Tower Center at Unity Square
Work continues on the demolition and earthwork construction phase at the Tower Center at Unity Square site. This phase of the project is expected to take another two weeks to complete and will be followed by the building, electrical and landscaping phase, according to project manager and Water Utilities Director Terry Lauritsen. The project is still on-track to be substantially complete by mid-December.
Streets
16th Street & Shawnee Avenue, near the Bartlesville High School
All of the concrete has been poured and only restoration remains for this project, which is currently 98 percent complete.
Barlow Drive Rehab, Harned Drive to Rolling Hills
Construction is set to begin next week on this concrete panel replacement project. The project is expected to take approximately three months to complete.
Ohio, Madison to Park Hill; Harvard. Brookline to Madison; and Hazel, Madison to Hazel Court
These areas will receive an asphalt mill and overlay. Construction is scheduled to start in mid-September and will take approximately three months to complete.
Hillcrest Drive, between the Caney River and 20th Street
An engineering contract is under negotiation with a consultant, and it is 
anticipated a contract will be presented for City Council consideration in September. Design will take approximately 10 months to complete.
Parks
Price Fields Phase 3 and Sooner Park shelter
Bids will be received on Aug. 21 with a contract award at City Council’s September meeting.
Sewer
Brookline/Harvard Phase 2
This will replace the sewer main along the creek south of Harvard Avenue between Madison Boulevard and Arbor Drive. Construction started in late July and will be completed in April 2020.
Water
Copan Lake water rights
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is still finalizing the contract for the water pricing at Copan Lake, which was made available by the Water Resources Development Act (WRDA) of 2018. The Corps has advised City staff the contract should be complete in a couple of weeks. This will provide water rights at Copan Lake for 1 million gallons of water per day, which will add to the City’s reserve for long term water supply.
Water reuse
The engineering design on this project is 30 percent complete, according to Water Utilities Director Terry Lauritsen. The project involves capturing treated wastewater and discharging it within the Caney River upstream of the City’s raw water intake structure at Johnstone Park for reuse. The design is anticipated to be complete in January 2020, with construction anticipated to start in April 2020.
Photos by James Cutler. Feature photo by Stan Peterson.