Specifications include, but are not limited to: The purpose of this Design-Build project is to improve the existing Welcome Center/ Rest Area by constructing a new main building with a tourism section and a separate yet connected comfort station building. Aesthetic architectural features will be incorporated to welcome travelers/visitors as they visit the state. When completed the restroom and vending areas of the separate yet connected comfort station building will remain open 24/7 while the main building will have operational hours. The parking and building areas are to be designed to minimize impacts to the existing tree plantings on the site. The parking area for trucks will be expanded and improved (see elsewhere in this RFP for more information). This Welcome Center/ Rest Area is to be designed to utilize the existing right of way with minimal site grading. This project will include the replacement of the existing structures with a larger, modern, state of the art facility that will impress the visitor and also showcase Kentucky’s Unbridled Spirit. An existing Rest Area Facility currently in operation in Hart County along I-65 is offered as an exhibit to this RFP, for the purposes of establishing the general basis for design/ space planning of this new facility.