Texas

The University of Texas Board of Regents has approved plans for the Jennie Sealy Hospital in Galveston. The project entails building a 13-story building containing 250 family-centered patient rooms with at least 246 beds, a 54-bed intensive care unit and 20 surgical suites. The old six-story Jennie Sealy Hospital will be torn down. The estimated construction cost is $438 million. University of Texas Medical Branch, Facilities Dept., Attn: Michael Shriner, 1302 Mechanic St., Galveston, 77550.

Texas

The Texas Dept. of Transportation is planning to make over the Tower 55 train intersection in Fort Worth. The Tower 55 intersection, where two east-west rail lines and two north-south train lines cross, is one of the most congested rail intersections in the country. The project entails overhauling several pedestrian crossings in the Rock Island/Samuels Ave. area, and building a third north-south rail line so that fewer trains will have to park at rail crossings. Construction is expected to start in April 2012 and be completed by February 2014. The estimated construction cost is $104 million. It is a public-private partnership, financed with $34 million in federal funds, $65.3 million from BNSF and Union Pacific Railroad combined, $2.5 million from the North Central Texas Council of Governments and $1 million each from the City of Fort Worth and the Texas Dept. of Transportation. BNSF and Union Pacific will secure their own contractors, with requests for bids expected to be issued during the first quarter of 2012. Texas Dept. of Transportation, 125 East 11th St., Austin, 78701.

Louisiana

Woodrow Wilson Construction Co. has started construction of Phase II of the Louisiana Digital Media Center at Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge. The project entails building a three-story, 94,000-sq-ft digital media and teaching facility. The project is valued at $22.5 million. Woodrow Wilson Construction Co., 345 Highlandia Drive, Baton Rouge, 70810. DR#11-00508301.

Louisiana

The Louisiana Dept. of Education is currently evaluating bids from contractors seeking to build the Edward Livingston School, a combined middle school/high school located at 7301 Dwyer Rd. in New Orleans. The project entails building a two-story, 241,300-sq-ft building with a 300-seat cafeteria, a 900-seat main gym, a 250-seat auxiliary gym, a 650-seat auditorium/lecture hall, two education wings, a vocational technology wing and a music/band/choir wing. The project is valued at $50 million. Louisiana Dept. of Education, Attn: Patti Wallace, 1201 N. Third St., Baton Rouge, 70802. DR#11-00434592.

Texas

Sueba USA Corp. has started construction of the San Antigua Apartment Complex, located at 15300 Cutten Rd. in Houston. Sueba is the developer, architect and general contractor. The project entails building a 12-building complex of three-story buildings with 277 units, totaling 245,660 sq ft. The project is expected to be completed by January 2013. The project is valued at between $15 million and $25 million. Sueba USA Corp., 1800 West Loop South, Houston, 77027. DR#11-00590030.

Texas

The University of Houston, following the deadline of Oct. 18, will be evaluating bidder qualifications for parking garage 1A. The project entails building a precast parking garage structure to hold between 1,500 and 2,000 vehicles and measuring about 500,000 sq ft, with four to five levels above grade, near the corner of Wheeler and Calhoun. The project is valued at between $25 million and $50 million. University of Houston, Planning & Construction Dept., Attn: Jennifer Chiu, Project Manager 4211 Elgin St., Houston, 77004. DR#11-00609206.

Texas

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has awarded a $10-million firm-fixed-price contract to Ejes Inc. for architectural and engineering services, primarily in support of the Dept. of Homeland Security. The required work will be performed in Dallas. The work is scheduled to be completed by September 2016. Ejes Inc., 9401 LBJ Freeway, Dallas, 75243.

Louisiana

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has awarded a $25-million firm-fixed-price contract to Tanner Heavy Equipment Co. for the repair and alteration of roads and culverts at Fort Polk. The project is expected to be completed by August 2013. Tanner Heavy Equipment Co., 284 Tanner Rd., Leesville, 71446.

Texas

The Naval Facilities Engineering Command has awarded a $6.7-million firm-fixed-price task order under a previously awarded multiple award construction contract to Environmental Management Resources Inc. Infrastructure and Environment for a repair and modernization project at Naval Air Station Corpus Christi. The project entails selective demolition and repairs and upgrades to Hangar 57. EMR Inc. Infrastructure and Environment, 4591 E Highway 20, Niceville, Fla., 32578. DR#11-00588745.

Texas

10/25 The San Antonio Water System is seeking bidders to build the Olmos Basin Central Watershed Sewer Relief Main. The project entails constructing 9,004 linear feet of 8-in., 24-in., 54-in. and 60-in. diameter sewer main and associated appurtenances. The project is valued at $13.4 million. San Antonio Water System, 2800 U.S. 281, San Antonio, 78212. DR#05-00667912.

Louisiana

11/1 Terrebonne Parish Consolidated Government is seeking bidders to build the Valhi Blvd. Extension in Houma. The project entails building a two-lane reinforced concrete roadway above a limestone base course together with granular sub-base; a grass median; open-ditch drainage; cross drains; and traffic signage between Equity Blvd. and Savannah Rd. The project is valued at $9.1 million. Terrebonne Parish Consolidated Government, Purchasing Dept., Attn: Genece Baker Bid Coordinator, 301 Plant Rd., Houma, 70360. DR#11-00596615.

Texas

11/1 The Hunt Construction Group Inc., serving as construction manager, is seeking subcontractor bids to build the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center New University Hospital in Dallas. The project entails building two buildings, a 13-story, 1.2 million-sq-ft, 264-bed hospital and a 47,765-sq-ft material management building for central energy work, and also piping inside the utilities tunnel from the energy plant to the hospital tower. The project is expected to be completed by October 2014. The project is valued at $412 million. Hunt Construction Group Inc., 4099 McEwen Rd., Dallas, 75244. DR#07-00795263.

Texas

11/2 The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is seeking bidders for a dredging project on the Brownsville Ship Channel. The project entails dredging 200,000 cu yd of material along a 6,000 ft stretch of the channel ranging from 150 ft wide to 250 ft wide, to deepen the channel to a required depth of 46 ft at mean low tide. The dredged material will serve as beach nourishment at Beach Placement Areas DMPA No. 1 and No. 5. The project is valued at between $1 million and $5 million. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, 2000 Ft. Point Rd., Galveston, 77553. DR#11-00565251.

The Ascension Parish school board in Donaldsonville, La., is seeking bidders to build the Dutchtown middle and primary school project in Geismar. The project includes a 15,000-sq-ft gym, a 10,000-sq-ft classroom building, renovation of the old 8,000-sq-ft gym into a media center, a 3,600-sq-ft addition to the cafeteria, a 6,000-sq-ft renovation to the kitchen and existing cafeteria, and 22,000 sq ft of new parking spaces. The project is valued at $8 million. Ascension Parish School Board, 1100 Webster St., Donaldsonville, 70346. DR#10-00646045.