All correspondence must be made through the Vendor Portal. Specifications include, but are not limited to: • Construction of New School of Nursing facility of approximately 80,000 GSF that will meet the University Design Standards and Performance Guidelines. • The building is targeting LEED Gold certification and will conform to Connecticut High Performance Building requirements. • Site selection is illustrated within the attached Conceptual design scheme. • The scope includes site/landscape improvements, site utilities modifications and upgrades, limited parking. • Coordination with the infrastructure project that includes the expansion of the adjacent Chiller Plant will be required. • MRI center located in Communication Sciences Building and is susceptible to vibrations. Construction activities will have to account for this vicinity. Further coordination is needed. • Maintaining pedestrian access to the adjacent buildings during construction is also required. • The building will house: o ~ 5,500 sf of instructional Spaces including a lecture hall and classrooms o ~ 12,000 sf Simulation Lab Suite o ~2,000 sf Human Behavioral Research Lab o ~ 2,290 sf of Wet Lab o ~ 6,300 sf Student Academic Center o ~ 16,500 sf of offices and support spaces