Alaska The Alaska Dept. of Transportation is planning to build an all-season road from Kotzebue, south across the Baldwin Peninsula to a beach access area near Cape Blossom. The project would reconstruct 2.7 miles of Air Force Road south of the Hillside Road intersection; after reaching the Kotzebue Electric Association Wind Farm, it would continue south for another 8.9 miles, across Sadie Creek, and terminate at a beach access ramp. The project has been valued at between $30 million and $40 million. Alaska Dept. of Transportation, Attn: Ivet Hall, Project Manager, 2301 Peger Rd., Fairbanks, 99709. DR#09-00727454.

Arizona Tedllurian Development Co. is planning to build two hotels as part of the Rio Salado Business Park at 2100 Rio Salado Pkwy. in Tempe. One will be a four-story, 97,935-sq-ft building containing 121 rooms, and the other will be a four-story, 173,655-sq-ft building containing 122 rooms. Butler Design Group is the designer. The project's value has been estimated at $20 million. Tedllurian Development Co., Attn: Tom LeClair, 2201 E. Camelback Rd., Phoenix, 85016. DR#14-00708180.

California The Judicial Council of California is planning to build the Indio Juvenile & Family Courthouse in Indio. The project includes a two-story, 67,900-sq-ft building, which will contain a delinquency courtroom, a central holding facility, a vehicle sally port and eight secure parking spaces. CO Architects is the designer, and C.W. Driver is the construction manager. The project is valued at between $30 million and $40 million. Judicial Council of California, Attn: Nadine McFadden, Courts Administration Office, 455 Golden Gave Ave., San Francisco, 94102. DR#09-00688800.

Colorado The Urban Pacific Group is planning to develop the Axis apartment complex in Westminster. The complex will comprise 15 three-story buildings, totaling 450,000 sq ft and containing 467 units. It also will include a fitness facility, a pool and cabanas. KTGY Group Inc. is the designer, and The Pacific Cos. is the general contractor. The project is valued at between $25 million and $50 million. Urban Pacific Group, Attn: Scott Choppin, Principal, 5318 E. 2nd St., Long Beach, Calif., 90803. DR#14-00559312.

Georgia The Georgia Dept. of Transportation is planning to carry out the South Calhoun Bypass roadway project in Gordon County. The project entails the construction of a 6.8-mile-long, four-lane road, connecting two ends of state Route 53. The project has been valued at $39.7 million. Georgia Dept. of Transportation, 600 W. Peachtree St., N.W., Atlanta, 30308. DR#14-00481631.

New York The Synapse Development Group is planning to build a mixed-use building at 280 Meeker Ave. in the Williamsburg neighborhood in Brooklyn. It will consist of a 14-story tower rising from a broader podium, containing 110 hotel rooms and six to eight condos. It will be a Yotel-brand hotel. It is being designed by Hollwich Kushner Architecture DPC. The project's value has been estimated at between $25 million and $50 million. Synapse Development Group, Attn: Justin Palmer, CEO, 14 W. 23rd St., New York City, 10010. DR#15-00403063.

Alabama Polaris Industries has selected T.W. Frierson Contractor Inc. and Design Constructors Inc. as the design-build team for a new manufacturing plant in Madison. The 775,000- sq-ft building will be located at 7049 Greenbrier Rd. Polaris Industries manufactures motorcycles, snowmobiles and all-terrain vehicles. The project's value has been estimated at $48 million. T.W. Frierson Contractor, Inc., 1330 Murfreesboro Pike, Nashville, Tenn. 37217. DR#15-00406114.

Florida Tricon Development, serving as both the owner and general contractor, has started building the Meridian Riverfront condos in Melbourne. The two 10-story buildings will total 202,800 sq ft, contain 87 condo units, and include a swimming pool and a parking garage. The project is valued at between $10 million and $15 million. Tricon Development, 925 N. Courtenay Pkwy., Merritt Island, 32953. DR#05-00768381.

Kansas The U.S. Dept. of Homeland Security has awarded an $834-million contract for the third and final phase of the National Bio and Agro-Defense Facility (NBAF) to the McCarthy Mortensen NBAF Joint Venture. The NBAF consists of six two-story buildings, totaling 630,000 sq ft and including a 580,000-sq-ft main laboratory building, a central utility building and a visitors center. NBAF will be a state-of-the-art biocontainment facility, with level-3 and -4 biosafety and vaccine development facilities. McCarthy Mortensen NBAF Joint Venture, Attn: Mark Duda, Project Manager, 1341 N. Rock Hill Rd., St. Louis, Mo. 63124. DR#07-00704244.

Massachusetts Methuen Construction Co. has started building a new water treatment plant for Falmouth. The project entails constructing an 8- million-gallon-per-day water treatment plant, an intake and a raw-water pump station for the Long Pond surface-water supply. The project has been valued at $40.9 million. Methuen Construction Co., 40 Lowell Rd., Salem, N.H. 03079. DR#13-00573779.

Michigan McCarthy & Smith Inc., as construction manager, has started building an addition to the University of Detroit Jesuit High School and Academy. The four-story, 135,000-sq-ft addition will house science and engineering classrooms. Wold Architects & Engineers is the designer. The project is valued at $11 million. McCarthy & Smith Inc., 24317 Indoplex Circle, Farmington Hills, 48335. DR#14-00652179.

Nevada Fulcrum BioEnergy has awarded Abengoa a $200-million engineering, procurement and construction contract to build a biofuel refinery in McCarran. The Sierra BioFuels plant will employ gasification technology to convert municipal solid waste into renewable syncrude, which will be upgraded to more than 10 million gallons of jet fuel annually. The refinery is expected to begin operating in the third quarter of 2017. Abengoa Bioenergy, Attn: Chris Standlee, Vice Pres., 1400 Elbridge Payne Rd., Chesterfield, Mo. 63017. DR#10-00681826.

Maryland 6/11 The Maryland Dept. of Transportation is seeking bidders to carry out the reconstruction of a 1.4-mile-long portion of the Baltimore Beltway (Interstate 695) Outer Loop, beginning south of U.S. Route 40 (Baltimore National Pike) to Maryland Route 144 (Frederick Road). The project's value has been estimated at between $75 million and $100 million. Maryland Dept. of Transportation, 211 E. Madison St., Baltimore, 21202. DR#15-00498158.

Pennsylvania 7/2 The Pennsylvania Dept. of Transportation is seeking bidders to carry out the reconstruction of the U.S. Route 22/state Route 1015 Interchange in Whitehall. The project entails the reconstruction of the bridge that carries state Route 1015 over U.S. Route 22. The project team also will lengthen the acceleration and deceleration lanes and remove the bridge carrying Fifth Street over Route 22. The project's value has been estimated at between $60 million and $75 million. Pennsylvania Dept. of Transportation, Attn: Allen Biehler, 400 North St., Harrisburg, 17120. DR#14-00602173.