Pulse for the Week of February 19, 2024
Planning
ARKANSAS
Exxon Mobil and Tetra Technologies Inc. are planning to construct both a bromine production facility and a lithium brine extraction manufacturing facility along the Columbia-Lafayette county line. A bromine-based electrolyte for long-duration energy storage has recently been brought to the market by Tetra. Bromine is also in demand for fire retardants for electric vehicles. The same saltwater brine Tetra proposes to produce from its prospective production field may also be used to produce lithium. Tetra plans to drill five brine supply wells in Columbia County, and also five injection wells to send the brine back into the Smackover Formation once bromine is extracted. The project is valued at $500 million. Tetra Technologies Inc., 24955 Interstate 45, The Woodlands, Texas, 77380. DR#23-00297709.
FLORIDA
BluePearl Veterinary Partners LLC intends to build the Ybor Harbor Channel Waterfront Development on a 25 to 33-acre site in Tampa. Plans call for 20 buildings of varying heights, with the tallest depending on Federal Aviation Authority limits, including up to 2,586 residential units, 140,400 sq ft of general office space, 375 hotel rooms, and 292,260 sq ft of commercial retail. The development will include a boardwalk lined with restaurants, shops, piers, boat slips, floating docks and green space. The project is valued at $1.1 billion. BluePearl Veterinary Partners LLC, 2950 Busch Lake Blvd., Tampa, 33614. DR#22-00749567.
OHIO
The Sherwin Williams Co. is planning to build a second headquarters building and parking garage in Cleveland. The five-story, 250,000-sq-ft building will be located at West 6th St. and W. St. Clair Ave. HGA and Pickard Chilton are the architects, and Gilbane Building Co. and Welty Building Corp. are the general contractors. The Sherwin Williams Co., Attn: Dave Cashin, 11410 Alameda Drive, Strongsville, 44149. DR#23-00428080.
OREGON
TNHC Oregon LLC is planning on building the Panzer mixed-use development on a 26.6-acre site in Beaverton. It will comprise 533 housing units as well as approximately 17,736 sq ft of commercial space. The development will include a mix of multidwelling buildings, mixed-use buildings, townhomes, and single-detached dwellings. TNHC Oregon LLC, 15455 NW Greenbrier Parkway, Beaverton, 97006. DR#23-00395531.
VERMONT
The Vermont Agency of Transportation is planning to build the East-West Crossing Project, a bicycle and pedestrian bridge over Interstate 89 at Exit 14 in South Burlington. A shared-use path will start at Williston Road, adjacent to Staples Plaza and follow the southwestern edge of the interchange. A connection to a shared-use path that runs through the Quarry Hill neighborhood would link to the western end. The eastern terminus would be reached through a shared-use route close to the Comfort Inn and CVS. Much of the funding for the project is being provided from a $9.76 million RAISE grant from the U.S. DOT. It is being designed by Vanasse Hangen Brustlin along an already approved alignment. The project is valued at $12.1 million. Vermont Agency of Transportation, 1 National Life Drive, Montpelier, 05602. DR#23-00183529.
Bids, Contracts, Proposals
SOUTH CAROLINA
Robins & Morton has begun construction on the Fifth Third Park minor league baseball stadium in Spartanburg. The 3,500-seat stadium will include 12 premium suites, a 7,000-sq-ft club and event space, concourse-level boxes and an outfield berm in deep left field. The stadium was designed by Overland Partners Architects. Construction is expected to be completed by April 2025. The project is valued at $175 million. Robins & Morton, 123 Dunbar St., Spartanburg, 29306. DR#23-00205547.
WYOMING
PacifiCorp has begun converting Units 1 and 2 of the Jim Bridger Power Plant in Point of Rocks from coal to natural gas. Construction is expected to be completed by May 2024. The project is valued at $28 million. PacifiCorp, 825 NE Multnomah St., Portland, Ore., 97232. DR#23-00023942.
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Bid, Proposal Dates
IOWA
2/28 The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is seeking bidders to carry out the Cedar Rapids Flood Risk Management Project, Reach 1, Cedar Lake South Railyard Floodwall. Work entails site demolition, clearing, grubbing, trench excavation, filling and grading, sheet pile installation, embankment, H-pile concrete floodwalls, interior drainage, roadway grade raises, water main installation, site restoration, bedding stone and riprap placement. All contractor access will be by barge. Construction is expected to start in April 2024. The project is valued at between $10 million and $25 million. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Attn: Joseph Porter, 1 Rock Island Arsenal, Middle Rock Island, 61299. DR#24-00004068.
ALABAMA
2/29 Alabama State Port Authority is requesting qualifications for AE/PM/CM services for the Choctaw Point Marine Terminal Development in Mobile. The project will repurpose approximately 43 acres of the existing McDuffie Coal Terminal adjacent to the existing container terminal. The project involves demolition of all existing McDuffie Terminal infrastructure within the project boundary and subsequent construction of new vessel berths and landside yard area along the Mobile River. The project is valued at $200 million. Alabama State Port Authority, Attn: Marcus Coleman, 250 N. Water St., Mobile, 36602. DR#23-00023631.
