Pulse for the Week of July 3, 2023
Planning
COLORADO
O’Neil Group is planning to develop the West + Main Residential and Office Tower in Colorado Springs; the project will consist of two buildings. A 25-story residential tower will contain 316 apartments, a fitness center, dog run, a 28,286-sq-ft pool deck and 11,600 sq ft of retail space on the ground floor. The 11-story office tower will have 148,000 sq ft of office space and 13,500 sq ft of ground-floor retail space. There will be a five-level, 405-space parking garage for residents and a five-level, 250-space garage for office tenants. It is being designed by Tryba Architects. The project is valued at $270 million. O’Neil Group, 455 E. Pikes Peak Ave., Colorado Springs, 80903. DR#21-00816635.
NORTH DAKOTA
The City of Minot is planning to carry out Phase MI-6 of the Eastwood Park Floodwall Project. This phase involves constructing a series of floodwalls along the south side of the Mouse River from the Third Street Bridge through Roosevelt Park to about Burdick Expressway. Construction is expected to begin in May 2024. The project is valued at $45 million. City of Minot, 1025 31st St. SE, Minot, 58701. DR#21-00633934.
UTAH
Greenfield Energy LLC is planning to construct an oil sand remediation plant in Vernal. The facility will be used to inject carbon dioxide into the tar sand deposit, which will assist in the enhanced recovery and then be sequestered within the geologic formation. Valkor has been selected as the design/builder. Construction is expected to start in August 2023. The project is valued at $150 million. Greenfield Energy LLC, 9 E. Exchange Place, Salt Lake City, 84111. DR#22-00794275.
VERMONT
Ottauquechee Realty Advisors LLC and Killington/Pico Ski Resort Partners LLC are planning to develop Phase 2 of the Bear Mountain Base Camp development. Phase 2 entails 126 residential units, located at 970 Bear Mountain Road in Killington. It is being designed by Aja Architecture and Planning, and Biebel Builders has been chosen as the general contractor. The project is valued at between $15 million and $25 million. Ottauquechee Realty Advisors LLC, P.O. Box 672, Killington, 05751. DR#22-00856265.
WEST VIRGINIA
Davis & Elkins College is planning to build a freshman residence hall on the campus in Elkins. The 100-bed, three-story, 31,000-sq-ft building will be located on Campus Drive. It is being designed by Mills Group LLC. Construction is expected to start in August 2023 and be completed by August 2024. The project is valued at between $15 million and $25 million. Davis & Elkins College, 100 Sycamore St., Elkins, 26241. DR#22-00810926.
Bids, Contracts, Proposals
ALABAMA
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is currently evaluating submitted bids from firms seeking to carry out an expansion of the Propulsion Systems Lab at the U.S. Army’s Redstone Arsenal. The project includes modernization of thirteen existing facilities totaling 63,203 sq ft; construction of a new 4,673-sq-ft facility for six new propellant mixing bays; waterproofing of existing earth-covered magazines; a new 5,000-sq-ft maintenance storage facility; a new 1,800-sq-ft control building; two new data acquisition buildings, each measuring 450 sq ft; a new 600-sq-ft conditioning building; a new 1,500-sq-ft rocket motor assembly building; three new inert storage buildings measuring 1,200 sq ft each; and a new 4,800-sq-ft large rocket motor segmenting/disassembly facility. The project is valued at between $25 million and $100 million. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, 109 Saint Joseph St., Mobile, 36602. DR#22-00481882.
IOWA
WL Port-Land Systems Inc., a design-build firm, has started constructing the KPG Cat Litter Plant in Muscatine. The two-story, 113,000-sq-ft building will be located at 4315 W. 55th Ave. Construction is expected to be completed by June 2025. The project is valued at between $25 million and $50 million. WL Port-Land Systems Inc., 305 Mount Lebanon Blvd., Pittsburgh, Pa., 15234. DR#23-00166092.
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Bid, Proposal Dates
NEW YORK
7/13 The New York State Dept. of Environmental Conservation is seeking bidders to carry out an environmental remediation project, cleaning up groundwater chemical contamination from the former Kenco Chemical site on Freeman’s Bridge Road in Schenectady, which is a Superfund site. The work includes installation of electrical service, both on-site and connecting to a National Grid-designed supply; installation of a hydraulic control barrier around the 2.2-acre treatment zone; construction of an in-situ thermal remediation system to treat approximately 150,000 cu yd of soil with CVOCs contamination; construction of a storm water management area; and collection of confirmatory soil and groundwater samples until treatment goals have been met. The project is valued at between $15 million and $25 million. New York State Dept. of Environmental Conservation, Attn: Elyse DuBois, 625 Broadway, New York City, 12233. DR#23-00155148.
NORTH CAROLINA
7/15 The North Carolina Dept. of Transportation is seeking bidders to carry out the Alligator River Bridge replacement project in Columbia. The project entails building a new two-lane fixed-span bridge just to the north of the old one, allowing both marine and vehicle traffic to pass unimpeded. The project is valued at $262 million. North Carolina Dept. of Transportation, 113 Airport Drive, Edenton, 27932. DR#23-00015072.
