Hunter Roberts Prismatic JV Named Low Bidder On $326M Mid-Hudson Forensic Hospital Project
By JOHN JORDAN – August 2024
ALBANY—The New York State Dormitory Authority opened bids on the General Construction component of the Mid-Hudson Forensic Hospital project in New Hampton, NY on Aug. 15.
A joint venture of Hunter Roberts Prismatic Constructors-OMH Mid-Hudson JV was the apparent low bidder with the lowest of four bids at $326,698,514. Hunter Roberts is based in New York City; Prismatic Development Corp. is based in Fairfield, NJ.
The Dormitory Authority also announced bids for other work involved in the Mid-Hudson Forensic project—Celtic Sheet Metal of Orangeburg, NY (HVAC) $81,524,800; S&L Plumbing & Heating of Armonk, NY (Plumbing) $11,870,000; and H&L Electric Co. of Long Island City (Electric) $54,500,000.
In late January 2024, OCS Industries, Inc., of Poughkeepsie, NY was the lowest of six bidders at $5,869,950 for site work including HAZMAT Abatement at the project site at 2 River Road as part of Phase One of the project.
CONSTRUCTION NEWS previously reported the Dormitory Authority issued the bid entitled, “New Forensic Replacement Hospital and HAZMAT Abatement at the Mid-Hudson Forensic Psychiatric Center,” in December 2023. The facility was slated for closure by the State Department of Health under a consolidation plan released in 2013, but the DOH later reversed itself and announced it would remain open.
The expansion project, a partnership between the Office of Mental Health and the Dormitory Authority of the State of New York, involves the design and construction of a new facility and will replace the existing outdated buildings located at 2834 NYS Route 17M, which is slated for redevelopment. The new building will feature 300 state-of-the-art forensic, in-patient beds.
The bid for Phase One of the project included building demolition, hazardous waste abatement, site preparation and site clearing utility work.
The general construction phase involves the development of a proposed approximately 340,000 gross square-foot replacement forensic residential, inpatient facility that would be constructed on a mostly undeveloped, approximately 39-acre portion of MHFPC’s existing, approximately 69-acre main campus. The proposed replacement facility would accommodate approximately 272 active patient beds with an additional 28 “swing” beds available when needed for a total of 300 beds, a 15-bed net increase over the existing facility. The term of the GC contract ends in June 2028.
The project would also include the construction of new municipal water and sewer connections to the City of Middletown’s existing infrastructure, along Route 17M.
The Dormitory Authority has hired TDX Construction, which is headquartered in Purchase, NY, as the Construction Manager for the project. The development will be constructed by local labor.
Todd Diorio, president of the Hudson Valley Building & Construction Trades Council, previously confirmed to CONSTRUCTION NEWS that the project sponsors had finalized a Project Labor Agreement with the building trades on the project.