New York

Albany County Dept. of General Services plans to build a 187,590-sq-ft steel frame nursing home at the former Heritage Park site. The project is valued at $65 million and will include 200 beds, recreation therapy areas, two efficiency apartments, visitor facilities, support areas, a pharmacy, diagnostic treatment areas and locker rooms. DeWolff Partnership Architects, Rochester, is the consulting architect. Albany County Dept. of General Services, Attn: Karen A. Storm, Purchasing Agent, 112 State St., Room 820, Albany, 12207. DR#06-00833118.

Connecticut

The State of Connecticut Dept. of Public Works plans to build a 118,000-sq-ft Fine Arts Instructional Center for the Eastern Connecticut State University. The facility will consolidate the visual arts and performing arts programs into a new building that will include space for public gatherings, three state-of-the-art performance spaces, a 300-seat concert hall, a 600-seat auditorium, a 175-seat studio theater and multiple technical production and rehearsal spaces. The project is valued at $63 million and is expected to begin in June 2013, with a target completion date of June 2016. S/L/A/M Collaborative, Glastonbury, is the architect. State of Conn. DPW Contracting, Attn: Randy Daigle, Management Unit Supervisor, 165 Capitol Ave., Room 261, Hartford, 06106. DR#97-00293210.

Connecticut

The City of Meriden Municipal Offices plans to update the 241,541-sq-ft Francis T. Maloney High School in New Haven by constructing new classroom wings, demolishing existing classroom wings and renovating the remaining spaces. Gilbane Building Co., Glastonbury, is the construction manager on the project, which is valued at $80 million. Construction is expected to begin in December, with a target completion date scheduled for August 2016. City of Meriden Municipal Offices, Attn: Wilma C. Petro, Purchasing Officer, 142 East Main St., Room 210, Meriden, 06450. DR#02-00719037.

New York

Westchester County Board of Acquisitions & Contracts plans to renovate and remediate two historic bathhouses in Rye to prepare them for conversion into a children's museum. The project is valued at between $10 million and $15 million. Richard Dattner & Partners Architects, New York, is the architect on the project. Westchester County Board of Acquisitions & Contracts, Attn: Val Rodriguez/Joan Cocciardi, Program Assistant/Administrator, 148 Martine Ave., Michaelian Bldg, Room 528, White Plains, 10601. DR#04-00687822.

New York

The Long Island Rail Road Co. plans to replace existing substations in Hillside and Kew Gardens, Queens; construct a new prefabricated modular substation building and associated components; and furnish and install new switchgear, rectifiers and transformers. The project is valued at between $10 million and $50 million. The Long Island Rail Road Co., Attn: Carla Butler, Contract Research CI, 90-26 Sutphin Blvd., Jamaica, 11435. DR#11-00668263.

New York

EverPower Wind Holdings Inc. plans to construct a 29-turbine wind farm on Route 16 in the town of Allegany. The project is valued at or above $50 million. Environmental Design & Research, Syracuse, is the engineer on the project. EverPower Wind Holdings Inc., Attn: Dan Lagiovane, Communications, 44 E. 30th St., New York, 10016. DR#10-00638758.

New York

New York City Transit Authority is seeking bidders to reconfigure 6,650 sq ft of office space to serve as an operating theater with equipment and communications capabilities and 5,160 sq ft of office space to be made into administrative support space. The project is valued at between $5 million and $10 million and consists of architectural, mechanical, electrical and plumbing work. Work is scheduled to begin this June. New York City Transit Authority, Attn: Contracts Dept., Engineer, 2 Broadway, Ground Floor, New York, 10004. DR#04-00783290.

New Jersey

The New Jersey Turnpike Purchasing Dept. is seeking bidders for upgrades to the Alfred E. Driscoll Bridge on the Garden State Parkway over the Raritan River and Smith Street. The project is valued at between $20 million and $30 million. The work will include cleaning and painting structural steel, cleaning of bridge drainage systems, structural steel repairs, catwalk retrofit and providing maintenance and protection of traffic measures. The project is expected to start this April. NJ Turnpike Authority Purchasing Dept., Attn: Andrea Ward, Purchasing, 581 Main St., Woodbridge, 07095. DR#11-00461429.

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Kingsway Regional School District is seeking bidders for upgrades to the Kingsway Regional High School. The project is valued at $12 million and includes classroom additions and the expansion of the 37,509-sq-ft gymnasium and cafeteria. Greyhawk North America, Moorestown, is the construction manager on the project, which is expected to begin this March. Kingsway Regional School District, Jason Schimpf, Bus Administrator, 213 Kings Highway, Woolwich, 08085. DR#11-00650178.