Planning

Arizona El Dorado Holdings is planning to build Villages at Vigneto, a 12,500-acre master-planned community along State Route 90 near Benson, in Cochise County. It is expected to include 28,000 homes when fully built out over the next 20 years, and will include a resort, commercial space, and four golf courses. El Dorado Holdings, 8501 N. Scottsdale Rd., Scottsdale, 85253. DR#16-00721074.

Iowa Central Iowa Shelter & Services is planning to construct a 24-unit apartment building out of shipping containers to provide permanent, affordable housing to chronically homeless people. Located at 1420 Mulberry St. in Des Moines, it will be built on stilts to allow water to gather below if the retention basin fills up during a flood. FEH Design has been chosen as the architect. Construction is expected to begin in the spring of 2020. The project is valued at $4.3 million. Central Iowa Shelter & Services, Attn: Melissa O’Neil, Director, 205 15th St., Des Moines, 50309. DR#18-00677181

Massachusetts Under a consent decree with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, four potentially responsible parties—U.S. Army, U.S. Dept. of Energy, Textron Inc. and Whittaker Corp.—plan to carry out a cleanup of the Starmet/Nuclear Metals Superfund site in Concord. The 46-acre site is contaminated with depleted uranium, copper and nitric acid, which were disposed into an unlined holding basin at the site from 1958 to 1985. The work includes excavation and off-site disposal of 82,500 cu yd of contaminated soil, sediment and debris; stabilization of depleted uranium contaminated soil; extraction and treatment of groundwater for volatile organic compounds and 1,4-dioxane; treatment of depleted uranium and natural uranium in groundwater; and long-term monitoring and land use controls. Site surveys will start in 2020, with cleanup expected to begin in 2024. The estimated cleanup cost is $125 million. Whitaker Corp., 1955 Surveyor Ave., Simi Valley, Calif., 93063. DR#19-00888844.

Michigan Inner City Christian Federation, a nonprofit housing developer, is planning to convert the former Grand Rapids Christian High School building, at 415 Franklin St. SE. The three-story, 70,000-sq-ft building will contain ICCF’s headquarters, worship space for Madison Church: Ford Campus, an early childhood education center and 41 apartments. DeStigter Architecture & Planning has been chosen as the designer, and Rockford Construction Co. has been selected as the general contractor. Inner City Christian Federation, 920 Cherry St. SE, Grand Rapids, 49506. DR#19-00842818

Montana Stevensville School District is planning to build Stevensville High School. It is being designed by MMW Architects, and the project is valued at $14.1 million. Stevensville School District, 300 Park St., Stevensville, 59870. DR#19-00862300.

Nebraska Horsemen’s Benevolent & Protective Association is planning to construct new horsebarns at Lincoln Racecourse. The project is valued at between $15 million and $25 million. Horsemen’s Benevolent & Protective Association, 6406 S. 150th St., Omaha, 68404. DR#12-00644797

Oklahoma Tulsa Children’s Museum is expected to build the Tulsa Children’s Museum Discovery Lab, at 2650 S. John Williams Way East. The 50,000-sq-ft facility will have an outdoor amphitheater, a green rooftop terrace, and a second floor filled with classrooms that will house the Tulsa Public Schools’ STEM center. KKT Architects Inc. has been chosen as the designer, and Crossland Construction Co. has been selected as the general contractor. The project is valued at $35 million. Crossland Construction Co., 13914 E. Admiral Place, Tulsa, 74116. DR#15-00649788.

Bids, Contracts, Proposals

South Carolina The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has awarded an $8.6-million firm-fixed-price contract to R.E. Goodson Construction Co. to carry out a dike improvement project at the Savannah Harbor Dredge Material Containment Area in Ridgeland. The project entails raising the crest elevation of the perimeter dike by 6 ft, clearing the interior and adding a 2-ft-thick sand cap to the existing bird island in the western portion of the DMCA. Also included are repairs and modifications to the five existing weir and water control structures along the western dike, clearing and grubbing of an area along the DMCA exterior, and replacing the main entrance gate. R.E. Goodson Construction Co., 457 N. Springville Rd., Darlington, 29540. DR#19-00739840.

Bid, Proposal Dates

Utah 12/3 The Utah Dept. of Transportation is seeking bidders to carry out a highway improvement project in Juab County. The project entails applying hot mix asphalt and stone matrix asphalt to Interstate 15, from milepost 193.70 to milepost 200.70. The project is valued at between $10 million and $15 million. Utah Dept. of Transportation, 4501 S. Constitution Blvd., Salt Lake City, 84129. DR#19-00889172.

New Mexico 12/6 The University of New Mexico is seeking proposals from construction management firms to carry out construction of an 49,529-sq-ft orthopedic surgery and rehabilitation facility in Albuquerque. The project is valued at $21 million. University of New Mexico, 1841 Lomas Blvd. NE, Albuquerque, 87131. DR#19-00711319.

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