California Presidio Companies has selected Tricorp Hearn as the design-builder of the Grandview Hotel in St. Helena. The project entails designing and building a 57-room, 43,000-sq-ft luxury hotel, including a spa, a fitness center and a restaurant. The job also includes the demolishment of five existing on-site buildings as well as the preservation and updating of one building, Acacia House, which will house five suites and the lobby. HR Group is the architect-of- record, and the Gensler Interior Design Group will handle the interior finishes. Construction is expected to start during the third quarter of 2012. The estimated project cost is $33 million. Tricorp Hearn, Attn: Tony Moayed, 11281 Pyrites Way, Gold River, 95670. DR#12-00493095.

Maryland Lowe Enterprises Real Estate Services is planning to convert the Computer Building, a five-story office building at 11411 Georgia Ave. in Wheaton, to a 14-story residential high-rise. The project entails converting the brick facade to a composite panel, glass and masonry facade. The new building will contain up to 200 apartments and 60 on-site parking spaces. The project is being designed by Bonstra Haresign Architects. The project has been valued at between $25 million and $50 million. Lowe Enterprises Real Estate Services, 11777 San Vicente Blvd., Los Angeles, 90049. DR#12-00454675.

New York ReEnergy Holdings LLC is planning to convert the coal-burning Black River Generation powerplant, located in Fort Drum, to a biomass facility. The estimated construction cost for the project is $34 million. ReEnergy Holdings LLC, Attn: Larry Richardson, Principal, 20 Century Hill Dr., Latham, 12110. DR#12-00462275.

Iowa The Iowa Dept. of Transportation has awarded an $18.4-million contract to Peterson Contractors Inc. to pave a section of Interstate 29 in Council Bluffs. The project entails paving a 1.2-mile section of I-29, from south of Nebraska Avenue to west of 24th Street; paving a section of eastbound I-80 to northbound I-29 at Ramp H, and installing traffic signage and roadway lighting. Peterson Contractors Inc., 104 Blackhawk St., Reinbeck, 50669. DR#12-00462862.

Texas The Fountains at Farah LP has selected EMJ Construction to build The Fountains at Farah, a retail center in El Paso. Estimated at a cost of $70 million, the job entails 30 new buildings totaling 615,000 sq ft and a 500,000-sq-ft parking garage. Centergy Retail is the developer. EMJ Construction, 5525 N. MacArthur Blvd., Irving, 75038. DR#201200411531.

Wisconsin Berghammer Construction Corp. has started construction of a plant building for Ellsworth Adhesives in Germantown. The project entails building a two-story, 106,135-sq-ft structural- steel building. The project is valued at $10 million. Berghammer Construction Corp., 4750 N. 132nd St., Butler, 53007. DR#11-00670320.

Virginia 5/17 The Naval Facilities Engineering Command is seeking bidders to carry out the Navy Lodge expansion project at Joint Expeditionary Base Little Creek–Fort Story in Virginia Beach. The project entails building two two-story additions to the southeast and southwest "knuckles" of the existing Navy Lodge facility. At 30,700 sq ft in total, the two additions will contain two elevators, 17 two-bedroom family suites, nine one-bedroom suites and four standard one-bedroom units. Furthermore, the project includes the interior conversion of three existing guest rooms into a breakfast area. The project has been valued at between $10 million and $25 million. Naval Facilities Engineering Command, 9742 Maryland Ave., Norfolk, Va., 23511. DR#12-00453426.

Alaska 5/24 The Ketchikan Public Utilities Co. is seeking bidders to construct the Whitman Lake Hydroelectric Facility. The project entails building a 4.6-MW hydropower generation station on the north shore of Herring Cove. The project includes building a powerhouse and a switchyard as well as installing and testing turbine generator equipment. A hatchery head tank also will be constructed. Furthermore, the project includes disconnecting the existing deepwater intake pipe from the existing steel-pipe connection at the dam and installing a new 36-in.-dia HDPE pipe, vacuum line and vacuum pump. Construction is expected to start in July 2012 and be completed by December 2013. The project has been valued at between $11 million and $13 million. Ketchikan Public Utilities Co., 2930 Tongass Ave., Ketchikan, 99901. DR#98-00809651.

Alabama 5/31 The University of Alabama in Huntsville is seeking bidders to construct a new student-center building. The project includes the construction of a single-story, 97,000-sq-ft building that will contain office space, retail space and a 350-seat theater. Construction is expected to start in July 2012. The project has been valued at $19.5 million. The University of Alabama in Huntsville, 4701 University Dr., N.W., Huntsville, 35899. DR#09-00638393.