Bid #: RECR-90046-FB
Description: Restoration of Biven Arm Interpretive Pavilion & Replacement of North Bridge & Gator Gap Bridge
Buyer’s Name: Fran Boynton
Bid Due Date: April 14, 2009
Pre Bid: Mandatory Date: March 31, 2009, 9:00 AM, Bivens Arm Nature Park Picnic Pavilion.
Document Cost: $25
Commodities/Services Covered: See below
Subcontracting Opportunities: Yes
COMMODITIES
ARC-912-26 – Construction, Hike and Bike Trail
ARC-913-13 – Construction, Bridge and Drawbridge (Includes Reconstruction/Rehabilitation)
SRV-988-63 – Park Area Construction/Renovation
There will be a Professional’s Workshop on the subject of providing architectural professional services to the City of Gainesville and the State of Florida on Thursday 2 April. Shaad Rehman is the small business coordinator for the City and John Herman is with SCORE. We will use our usual Lunch & Learn format: 11:30 for lunch and announcements, 12:00 for the program. Roger Morales with the Florida Credit Union (now making commercial loans) is picking up the lunch tab. PLEASE! RSVP not later than mid day Tuesday 31 March by reply e-mail. You may bring a Contractor that you are working with.
Bid #: FPUR090054-PJ
Description: Request for Qualifications for Professional Architectural and/or
Engineering Design Services for Capital Improvement Plan Parks, Recreation
and Cultural Affairs Projects
Buyer’s Name: Patti Jo Davis
Bid Due Date: March 30, 2009
Pre Bid: Non-Mandatory Date: March 17, 2009 at City Hall Room 332, 200 East University Avenue, Gainesville, Florida 32601
Document Cost for QLSB: $2
Commodities/Services Covered: See below
Subcontracting Opportunities: Yes
COMMODITIES
ARC-906-07 – Architect Services, Professional
ARC-906-10 – Buildings – Architectural Design
ARC-906-29 – Environmental – Architectural
ARC-906-38 – General Construction – Architectural
ARC-906-40 – Graphic Design – Architectural
ARC-906-56 – Landscape Architecture
ARC-906-57 – Land Development and Planning – Architectural
ARC-906-72 – Recreation Facilities (Parks, Marinas, etc.) – Architectural Services
SRV-918-15 – Architectural Consulting
SRV-918-42 – Engineering Consulting
SRV-925-17 – Civil Engineering
SRV-925-33 – Engineer Services, Professional
SRV-925-34 – Energy Management Engineering
SRV-925-35 – Environmental Engineering
SRV-925-36 – Engineering Services (Not Otherwise Classified)
SRV-925-37 – Facilities Design Services, Engineering
SRV-925-38 – Field Engineering
SRV-925-42 – Foundation Engineering
SRV-925-61 – Land Development and Planning/Engineering
SRV-925-88 – Structural Engineering
SRV-968-17 – PARKS/REC FACILITY CONST.
SRV-988-63 – Park Area Construction/Renovation
AIA Gainesville hosted a booth at this past weekend’s Home Show held at the O’Connell Center. Our booth was by far the “best of show” thanks to Linda and Phil Rickman. Thousands of people visited our booth as we discussed the advantages of using an architect for all design and construction projects.
AIA Event
March 18, 2009
9:00 am - 5:00 pm
Tallahassee
9:00a until 5:00p State Capitol
5:30p until 7:30p Reception at AIA Headquarters
Welcome to the launch of our new chapter web site. Our site has been fully redesigned in state-of-the-art software technology that provides the opportunity for every chapter member to proactively submit information, news and articles of interest.
Each member can submit images to be selected to be in our Featured Projects sections.
The personal data can be modified by the member directly. The Upcoming Events section will be up to date and relevant for keeping track of the chapter’s many activities.
Please review the site and give us any comments you may have.
On any given day over 50 parentless youths are living ‘out-of-doors’ in Gainesville, sleeping in cars, bushes or in tent cities. Many more are in abusive and fearful environments. Juvenile Development engages the Reichert House project, an intervention agency dedicated to providing a path to productive citizenship. The design team developed a neighborhood housing strategy to provide at risk juveniles family oriented living, nurturing, amenity and the civic connectivity required to succeed in life.
Civic culture germinates in the family, suggesting Family Units rather than institutional living. Ten youths and two ‘parents’ will be provided with a residential scaled home with semi-private exterior courts, family living, dining and social areas on the ground level. The second level organizes ‘bedroom suites’ each with a full bath, storage, study desk and balcony and a group study loft. Family Units are strategically organized on the site to optimize both semi-public program requirements and community shared spaces. Daylight, view and natural air-flow considerations suggested passive environmental control elements such as high insulation semi-transparent polycarbonate panel clerestory windows, balcony doors as operable ventilation elements, ventilation transoms in the core, two-story spatial connectivity for stack and venturi effects, and strategically located fixed glazing and single light doors. Semi-private lawns, gardens and gathering spaces are linked closely with residential buildings folding up into green walls and penetrating the spaces exploiting Alvar Aalto’s humanist architectural strategies.
AIA Event
March 4, 2009
10:30 am - 1:00 pm
1:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Our annual Let’s Do Lunch Tabletop and CEU Festival is to be held on March 4th at the Best Western Gateway Grand Hotel located at 4200 NW 97th Blvd., Gainesville, Florida.
The Tabletop will consist of approximately 20 exhibitors representing construction and design manufacturers and representatives. The open Tabletop forum is from 1130a until noon when lunch will begin. During lunch a presentation entitled “Insulation Techniques for Southern Climates” will be presented by Dow Chemical Company.
The optional afternoon sessions will consist of four topics. They are “Building Envelope”, “Green Coating Solutions”, “Solar Standing Seam Roofing” and “Introduction to Tubular Daylighting Devices”. Each session is worth one AIA Learning Unit-HSW.
The Tabletop and Lunch is free but the afternoon sessions have a cost of $50 total.
Designed for a brand new site, this new worship facility will be 38,842 gsf. The design for the Church needed to be very efficient so many shapes and arrangements were designed for the heart of the facility which is the main Sanctuary. After many attempts the hexagon shape became the most efficient to the most seats, largest stage, and good acoustics required by the Church. Each wing came off each side of the hexagon and has a unique function. Each wing is designed at 60 foot width to match the 60 foot sides of the hexagon. The two front wings are designed for expansion in the future.
The Sanctuary is designed for a 100 person choir and 500 fixed seats on a sloped floor. The design incorporates the possibility of expanding the Sanctuary utilizing theater-style seating to add an additional 200 seats.
The budget was extremely tight so maximizing the square footage was essential using creative details and finishes to keep the cost down yet still represent excellence in design.