Specifications include, but are not limited to: UNCP seeks the professional services of a Construction Manager at Risk (CMAR) to join the team in the schematic design phase to provide Preconstruction Services for the project through Schematic Design, Design Development, and Construction Document Phases as approved by the NC Office of State Construction. The building will be located at the current University Village Apartments site, directly across Braves Drive from the Weinstein Building. The Village Apartments structures will be demolished to make room for this project. It is expected that the building will be roughly 75,000 gross square feet and two to three stories tall. The existing UNCP campus language of brick, precast and metal panels with glass will make up the exterior. The program will house the first public Optometry school in North Carolina and will include academic laboratories, teaching spaces, student commons areas, and an Optometry clinic to support the existing Optometry professionals in the region and serve the community.