Reno for Materials Charact. Service and Support of Academic Programs

  • AIME - 720 2nd Street; Bevill - 201 7th Avenue
Information at a Glance

Use

Academic

Status

Active

Construction Type

Renovation

Current Phase

Construction

College or Division

College of Arts and Sciences

CA Filing Code

AIME - 252-23-3028; Bevill - 249-23-3033

Project GSF

1,032

Bid Date

March 21, 2023

Construction End

October 2023

Project Architect

Williams Blackstock Architects

Project Manager

Shawn Templeton

Field Coordinator

Chuck Hinton (AIME); Charles Cobb (Bevill)

Project Admin

Cassidy Largin

Project Summary

The Renovations for Materials Characterization Service and Support of Academic Programs has as its core mission the instruction and education of undergraduate and graduate students in materials research-related fields using modern analytical instruments. The University of Alabama (UA) can affirm itself as a leading education location worldwide through a recapitalization in the proposed materials characterization equipment, where the current instruments are becoming perilously susceptible to obsolescence and experience significant downtime. Many of the instruments are approaching nearly two decades of life. Such a recapitalization will attract the best students and faculty in multiple disciplines. In doing so, UA’s core facilities will usher in the next generation of materials education and research for energy, defense, transportation, human health, and environmental sciences, all of which align with the state of Alabama’s Science and Technology Roadmap (https://alepscor.org/roadmap/).

The recapitalized instruments are used in supporting undergraduate and graduate-level courses in multiple departments and across colleges. However, the current condition of many of these instrument’s results in frequent downtime hindering reliable incorporation for teaching and supporting research programs. Furthermore, they are no longer cutting-edge, inhibiting UA from meeting its educational objectives for providing its students the highest quality of opportunities for training and education. In addition, the obsolescence of the instrument’s places UA at a disadvantage to its peer institutions in proposing and winning new research grants and contracts that support student education as they can no longer match what many others can propose.

The renewal itself would expand educational and research horizons on and off-campus. Through modern remote access availability offered by these modern instruments, coupled with renovations to make them effective in their environment, UA will be able to support UA system campuses in their educational and research pursuits creating a true core facility. The remote access will also enable ongoing outreach engagements to spark the interest of the rising generation of Alabamian students in K-12 classrooms. Here, teachers that now come to the UA campus to learn how to incorporate materials into their physical science, chemistry, and physics courses will have microscopes that can stream ‘live’ images into their classes. These interactions give UA an edge in recruiting future students.

Collectively, the renewal initiative offers the infrastructure to ensure UA’s preeminent leadership in education and research to support the state’s growing workforce needs, evident in the burgeoning aerospace and defense employers in Huntsville, for example. Renewal of this scale will have a generational impact on the scope of education, research, and facility capabilities unmatched in the southeast region and nation.


Information at a Glance

BOT Budget

$11,331,943.00

Funding Sources

  • Office for Research and Economic Development Research Reserves :
    $4,644,844
  • University Central Reserves :
    $6,687,099
BOT Submissions
STAGE PACKAGE INFORMATION

Stage 1

Stage 2

Stage 3

Stage 4

View Board Manual
DATA LABEL DATA VALUE
Category Academic
College/Division College of Arts and Sciences
Status Active
Construction Phase Construction
Construction Type Renovation
GSF 1,032
Street Address AIME - 720 2nd Street; Bevill - 201 7th Avenue
Zone 1
Project Number AIME - 252-23-3028; Bevill - 249-23-3033
Architect Williams Blackstock Architects
Project Manager Shawn Templeton
Project Admin Cassidy Largin
Field Coordinator Chuck Hinton (AIME); Charles Cobb (Bevill)
General Contractor
Interior Designer
Bid Date March 21, 2023
Construction Start
Scheduled Construction End October 2023
COSC Date
Year End Inspection
Fundraising Site
SharePoint Active Project Site Link
AiM Link https://fmax.fa.ua.edu/fmax/screen/PROJECT_VIEW?project=XXXXX
Campus Map Link https://map.concept3d.com/?id=1222#!m/643062
BIR Building Link https://bama365.sharepoint.com/sites/98C3D/default.aspx
Closeout Documents Link
View Warranty Documents
Project Summary

The Renovations for Materials Characterization Service and Support of Academic Programs has as its core mission the instruction and education of undergraduate and graduate students in materials research-related fields using modern analytical instruments. The University of Alabama (UA) can affirm itself as a leading education location worldwide through a recapitalization in the proposed materials characterization equipment, where the current instruments are becoming perilously susceptible to obsolescence and experience significant downtime. Many of the instruments are approaching nearly two decades of life. Such a recapitalization will attract the best students and faculty in multiple disciplines. In doing so, UA’s core facilities will usher in the next generation of materials education and research for energy, defense, transportation, human health, and environmental sciences, all of which align with the state of Alabama’s Science and Technology Roadmap (https://alepscor.org/roadmap/).

The recapitalized instruments are used in supporting undergraduate and graduate-level courses in multiple departments and across colleges. However, the current condition of many of these instrument’s results in frequent downtime hindering reliable incorporation for teaching and supporting research programs. Furthermore, they are no longer cutting-edge, inhibiting UA from meeting its educational objectives for providing its students the highest quality of opportunities for training and education. In addition, the obsolescence of the instrument’s places UA at a disadvantage to its peer institutions in proposing and winning new research grants and contracts that support student education as they can no longer match what many others can propose.

The renewal itself would expand educational and research horizons on and off-campus. Through modern remote access availability offered by these modern instruments, coupled with renovations to make them effective in their environment, UA will be able to support UA system campuses in their educational and research pursuits creating a true core facility. The remote access will also enable ongoing outreach engagements to spark the interest of the rising generation of Alabamian students in K-12 classrooms. Here, teachers that now come to the UA campus to learn how to incorporate materials into their physical science, chemistry, and physics courses will have microscopes that can stream ‘live’ images into their classes. These interactions give UA an edge in recruiting future students.

Collectively, the renewal initiative offers the infrastructure to ensure UA’s preeminent leadership in education and research to support the state’s growing workforce needs, evident in the burgeoning aerospace and defense employers in Huntsville, for example. Renewal of this scale will have a generational impact on the scope of education, research, and facility capabilities unmatched in the southeast region and nation.

Renderings
Budget 11331943
Banner Fund Number
Project Accountant
Funding Source(s)
Construction Dashboard Link
Link to Awarded Contracts Dashboard https://everest-sf.fa.ua.edu/Runtime/Form/Awarded+Contracts+Dashboard
View Bid Tab https://constructionpublicinfo.ua.edu/certified-bid-tabs/
Link to eCORAF https://everest-sf.fa.ua.edu/Runtime/Form/CORAFList
Link to ePayApp https://everest-sf.fa.ua.edu/Runtime/Form/Awarded+Contracts+PayApp+Dashboard
ePIRPAF Link
Stage 1 BOT Submittal(s)
Stage 2 BOT Submittal(s)
Stage 3 BOT Submittal(s)
Stage 4 BOT Submittal(s)
BOT Site
RFQ Documents
Advertisement for Bids
Bid Tabulations
Link to Bid Site https://constructionpublicinfo.ua.edu/bids/
Consultant Agreements https://constructionpublicinfo.ua.edu/agreements/
Design Guidelines https://constructionpublicinfo.ua.edu/design-guidelines/
Front End Documents https://constructionpublicinfo.ua.edu/front-end-documents/
Instructions Link https://constructionpublicinfo.ua.edu/public-forms/
360 Embed Code
BOT Stage