PENNSYLVANIA Bucks County is planning to build the Bucks County Justice Center, a seven-story, 285,000-sq-ft building at Main and Union streets in Doylestown. Construction is expected to start in early 2011. The project is valued at $100 million. Bucks County Purchasing Dept., 55 E. Court St., Doylestown, 18901.

ARIZONA The City of Yuma has selected Sundt Construction Inc. to provide design-build services for a new 56,000-sq-ft federal courthouse on a 2.8-acre site. The project includes a small parking lot. The project goal is LEED Silver certification.The estimated construction cost is between $21 million and $26 million. This project is partially funded by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. Sundt Construction Inc., 2620 S. 55th St., Tempe, 85282. DR#10-00491311.

CALIFORNIA The University of California, Berkeley, has selected Signet Testing Labs Inc. to provide testing and inspection services for the 147,000-sq-ft Anna Head West student housing project. The project includes soil testing. The estimated construction cost is $44 million. Signet Testing Labs Inc., 1417 N. Market Blvd., No. 1, Sacramento, 95834.

LOUISIANA The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has awarded an $11.4-million firm-fixed-price contract to F. Miller Construction LLC for flood protection work. The project will construct a continuous line of hurricane pile-founded reinforced concrete T-wall monoliths across the discharge basin at the Belle Chasse No. 2 pumping station on the east side of the Algiers Canal in Plaquemines Parish. New butterfly gates will be required within the steel discharge tubes. Sitework will include modifications to existing pumping-station utilities and dewatering systems as well as miscellaneous excavation and demolition. The project is expected to be completed by June 2012. F. Miller Construction LLC, 825 Ryan St, No. 200, Lake Charles, 70601.

NEW MEXICO The Santa Fe Public Schools has selected McCarthy Building Companies Inc. to provide construction management-at-risk services for improvements to El Dorado and Gonzales community schools. The estimated construction cost is $22 million. McCarthy Building Companies Inc., 4801 Lang Ave., N.E., Suite 110, Albuquerque, 87109.

OHIO The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has awarded Bristol Design Build Services LLC a $13.4-million firm-fixed-price design-build contract to add biomass boilers at the Veterans Administration Medical Center in Chillicothe. The project entails adding three 700-HP boilers. The project is expected to be completed by March 2012. Bristol Design Build Services LLC, 111 W. 16th Ave., Anchorage, Alaska 99501.

OKLAHOMA The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has awarded a $9.8-million firm-fixed-price contract to Duininck Inc. for multiple airfield projects at Altus Air Force Base. The project entails the milling and overlay of outside runway 17L/35R, installing assault-landing-zone lighting and regrading low-lying areas. The project is expected to be competed by September 2011. Duininck Inc., 4701 North Highway 377, Roanoke, Texas 76262.

UTAH Weber State University has selected MHTN Architects Inc. to provide programming and design services for the final phase of the college’s master plan for residential housing. The scope of the project includes demolition of three residence halls and construction of two new halls. The two new halls will include 362 beds, food services and exterior landscaping. The estimated construction cost is valued at $19 million. MHTN Architects Inc., 420 E. Temple, No. 100, Salt Lake City, 84111.

VIRGINIA The Upper Occoquan Sewage Authority has awarded a $10.2-million contract to Fru-Con Construction to expand the Winters Branch pump station in Manassas. The project will more than double the facility’s capacity to 17.5 million gallons per day from 7.2 mgd. In addition to refurbishing the existing pump station, the project entails building a new submersible pump station, a new gravity sewer and a new emergency generator and surge-tank building as well as installing 10,000 ft of a new 24-in.-dia force main. Fru-Con Construction, 4310 Prince William Parkway, Suite 200, Woodbridge, 22192.

WASHINGTON Thurston County has awarded a $16.3-million contract to Panattoni Construction to build three public- works department buildings, a three-story, 25,000-sq-ft administration building, a 12,000-sq-ft emergency operations center and a 9,000-sq-ft storage building. The administration building will have a geothermal heating system, and the operations center will have solar panels. The project is expected to be completed in 2012. Panattoni Construction Inc., 6840 Fort Dent Way, Seattle, 98188.

ILLINOIS 12/13 Northern Illinois University is seeking mechanical, electrical and plumbing bids for the renovation of 35,800-sq-ft Cole Hall. The project entails upgrading the mechanical, electrical and fire-alarm systems. The overall project is valued at between $15 million and $25 million. Northern Illinois University, Attn: Scott Olsen, Lowden Hall, Room 107, DeKalb, 60115. DR#08-00607044.

OKLAHOMA 12/14 The University of Oklahoma is seeking bids to build utility plant No. 4. The project entails building a 54,000-sq-ft building, with centrifugal water chillers, underhung crane systems and tunnels containing chilled water, steam and condensation piping. The project is valued at $60 million. J.E. Dunn Construction Co., Attn: Brian Jones, 10900 Hefner Pointe Dr., Oklahoma City, 73120. DR#08-00865412.

ALABAMA 12/14 The University of Alabama is seeking bids from general contractors to build the River Bluff residential community , a seven-story, 358,000-sq-ft, 984-bed dormitory in Tuscaloosa. The project is valued at $66 million. University of Alabama, Attn: Vince Dooley, 1205 14th St., Tuscaloosa, 35401. DR#10-00586420.

CONNECTICUT 12/15 The City of Bristol is seeking subcontractor bids for the Forestville School (K-8) in Bristol. The project entails building a two-story, 120,000-sq-ft building. The project is valued at $40 million. City of Bristol Purchasing Dept., 111 N. Main St., Bristol, 06010. DR#06-00808236.

PENNSYLVANIA 12/20 The Pennsylvania Dept. of General Services is seeking bids for a negotiated general contract to build the Philadelphia Family Court building at 1501 Arch St. The project entails building a 510,000-sq-ft building with 14 stories above grade and three stories below grade. The underground portion contains post-tensioned concrete levels for a 265-space parking garage. The project is valued at between $150 million and $200 million. Pennsylvania Dept. of General Services, 18th and Herr streets, Harrisburg, 17125. DR#10-00702360.

NEW YORK 12/21 The New York City Transit Authority is seeking bidders to build the 86th Street station for the Second Avenue subway. This project entails excavating the station cavern, shafts and adits for the entrances, installing the permanent structural liner and constructing the station invert slab and roof arch. It also includes building demolition work at 83rd and 86th streets and underpinning existing buildings adjacent to the ancillaries. This project is valued at between $15 million and $25 million. This project is funded by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. New York City Transit Authority, Two Broadway, New York City, 10004. DR#10-00652992.