Planning
CALIFORNIA
PG&E is planning to place underground 69 miles of electric power lines in Lake County to reduce wildfire risk. It also will reduce power outages, improve reliability and make the system safer overall. Construction is expected to start in September 2023 and be completed by November 2023. The project is valued at $172.5 million. PG&E, 77 Beale St., San Francisco, 94105. DR#23-00176135.
CALIFORNIA
DeNova Homes is planning to develop the Summer Lake North subdivision on a 409-acre site at the intersection of Bethel Island Road and Sandmound Boulevard in Oakley. The development will include 817 single-family homes, a 70-acre man-made lake, open space, parks, a commercial area and 14,000 ft of new levee. The project is broken down into five “neighborhoods” grouped around 12 “villages.” The architects are SDG Architects and Omega Architectural Group. The project is valued at $204 million. DeNova Homes, 1500 Willow Pass Court, Concord, 94520. DR#23-00078484.
CALIFORNIA
Walter N. Marks Inc. is planning to build the Mirabel residential tower at 5411 Wilshire Blvd. in Los Angeles. The 42-story, 477,464-sq-ft building will contain 348 apartments, a rooftop deck and lounge, an automated car-parking system for 477 vehicles and 14,635 sq ft of ground floor retail space. It is being designed by Keating Architecture. Swinerton Builders has been chosen as the general contractor. Construction is expected to start in late 2023 or early 2024 and be completed by early 2027. The project is valued at $400 million. Walter N. Marks Inc., 8758 Venice Blvd., Los Angeles, 90034. DR#19-00698124.
OREGON
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has awarded a $48.2-million firm-fixed-price contract to Slayden Constructors Inc. for improvements to the Dexter Dam Adult Fish Facility in Fall Creek. The project entails replacement of 90% of the fish ladder and new concrete fish sorting pools; rock excavation at the fish ladder entrance section; pre-engineered and custom metal canopies, walkways and platforms; custom metal and polymer pipe shapes for fish flumes; a fish transfer hopper system; custom metal fabrication with pneumatics; and a hoist system. The project is estimated to be completed by November 2026. Slayden Constructors Inc., 500 Willamette Ave., Stayton, 97383. DR#22-00628808.
OREGON
The city of Portland is planning to construct the Bull Run Filtration Facility on a 90-acre site in Gresham. The project involves constructing a direct or conventional granular media filtration facility with a design capacity between 145 and 160 million gallons per day, with more specific pre- and post-filtration treatment processes. The plant is being built to comply with U.S. EPA rules to remove potentially deadly cryptosporidium from the Bull Run Reservoir water that serves Portland and much of the surrounding area. Although exposing the water to UV light would meet the requirement, the plant is also being designed to remove sediments from the water, including mud stirred up by heavy rains and ash fall from large fires in the Bull Run Watershed. A joint venture of Kiewit Construction Co. and MWH Constructors is the construction manager at-risk and is currently evaluating submitted subcontractor bids. Construction is expected to start in July 2023 and be completed by July 2027. The project is valued at between $550 million and $650 million. City of Portland, 1120 SW Fifth Ave., Portland, 97204. DR14-00642312.
WASHINGTON
Mary Bridge Children’s Hospital & Health Center and Multicare Health Systems are planning on building a new hospital campus in Tacoma. The project entails constructing a five-story, 250,000-sq-ft building containing 82 patient rooms, 10 operating rooms, a pediatric emergency department with 38 treatment rooms and two parking garages. It is being designed by Earl Swensson Associates. J.R. Abbott Construction Inc. has been chosen as the general contractor. Construction is expected to start in August 2023 and be completed by July 2026. The project is valued at $415 million. Mary Bridge Children’s Hospital & Health Center, 317 Martin Luther King Jr. Way, Tacoma, 98405. DR#20-00665903.
