IFAS Blueberry Research Facility - A/E Services

The project consists of the creation a state of the art facility to carry blueberry breeding, research, extension, and instruction in the United States. This facility will not only help in developing cultivars faster to help FL producers, but will allow UF to become a leader in blueberry breeding and research. It will be a single story, roughly 9,000 GSF facility dedicated to blueberry research. It will contain molecular, tissue, culture, fruit quality labs, as well as instructional rooms for lectures and laboratories and the needed support space for the facility to be fully self-contained. The estimated construction budget is approximately $3,500,000, including site improvements. The project will be delivered using the Construction Manager at Risk method. Gold LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) certification by the U.S. Green Building Council is mandatory.