Commissioning Consultant Services for New Honors Residential College

Professional Services in the disciplines of architectural and engineering for Total Building Commissioning will be required for the project listed below: The facility will include a series of five 6 story buildings, in keeping with the time-honored elegance of traditional UF style while maintaining every modern necessity students and staff need to succeed. The approximately1400 student beds will be divided into 268 single suites, 562 double suites, and 9 ADA suites. For those students who commute, state of the art locker storage areas will be available along with cutting edge music rooms, teaching kitchens, and study rooms. The project will incorporate designated office space for staff and faculty productivity. The Honors Residential College will include public spaces specifically designed to support social and academic engagement for the residents and non-residential students, including an Honors Common for enhance academic programming. The entire project is intended to strengthen the UF community and foster meaningful connections through a vibrant and diverse set of social and academic experiences within the Honors community. The scope of services shall include design phase peer review, completion and maintenance of the Owner's Project Requirements (OPR) document development of the Commissioning Plan, Commissioning Specifications, and Systems Manual; and construction phase pre-functional, functional, and performance testing for mechanical, electrical, building automation, and building envelope systems. The consultant shall also support project efforts to achieve higher-than-normal energy efficiency and attain LEED GOLD and WELL certifications.