Pulse: Project News for the Week of March 20, 2023
Planning
ALABAMA
APM Terminals North America and Canadian National Railway Co. are planning to expand the APM Terminals port rail service in Mobile. The project includes adding track, railyard storage and improved access to reach a total of about 12,000 ft of working rail track. The project is valued at $60 million. APM Terminals North America, 1800 Seaboard Ave., Portsmouth, Va., 23707. DR#23-00054032.
CONNECTICUT
The city of Norwalk is planning to construct a new Norwalk High School building on the site of the existing school’s football field. It will be 330,000 sq ft and is being designed by Kaestle Boos Associates Inc. Gilbane Building Co. has been chosen as the construction manager at-risk. Construction is expected to start in December 2023 and be completed by December 2027. The project is valued at $225 million. City of Norwalk, Attn: Carleen Megaro, 125 East Ave., Norwalk, 06851. DR#21-00489607.
MARYLAND
Schwaber Holdings plans to redevelop the Lutherville-Timonium Shopping Center in Timonium. To be called Lutherville Station, the 13-acre mixed-use development will include a 400-unit apartment building in addition to 200,000 sq ft of office space and 21,300 sq ft of retail space. It is being designed by JP2 Architects, and the project is valued at $228 million. Schwaber Holdings, 910 Reisterstown Road, Baltimore, 21208. DR#23-00009018.
NEVADA
Hard Rock International is planning to build a Hard Rock Hotel in Las Vegas. The 36-story, guitar-shaped hotel at 3600 S. Las Vegas Blvd. will contain between 800 and 1,000 rooms and a Strip-facing casino. It is being designed by Klai Juba Wald Architects, and construction is expected to begin in 2024. The project is valued at $1.1 billion. Hard Rock International, 5701 Stirling Drive, Davie, Fla., 33314. DR#22-00451709.
NORTH DAKOTA
The Grand Forks Public School District is planning to build the two-story, 52,000-sq-ft New Career Impact Academy in Grand Forks. It is being designed by JLG Architects. The project is valued at $20 million. Grand Forks Public School District, 2400 47th Ave. S., Grand Forks, 58201. DR#21-00722889.
OHIO
Abbott Laboratories is planning to construct a baby powder formula plant in Center Township. Construction is expected to start in June 2023 and be completed by July 2026. The project is valued at $536 million. Abbott Laboratories, 200 Abbott Park Road North, Chicago, 60064. DR#22-00863960.
Bids, Contracts, Proposals
OKLAHOMA
Construction manager Flintco Inc. is currently evaluating submitted subcontractor bids to carry out the construction of two five-story dorm buildings for the University of Oklahoma in Norman. In addition to dorm rooms, each building will have a lounge area and a large storm shelter. The buildings are being designed by the Architectural Design Group. Construction is expected to start in April 2023 and be completed by June 2026. The project is valued at $185 million. Flintco Inc., 2302 S. I-35 Service Road, Oklahoma City, 73129. DR#21-00703641.
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WISCONSIN
JCP Construction and Miron Construction Co. have started building a concert hall venue in Milwaukee. The four-story, 210,000-sq-ft building will contain two venues with capacities of up to 800 and 4,000 people. It has been designed by Eppstein Uhen Architects Inc. The project is valued at $50 million. It will occupy approximately one-third of the 7.2-acre Bradley Center site, the former home arena for the Milwaukee Bucks until it was demolished in 2019. Frank Productions Inc., 29 S. Livingston St., Madison, 53703. DR#22-00744097.
Bid, Proposal Dates
NEW YORK
3/30 The New York City Transit Authority is requesting proposals for design-build services to carry out wind retrofit and structural rehabilitation of the Robert F. Kennedy East River Suspended Spans, Queens Anchorage and Wards Island Anchorage and construction of new widened sidewalks/walkways to improve pedestrian and bicycle access between Queens and Wards Island. The work also includes live loads and seismic improvement, new main cable and anchorage dehumidification, new cable acoustic monitoring, new weigh-in-motion devices, improvements at Queens Anchorage and overcoat painting of steel superstructures. (The RFK Bridge is also known as the Triborough Bridge.) The project is valued at $100 million. New York City Transit Authority, 2 Broadway, New York City, 10004. DR#23-00062845.
WASHINGTON
8/8 The Washington State Dept. of Transportation is requesting proposals for design-build services for carrying out the Interstate 5/Montlake Terrace Interchange and Bridge Replacement Project in King County. The project will replace the existing Portage Bay Bridge 520/3 with two new parallel variable depth segmental box girder bridges across Portage Bay, the existing State Route 520 eastbound off-ramp structure to Montlake Boulevard East and the existing 10th Ave E. and Delmar E. under-crossings with a new Roanoke Lid Bridge. This project will also extend the SR 520’s transit/HOV system from Montlake to I-5 and the cross-lake bicycle and pedestrian trail over Portage Bay. The project is valued at between $725 million and $900 million. Washington State Dept. of Transportation, Attn: Robyn Mills, 310 Maple Park Ave. SE, Olympia, 98501. DR#21-00470761.
