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DALLAS-FORT WORTH - Nearly $8 billion in construction projects have gone out to bid in North Texas in first half 2015.

That puts the region more than $2 billion — or 32 percent — ahead of last year’s pace, according to BidClerk, a Chicago-based provider of construction data.

Through June, more than 2,100 projects went out for bid in Dallas-Fort Worth, with about one-third totaling more than $1 million. That compares with 1,461 projects in first half 2014.

Here are some of the big-ticket projects seeking bids this year:

• Harmony Hill, a $70 million, 648-unit apartment community in Rowlett.
• Aloft Hotel near Love Field in Dallas, a $45 million project to build an eight-story, 244-room hotel.
• McKinney Aquatic Center, a $30 million, 79,000-sf fitness center at Gabe Nesbitt Community Park.
• Eagle Crossing Apartments, a $29 million multi-residential development with 150 units.
• Mariposa at Spring Hollow, a $27 million, 194-unit apartment complex in Tarrant County.
• Mountain Creek Corporate Center warehouse in Dallas, $24 million.
• Central Wastewater Treatment Plant, $22 million in improvements to this south Dallas plant.
• Shelton Elementary School in Dallas, a $12.5 million, two-story addition.

See other current projects at the Dallas Business Journal.

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