Planning
Florida GPT GIG BOA Portfolio Owner LLC is planning to build the Gramercy Woods Parking Garage in Jacksonville. The four-level structure, located at 9000 Southside Blvd., will have 1,880 parking spaces. Finfrock Construction Inc. has been selected as the general contractor, and construction is expected to begin in November 2016. The project is valued at $22 million. GPT GIG BOA Portfolio Owner LLC, 550 Blair Mill Rd., Horsham, Pa., 19044. DR#16-00658355.
Kentucky Redwood Management is planning to build the Brentwood Commons Apartments in Louisville. The development will include 19 single-story buildings, totaling 220,252 sq ft. Mann Architects is the designer of the project, which is valued at between $15 million and $25 million. Redwood Management, Attn: James Frey, Senior Vice President, 23775 Commerce Park, Beachwood, Ohio 44122. DR#15-00580452.
Maryland Artspace is planning to convert the former Silver Spring Police Station into 30 artist studios, 1,500 sq ft of retail space, 68 apartment units and 11 townhouses on the site. BKV Group is the designer of the project, which has been valued at $22.5 million. Artspace, Attn: Joe Butler, Project Manager, 50 Orange St., New Haven, Conn. 06510. DR#15-00484660.
Oklahoma The University of Oklahoma is planning to build a biomedical engineering facility on the campus in Norman. The 90,000-sq-ft building will house research and teaching laboratories, offices, classrooms and a large 150-person lecture hall. Page is the designer, and J.E. Dunn Construction Co. has been selected as the construction manager. The project is valued at $25 million. University of Oklahoma, 660 Parrington Oval, Norman, 73019. DR#15-00629414.
Wisconsin The Eau Claire YMCA is planning to build a tennis center. The eight-court, 50,000-sq-ft facility will be located just south of Half Moon Lake on Menomonie Street. Ayres Architects is the designer. The project’s value has been estimated at $10 million. Eau Claire YMCA, Attn: Ken Van Es, Executive Director, 700 Graham Ave., Eau Claire, 54701. DR#16-00613273.
Bids, Contracts, Proposals
Kansas Sevenson Environmental Services Inc. has started carrying out an explosive decontamination and environmental remediation project at the former Sunflower Army Ammunition Plant in De Soto. As a result of activities at the installation over the years, sewer lines were impacted by explosives. Sevenson will remove and decontaminate the potentially explosive sewers. The project is valued at $28.6 million. Sevenson Environmental Services Inc., 2749 Lockport Rd., Niagara Falls, N.Y. 14305. DR#16-00506225.
Louisiana K-Belle Consultants LLC has begun constructing the New Orleans-to-Venice Hurricane Protection System in Plaquemines County. The work consists of building a new flood wall. The work will include building reinforced concrete walls, driving sheet-steel and steel-pipe piling, installing compacted embankment fill, and clearing and grubbing, as well as grouted riprap, structural excavation and backfill, culverts, demolition and utility modifications. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is the project owner. The project is valued at $13.1 million. K-Belle Consultants LLC, Attn: Jerry Crump, 4622 S. Carrollton Ave., New Orleans, 70119. DR#16-00522110.
New Mexico Archer Western Contractors LLC has started rehabilitating a solids dewatering facility at the Southside Water Reclamation Plant in Albuquerque. The project was designed by Carollo Engineers and is valued at $19.3 million. Archer Western Contractors LLC, Attn: Roy Epps, 1830 N. 95th St., Phoenix, Ariz. 85037. DR#12-00546444.
Rhode Island Daniel O’Connell’s Sons has been selected to build the Providence River Pedestrian Bridge in Providence. The 330-ft-long curving structure will include stepped seating areas. The structure will connect two parcels of land, which are slated to become parks, and connect downtown Providence with the College Hill and Fox Point neighborhoods. Rhode Island Dept. of Administration is the project owner. The project is valued at $16.9 million. Daniel O’Connell’s Sons, 1000 Franklin Village Dr., Franklin, Mass. 02038. DR#16-00546206.
Bid, Proposal Dates
Washington 10/17 The City of Spokane is seeking bidders to construct the Liberty Park Control Facility. The project will entail constructing a 2-million-gallon underground concrete tank for a combined sewer storage facility; 800 sq ft of shoring; 24,000 cu yd of excavation; 80 linear ft of 42-in.-dia tunneling in rock; and 1,900 linear ft of 18- to 54-in.-dia combined sanitary-storm sewer. The project is valued at between $10.6 million and $11.3 million. City of Spokane, 808 W. Spokane Falls Blvd., Spokane, 99201. DR#16-00663996.
New Jersey 10/26 The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is seeking bidders to carry out a beachfill project. The proposed work will consist of placing 10.7 million cu yd of sand to repair the dune-and-berm system along the Atlantic Ocean coastline, between Manasquan Inlet and Barnegat Inlet in Ocean County. The project is valued at between $90 million and $100 million. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Attn: Denise DeTitta, Project Manager, 100 E. Penn Square, Philadelphia, 19107. DR#16-00543127.
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