Pulse   11/10/2014
Planning

Arizona Gila County is planning to build the Tonto Creek Bridge in Punkin Center. The two-lane bridge is being designed by Kimley-Horn & Associates. The project is valued at $20 million. Gila County Public Works Division, Attn: Steve Sanders, Project Manager, 1400 E. Ash St., Globe, 85501. DR#09-00598998.

District of Columbia Douglas Development is planning to convert the former Hecht Co. warehouse, located at 1401 New York Ave. NE, in the Ivy City neighborhood, into a mixed-use development. The project will involve the creation of over 300 residential units, a 1,000-space parking garage and 250,000 sq ft of retail space. It is being designed by Antunovich Associates. The project is valued at between $10 million and $15 million. Douglas Development, Attn: Douglas Jemal, President, 702 H St. NW, Washington, 20001. DR#13-00701795.

Idaho Hale Development Inc. is planning to build Allumbaugh Place, a planned unit development in Boise. It will comprise 100 two-story buildings. The project is valued at $10 million. Hale Development Inc., Attn: David Hale, Owner, 1402 W. Grove St., Boise, 83702. DR#11-00658760.

New Hampshire Three Daughters LLC, a developer, is planning to build an apartment complex in Rindge. The project entails three single-story buildings, containing 16 apartments. The project is valued at between $1 million and $3 million. Three Daughters LLC, Attn: William Coponen, Principal, 581 NH Route 119, Rindge, 03461. DR#14-00660120.

New Jersey AB Monmouth LLC, a subsidiary of Amboy National Bank, is planning to build an extended-stay hotel at the site of a partially built condominium complex in Wall Township. The project entails building a 199-room hotel to be called The Monmouth at the intersection of Route 70 and Route 35. The project is valued at between $5 million and $10 million. Amboy National Bank, Attn: Stanley Koreyva Jr., Chief Operating Officer and Executive Vice Pres., 3590 U.S. Highway 9, Old Bridge, 08857. DR#14-00658338.

North Dakota Enbridge, a pipeline company, is planning to build the Sandpiper Oil Pipeline. The 616-mile-long pipeline will be 24-in.-dia between the company's Beaver Lodge Station south of Tioga, N.D., and Clearbrook, Minn., and 30-in.-dia from Clearbrook to Superior, Wis. The project also includes the installation of a new pump station and tanks in Clearbrook. Enbridge will use its own forces. The project is valued at $2.5 billion. Enbridge, 1100 Louisiana St., Houston, Texas, 77002. DR#13-00571579.

Bids, Contracts, Proposals

Georgia Batson-Cook Co. has started constructing an office building for Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Georgia in Midland. The three-story, 235,000-sq-ft building will have a tilt-wall concrete frame with some structural steel. The project will include a 1,850-space parking lot. It was designed by Hecht Berdeshaw Architects Inc. The project is valued at $46 million. Batson-Cook Co., 801 Fourth Ave., West Point, 31833. DR#14-00487537.

Nevada First Solar Inc. has started construction of the first phase of the Silver State South energy project on a 7,222-acre site near Primm. The 250-MW solar power project will entail the installation of solar arrays, an overhead 34.5 kV collection system, an onsite substation, a 20,000-sq-ft operations and maintenance building, a 2.2-acre switch yard, a transmission line and a 1.45-mile paved access road. Construction is expected to be completed by April 2016. The project is valued at $1 billion. First Solar Inc., 350 W. Washington St., Tempe, Ariz., 85281. DR#09-00624129.

New Mexico DeAngelis Diamond Construction Inc. has started construction of a new residential building at the Desert Hills Treatment Center, a behavioral health treatment center, at 5200 Sequoia Road NW in Albuquerque. The single-story, 43,342-sq-ft building will have 145 beds. It was designed by Stengel-Hill Architecture. Construction is expected to be completed by April, 2015. Desert Hills Treatment Center is owned by Acadia Healthcare. The project is valued at $10.4 million. DeAngelis Diamond Construction Inc., Attn: John DeAngelis, Partner, 6635 Willow Park Drive, Naples, Fla., 34109. DR#14-00655787.

Bid, Proposal Dates

Missouri 11/21 The Missouri Dept. of Transportation is seeking bidders to carry out resurfacing projects in Clay County. The work entails resurfacing a 5.9-mile-long stretch of Route 435 from 108th St. to Route 35 within Kansas City and a 6.5-mile-long stretch of Route 435 from 108th St. to NW Cookingham Drive in Kansas City, and seal coating a 0.77-mile-long stretch of Route 152 from west of Flintlock Rd. to Route 35 near Liberty. The project is valued at between $10 million and $15 million. Missouri Dept. of Transportation, Attn: Kevin Keith, Director, 105 W. Capitol Ave., Jefferson City, 65101. DR#14-00574927.

North Carolina 11/25 The City of Kings Mountain is seeking bidders to upgrade its water treatment plant. The project entails modifying the existing flocculators and the existing sediment basin, upgrading the flash mixer, rehabilitating the existing filters, constructing two new filters, modifying the finished water pumping facility and upgrading the chemical feed systems and laboratory. The project is being designed by MBD Consulting Engineers. Construction is expected to begin in January, 2015. The project is valued at between $15 million and $20 million. City of Kings Mountain, 101 W. Gold St., Kings Mountain, 28086. DR#14-00512743.