Pulse   12/15/2014
Planning

Alaska Huna Totem Corp., an Alaska Native Village corporation, is planning to build the Icy Strait Point Cruise Ship Dock in Hoonah. It will be a 400-ft-long floating dock. The design-build firm chosen is the Turnagain Marine Construction Corp. Construction is expected to begin in February 2015. The project is valued at $23.7 million. Turnagain Marine Construction Corp., 9330 Vanguard Drive, Anchorage, 99507. DR#14-00711858.

Kentucky Keeneland Association is planning to build the Keeneland Event Center multipurpose facility in Lexington. The building will total 44,000 sq ft on the first floor and 17,000 sq ft on the lower level, and it will include 441 parking spaces. The project is valued at between $5 million and $10 million. Keeneland Association, 4201 Versailles Rd., Lexington, 40588. DR#14-00595121.

New Mexico Dona Ana County is planning to pave the southern road leading to Spaceport America, the world's first commercial spaceport, whose tenants include Virgin Galactic and SpaceX. The project entails paving the 24-mile road, currently dirt, from the Upham exit on Interstate 25 to the Spaceport. The project is valued at $14 million. Dona Ana County, 845 N. Motel Blvd., Las Cruces, 88007. DR#14-00706809.

New York The Macklowe Organization is planning to convert One Wall Street to apartments and retail space. The 50-story, 800,000-sq-ft Art Deco building, erected in 1931, was originally the Irving Trust Building and later the Bank of New York Building and the BNY Mellon Building. The project is valued at $250 million. The Macklowe Organization, 142 W. 57th St., New York City, 10019. DR#14-00708296.

Bids, Contracts, Proposals

Colorado SEMA Construction Inc. has begun construction on a bridge replacement project in Adams County. The project entails the demolition of two existing bridges carrying Interstate 76 over the Union Pacific Railroad tracks at milepost 12.75 and the construction of two new bridges. The project is valued at $11.3 million. SEMA Construction Inc., 7353 S. Eagle St., Centennial, 80112. DR#12-00574448.

Florida Choate Construction has started building the San Jose Assisted Living and Memory Care Community in Jacksonville. The project entails building a two-story, 58,591-sq-ft facility, containing 24 memory care units and 65 assisted living units. The project is valued at between $2 million and $10 million. Choate Construction, Attn: Andrew Verenakis, 101 W. Mulberry Blvd., Pooler, Ga., 31322. DR#14-00462705.

Iowa Newt Marine Service has started carrying out the Harpers Slough Islands dredging project. The work includes constructing islands of various sizes and shapes within the Mississippi River, between river miles 650 and 655. The islands' bases will be constructed with granular fill obtained from main-channel dredging, and will be topped with fine fill obtained from access dredging and habitat dredging. The project is valued at $11.9 million. Newt Marine Service, 5 Jones St., Dubuque, 52001. DR#14-00613471.

South Carolina Cumming Corp. has started work on an addition to and renovation of Fort Mill High School. The project includes building a 21,000-sq-ft addition and renovating 144,000-sq-ft, including the conversion of an existing elementary school into a high school. The project is valued at $17.1 million. Cumming Corp., 213 Main St., Fort Mill, 29715. DR#13-00631843.

Bid, Proposal Dates

Pennsylvania 12/22 Columbia County is seeking bidders to carry out the Bloomsburg flood protection project. The project consists of constructing a combination earth levee and flood wall protection system about 5,600 ft long, including 2,100 ft of H-pile/precast panel and subsurface slurry wall, 1,800 ft of mechanically stabilized earth modular masonry block levee, 1,000 ft of earth levee, nine closure structures, three sanitary pumping stations, a 30,000-gallon-per-minute stormwater pumping station, and a 4 ft x 6 ft precast concrete box culvert 1,900 ft long. The project is valued at $29 million. Columbia County Commissioners, P.O. Box 380, Bloomsburg, 17815. DR#14-00677332.

Connecticut 12/23 The University of Connecticut is seeking design-build bidders to design and build the Honors Residence Hall. The project involves building a 600- to 650-bed residential housing complex for the Honors Program, and also a 700- to 750-seat dining hall, which together will total 204,000 sq ft. The project is valued at between $70 million and $80 million. University of Connecticut, Capital Project and Contract Administration Dept., 3 N. Hillside Rd., Storrs, 06269. DR#14-00406005.

Texas 1/7 The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is seeking bidders to build a new Falfurrias Border Patrol Checkpoint in Galveston. The new checkpoint will consist of eight primary inspection lanes with full canopy, 16 secondary inspection lanes with full canopy, an administration/processing building, a secondary evidence storage building with loading dock, a vehicle lift area, 10 short stay kennels, a 150-ft antenna, a regular gasoline-diesel fueling system, a water-well system and a septic system. The project is valued at between $20 million and $25 million. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, 2000 Ft. Point Rd., Galveston, 77553. DR#14-00642096.