Pulse   09/09/2009
Planning

CALIFORNIA Rainbow Municipal Water District is seeking design services for demolition of the existing 8-million-gallon concrete-lined earthen Pala Mesa Reservoir and also the design for a tank site to take its place. The tank site will be designed to contain two 6-million-gallon welded-steel water tanks, but only one will be constructed initially. The cost to demolish the existing reservoir, design the site and build the first tank is $10 million. Rainbow Municipal Water District, 3707 Old Highway 395, Fallbrook, 92028.

Contracts/Bids/Proposals

CALIFORNIA The city and county of San Francisco has awarded a construction-management contract to Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. for the San Francisco General Hospital and Trauma Center Rebuild Program. The project entails replacing the existing hospital building with a facility that complies with the state’s seismic safety requirements. The new 448,000-sq-ft, base-isolated hospital will be nine stories (two below ground), with 284 beds. It will be located on the front lawn of the current hospital campus, at Portrero Ave. and 22 St. The project is valued at $887 million and is scheduled for completion in January 2015. Jacobs Engineering Group Inc., P.O. Box 7084, Pasadena, 91109.

CALIFORNIA Stronghold Engineering Inc. has been awarded a $9.3-million design-build contract by the Naval Facilities Engineering Command for the modernization of Building 3204, bachelor quarters, at Angelley Hall, Naval Station San Diego. The project includes the renovation of three three-story wings housing 336 personnel. Completion is expected by December 2010. The project is funded by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. Stronghold Engineering Inc., 2000 Market St., Riverside, 92501.

CONNECTICUT Suffolk Construction Co. Inc. has been awarded a $7.5-million firm-fixed-price design-build contract by the Naval Facilities Engineering Command for a waterfront operations small-craft facility at the Naval Submarine Base New London. The project includes a new waterfront operations small-craft facility with administrative and training space, as well as maintenance shops. It also includes demolition of Buildings 79 and 110, relocation of a fuel tank, construction of a new guard house and repairs to the small-craft boat ramp. Completion is expected by April 2011. Suffolk Construction Co. Inc., 65 Allerton St., Boston, Mass., 02119.

GUAM Core Tech International Corp. has been awarded a $13.9-million firm-fixed-price design-build contract by the Naval Facilities Engineering Command for a wastewater collection system upgrade at Naval Base Guam. The project entails replacing and rehabilitating sewer lift stations and sewer pipelines in the collection system of the Apra Harbor Wastewater Treatment Plant. The project includes placing pump-station controls and emergency generators in structures hardened to withstand typhoons. Work is expected to be completed by September 2011. Core Tech International Corporation, 500 Mariner Ave., Tiyan, Barrigada, Guam, 96913.

MISSISSIPPI Anderson Drace Joint Venture has been awarded a $14.5-million firm-fixed-price contract by the Naval Facilities Engineering Command to construct a 144-room dormitory at Keesler Air Force Base in Biloxi. It also includes a central chiller plant for future dorms. This project is funded by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. DraceConstruction Co., P.O. Box 1797, Gulfport, 39502.

NORTH CAROLINA Ikhana/Choate-1 LLC has been awarded a $13.4-million firm-fixed-price contract for the construction of two child development centers at Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune. Work will be performed in Jacksonville, N.C., and is expected to be completed by June 2011. Ikhana/Choate-1 LLC, 1671 Belle Isle Ave., Suite 100, Mount Pleasant, S.C., 29464.

SOUTH DAKOTA Dean Kurtz Construction Co. was awarded a $10.4-million firm-fixed-price contract by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers for access gates and a perimeter fence at Ellsworth Air Force Base. The project is expected to be completed by May 2011. Dean Kurtz Construction Co., 1651 Rand Road, Rapid City, 57702.

UTAH HHI Corp. was awarded a $10.3-million firm-fixed-price contract by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to build a child development center at Hill Air Force Base. The project is expected to be completed by September 2011. The project is funded by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. HHI Corp., 49 North Main St., Farmington, 84025.

Bid/Proposal Dates

INDIANA 9/21 Donohue & Associates, 101 W. Ohio St., Suite 820, Indianapolis, 46204, combined sewer overflow detention facility. The facility, owned by the city of Goshen, will have capacity to pump and treat up to 212 million gallons per day. It includes a main pump station with a peak capacity of 159 mgd and a second with a 38-mgd capacity. It also includes three fine access screens, two primary clarifiers and two river outfall structures. The project is valued at $23.8 million and is expected to be completed by April 2011. This project is funded by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. Donohue & Associates, 101 W. Ohio St., Suite 820, Indianapolis, 46204. DR# 06-00881055.

WEST VIRGINIA 9/22 Berkeley County Board of Education, 401 S. Queen St., Martinsburg, 25401, K-12-school. The Spring Mills Primary School will be a 59,302-sq-ft, one-story building. This project is valued at $11 million. Berkeley County Board of Education, 401 S. Queen St., Martinsburg, 25401. DR# 08-00660095.

ARIZONA 9/23 U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, 911 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 1040, Los Angeles, Calif. 90053, border patrol station. The project consists of three one-story buildings, totaling 50,000 sq ft. The station will be located in Welton and is valued between $25 million and $100 million. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, 911 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 1040, Los Angeles, Calif. 90053. DR# 09-00591636.

TENNESSEE 9/25 City of Memphis, Engineering Dept., 125 North Main St., Room 554, Memphis, 38103, recreation trail. The Wolf River Greenway is a 22-mile corridor connecting Memphis with outlying municipalities. The project will include a 10-ft wide asphalt trail for walking, jogging and bike riding. Phase one is four miles long, in two segments. Segment one will extend from Mud Island to North Second St., and segment two from Germantown Rd. to Forrest Hill Irene Rd. Phase two may include up to 7,800 ft of trail and concrete sidewalks. The project also includes a 12-space parking lot and two prefab pedestrian bridges. The project is valued at $17.3 million. City of Memphis, Engineering Dept., 125 North Main St., Room 554, Memphis, 38103. DR# 02-00828568.