rm. 377, Reporters Bldg., Washington, D.C., 20250-0002. DR#202100598408.
Maryland
City of Baltimore Dept. of Public Works is rebidding a project to rehabilitate egg-shaped digesters at Back River Wastewater Treatment Plant. The project will include rehabilitation and improvements to the thickened sludge holding tanks, acid phase reactor, high-rate digesters and the digester control building. Rummel Klepper & Kahl is the engineer. GC bids are due Sept. 7. City of Baltimore Dept. of Public Works, 200 Holliday St., Rm. 6, Baltimore, 21202-3618. DR#201900702381.
The Army Corps of Engineers is planning a restoration of Barren Island in the Chesapeake Bay offshore from Dorchester County. Scope of work consists of modifications to approximately 5,570 linear ft of existing stone sills, construction of approximately 5,342 linear ft of new stone sills and construction of approximately 4,270 linear ft of a segmented breakwater. Bids are due Sept. 7. Army Corps of Engineers, Aisha R. Boykin, 2 Hopkins Plaza, Baltimore, 21201-2930. DR#202200470784.
Pennsylvania
NAVFAC MidAtlantic is planning a renovation of Building 4, Bay A at Naval Support Activity Philadelphia. The project aims to provide modernized workspaces for use by Defense Contract Management Agency staff. The renovation includes support and collaboration spaces. Whitman Requardt & Associates is the architect. NAVFAC MidAtlantic, 9742 Maryland Ave., Bldg. Z-144, Norfolk, Va., 23511-3015. DR#202200711654.
Pennsylvania Dept. of Transportation is planning bridge improvements on State Route 220 in Woodward Township. The project includes removing existing bridges; construction of a single span prestressed concrete PA bulb-tee beam bridges with precast MSE wingwalls; rehabilitation of two three-span continuous steel multigirder bridges; and rehabilitation of two single-span composite prestressed concrete I-beam bridges. Pennsylvania DOT, District 3, 715 Jordan Ave., Montoursville, 17754-2415. DR#202100791650.
Virginia
The Army Corps of Engineers is rebidding a project to renovate an Army Reserve Center in Salem. Proposals submitted on May 5 were rejected. Scope includes full renovation and repair of the 29,855-sq-ft facility, which provides areas in support of a Quartermaster Battalion headquarters, nine training unit detachments and a field feeding team. Mechanical, plumbing, IT and electrical systems are beyond serviceable life. Army Corps of Engineers Louisville, 600 Dr. Martin Luther King Place, Louisville, Ky., 40202. DR#202100868975.
The Army Corps of Engineers is planning a new five-lane bascule bridge over the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway at Deep Creek in Chesapeake, Va. The project includes a five-lane dual-leaf bascule bridge with a sidewalk on the south side, approach slabs, abutments, supporting piers, piles, pile caps, bulkheads, fender system, mechanical and electrical systems, lighting, emergency power generation, controls, radio, signage on the bridge, operator’s control house with HVAC, lighting, toilet and parking. AECOM is the engineer. Target start date is October 2022. Army Corps of Engineers Norfolk, 803 Front St., Norfolk, 23510-1011. DR#201900794613.
