Atlantic Project

General Description

The year is 2010. The Atlantic Coast University is one of the major research universities in the States. The University decided to build a new classroom and lab facility on their campus. The facility should support innovative courses which take a team approach to engineering design. The facility should function as a partially independent research and education center. Since the Wrold Wide Web (WWW) / Internet is a commodity, the University decided to place an announcement and a call for letters of intent in response to the call for bids on the WWW.

Call for Letters of Intents from AEC Teams in Response to the following Request for Bids.

To Architect, Structural Engineers, Construction Manager, MEP, and LCFM consultants: The Atlantic Coast University plans to build on its campus a new classroom and lab facility to educate a new generation of Agile AEC Professionals.

Apprentices with an interest in designing wood and steel buildings in valley areas are welcome to apply for positions.

Following are some site characteristics and facility requirements:

  • Landscaping in the valley area where the site of the future building is.
  • Apartment complex design.
  • Wood & steel structural system solution which addresses the design requirement for hurricane areas.
  • Management of large international project teams.
  • Planning, scheduling, cost estimating and construction of the wood & steel building to be built.
  • MEP experts in design of HVAC systems in valley areas where Winter temperatures are very low.
  • LCFM experts in life cycle analysis, and risk management of PPP buildings over periods of 25 years

 

Electronic documentation requirements:

  • Architectural design solutions should be presented in: 3D Studio and AutoCAD.
  • Structural design evaluation should be performed using: DRAIN 2DX and ETABS.
  • Construction management documents should use: Timberline and EXEL.
  • MEP management using BMS that collects data from 3,000 sensors in the building.
  • Quantitative evaluation of LCFM aspects over periods of 25 years.