Pulse   02/16/2015
Planning

Alabama The Talladega City Board of Education is planning to build the Talladega Elementary School. The project entails constructing a two-story, 36,000-sq-ft building to consolidate the four existing, smaller elementary schools. Lathan Associates Architects PC is the designer. The project has been valued at $20 million. Talladega City Board of Education, 501 South St. East, Talladega, 35160. DR#05-00728938.

Connecticut Belpointe Capital LLC and Seligson Properties are jointly planning to develop The Berkeley at Waypointe, a mixed-use development in Norwalk. The six-story, 177,302-sq-ft development will encompass 127 apartments, 6,600 sq ft of medical office space, 4,800 sq ft of retail space and a 390-space parking garage. Under the city's workforce housing regulation, 13 of the apartments will be priced as affordable. Gooding Architecture is the designer. The project has been valued at between $15 million and $25 million. Belpointe Capital LLC, Attn: Paxton Kinol, Principal, 35 W. Broad St., Stamford, 06902. DR#08-00823871.

Minnesota IronGate Data Centers is planning to build a 270,000-sq-ft addition to its east data center in St. Paul. The project has been valued at between $25 million and $50 million. IronGate Data Centers, Attn: Rory Johnson, President, 901 Marquette Ave., Minneapolis, 55402. DR#12-00697892.

Texas Senior Quality Lifestyles Corp. is planning to expand the Buckingham continuing-care retirement-community facility in Houston. Valued at $40 million, the project includes renovating part of the existing facility and building a two-story structure and a 10-story structure, both of which will connect to the existing space. Adding 350,000 sq ft, the expansion will comprise 104 independent-living apartments, 33 assisted-living suites, 18 memory-care residences and 32 private skilled-nursing rooms. DD2 Architecture is the designer. Senior Quality Lifestyles Corp., 1700 Pacific Ave., Dallas, 75201. DR#14-00691302.

Washington Washington state's Division of Engineering and Architectural Services is planning to build the Auburn Airport Center Project at Green River Community College in Auburn. The project entails erecting a three-story, 36,000-sq-ft classroom building, which will house the aviation program and the expanded nursing education program. The McGranahan Partnership is the designer. The project has been valued at $14.5 million. Washington State's Division of Engineering and Architectural Services, 1500 Jefferson St., S.E., Olympia, 98504. DR#14-00416245.

Bids, Contracts, Proposals

Arizona B&F Contracting is carrying out the North Rillito Interceptor rehabilitation project in Tucson. The project involves the rehabilitation of 51,834 ft of wastewater lines, including the evaluation and repair of 105 manholes. Construction is expected to be completed by mid-2016. The project's value has been estimated at $19 million. B&F Contracting, Attn: Dan Foley, Project Manager, 11011 N. 23rd Ave., Phoenix, 85029. DR#13-00583615.

New York Aurora Contractors Inc. has started phase-two construction of the Toll Drive Residence Hall at the State University of New York campus in Stony Brook. This phase entails the construction of a five-story, 171,400-sq-ft building that will contain 457 beds in suites, each with four single bedrooms. KSQ Architecs PC is the designer. The project is valued at $65.6 million. Aurora Contractors Inc., 100 Raynor Ave., Ronkonkoma, 11779. DR#11-00583293.

North Carolina DPR Construction Inc. has started building a new greenhouse for Bayer CropScience in Durham. Located at Two T.W. Alexander Dr., the two-story, 29,500-sq-ft building will house seed-trait research, nematode-trait research and insect testing. The project has been valued at $11.6 million. DPR Construction Inc., Attn: Greg Haldeman, Project Manager, 2000 Aerial Center Parkway, Morrisville, 27560. DR#14-00571838.

Bid, Proposal Dates

Pennsylvania 2/26 Skanska USA Building Inc. is seeking subcontractor bidders to carry out an upgrade to the Pennsylvania State University Water Treatment Plant in University Park. Located on Big Hollow Road, the project entails the construction of a 5.2-million-gallon-per-day water-treatment plant, which will use ultra-filtration, activated-carbon and nano-filtration systems. Valued at between $25 million and $30 million, the project is expected to be completed by December 2016. Skanska USA Building Inc., Attn: Dennis Schmehl, Project Manager, 516 Township Line Rd., Blue Bell, 19422. DR#11-00415456.

Virginia 3/31 The Loudoun County Procurement Division is seeking bidders to carry out the Route 7-Route 659 Interchange project in Ashburn. The project team will reconstruct 1.4 miles of Belmont Ridge Road, making it a four-lane divided section from the interchange limits at Route 7 to Gloucester Parkway. The work will involve major earthwork operations, rock excavation and blasting; stormwater-management pond construction and installation of a triple 8-ft x 10-ft box culvert. Dewberry Architects Inc. is the designer. The project's value has been estimated at $74 million. Loudoun County Procurement Division, One Harrison St., S.E., Leesburg, 20175. DR#14-00691511.