Pulse   06/29/2015
Planning

Arizona The Navajo Tribal Utility Authority, which supplies electricity, water, natural gas, wastewater treatment and solar power throughout the 27,000-sq-mile Navajo Nation, is planning to build a new headquarters in Fort Defiance. Dyron Murphy Architects is the designer, and the estimated construction cost is between $10 million and $20 million. Navajo Tribal Utility Authority, Attn: John Dowling, Purchasing Supervisor, Navajo Route 12, Fort Defiance, 86504. DR#12-00450862.

California Holland Partner Group is planning to build the 777 Spring Street apartments, a mixed-use project in Los Angeles. The 24-story building will contain 320 apartments and ground-floor retail space. The project's value has been estimated at between $15 million and $25 million. Holland Partner Group, Attn: Tom Parsons, CEO and Partner, 1111 Main St., Vancouver, Wash. 98660. DR#15-00402001.

Indiana Faurecia Emissions Control Technologies is planning to build a manufacturing facility adjacent to its existing research-and-development center in Columbus. The 400,000-sq-ft building will be used to produce a new line of auto emission control systems. The project has been valued at between $15 million and $25 million. Faurecia Emissions Control Technologies, Attn: Jeff Haller, Director, 950 W. 450 South, Columbus, 47201. DR#15-00532048.

Massachusetts The University of Massachusetts Building Authority is planning to carry out a major renovation project on its campus in Dorchester. The project will include gut-level lab renovations and reconfigured classrooms in both 57,700-sq-ft McCormack Hall and 36,800-sq-ft Wheatley Hall. The project also will include selected renovations to 7,500 sq ft of the Healey Library, 9,000 sq ft of the campus center's parking deck and 3,000 sq ft of the Quinn Cafeteria. The project has been valued at $50 million. University of Massachusetts Building Authority, 225 Franklin St., Boston, 02110. DR#08-00880645.

Pennsylvania The Delaware River Joint Toll Bridge Commission is planning to replace the Scudder Falls Bridge, which carries Interstate 95 between Bucks County, Pa., and Mercer County, N.J. The new bridge will be approximately 1,700 ft long and include six through-travel lanes, three auxiliary lanes, shoulders to handle vehicle breakdowns, two inside shoulders to handle proposed regional bus rapid-transit service and an electronic toll gantry across the southbound lanes. Michael Baker Jr. Inc. is the bridge designer. Construction is expected to start in 2017 and take three to four years. The project is valued at $327.5 million. Delaware River Joint Toll Bridge Commission, Attn: Roy Little, Chief Engineer, 110 Wood St., Morrisville, 19067. DR#15-00530546.

Bids, Contracts, Proposals

Florida Kellogg & Kimsey Inc. has started building the Hampton Inn Hotel at Avion Park in Tampa. The eight-story, 110,407-sq-ft building will be located at 5329 Avion Park Dr. Lindsay Pope Brayfield Clifford & Associates is the designer. The project is valued at between $10 million and $15 million. Kellogg & Kimsey, Inc., 6077 Clark Center Ave., Sarasota, 34238. DR#15-00429926.

Texas The City of El Paso is planning to build a new Westside Pool. The 50-m-long by 23-m-wide indoor pool will be located in a 35,986-sq-ft building adjacent to the existing Leo Cancellare Pool, which will be integrated into the new facility as a warm-up, cool-down pool. The project also will include seating for 778 spectators, retractable aluminum bleachers for 224 competitors, locker rooms and electrical-mechanical rooms. The project is valued at $11.6 million. City of El Paso, 222 S. Campbell, El Paso, 79901. DR#13-00427451.

Washington The YMCA of Snohomish County has selected GLY Construction as the general contractor to build a new Camano-Stanwood YMCA, located at 7213 267th St., N.W., in Stanwood. The two-story, 45,000-sq-ft building will contain an indoor swimming pool, a gym, basketball courts, areas for cardiovascular and weight training, program studios for fitness classes, and multi-purpose rooms for youth and family activities. Construction is expected to start in August 2015. The project is valued at $12 million. GLY Construction, 200 112th Ave., N.E., Bellevue, 98004. DR#15-00405636.

Bid, Proposal Dates

Minnesota 7/9 The City of St. Cloud is seeking bidders to install Flow Train III equipment at the St. Cloud Water Treatment Facility. The equipment includes one rapid-mix and three vertical-turbine flocculation mixers, two noseless vacuum solids collection systems and decarbonation upgrades for all three flow trains, which will include a pressurized carbon-dioxide feed system for pH adjustment after lime softening. The project is valued at $12 million. City of St. Cloud, 400 Second Ave., St. Cloud, 56301. DR#14-00652779.

Tennessee 7/9 Hoar Construction Co., the construction manager, is seeking subcontractor bidders to carry out the construction of the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga's west- campus housing. The project team will erect a two-story, 224,000-sq-ft building, with 600 beds, dining facilities and a two-level underground parking structure. The project is valued at between $25 million and $50 million. Hoar Construction Co., 215 Centerview Dr., Brentwood, 37027. DR#13-00435348.