Specifications include, but are not limited to: The proposed approximately 68,000‐sq.ft. West Campus Dining, Learning and Wellness Center project will support and enhance the dining, learning and wellness needs of the approximately 5,000 first‐year and upper‐class students housed in ten residence halls in the West Campus Precinct of the University of Georgia (UGA / University) campus. The proposed project is located along a nexus of student pedestrian corridors at the intersection of East Cloverhurst Avenue and University Court, on a portion of the surface parking lot W11, ensuring that students leaving their University Housing residence halls will find the facility conveniently located on their daily path to and from class and other activities. The Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia (“BOR”) as (“Owner”), on behalf The University of Georgia (“UGA”), (“UGA”) is soliciting statements of qualifications from firms interested in providing professional design services for the construction of a project; The three-story project will offer a variety of dining options and a retail market on the lower two floors. Three distinct uses will share the third‐floor space. 1) Classrooms ‐‐ Approximately half of the floor will be dedicated to general purpose active learning classrooms which will be used by student organizations in the evenings; the other half of the floor will comprise the 2) Medical and Mental Health Services (urgent care and counseling services) will comprise the other half of the floor; and 3) Nutrition and Culinary Development ‐‐ collaborative workspaces for nutrition professionals and nutrition student employees and a residential‐style demonstration kitchen that will be collaboratively utilized by Dining Services and nutrition professionals from the University Health Center. Specific guidelines for the project include building designs that are: • attractive and contextual with the existing campus buildings and meet the design guidelines established in the campus master plan. • energy-efficient and sustainable • efficient and economical to construct and operate • durable, comfortable, secure, and that achieve a high degree of value for the Institution • “smart” buildings with the flexibility to respond to rapidly evolving technology in the academic environment.
