Atlantic Coast 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 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.
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.
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.
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Renate Fruchter