QUB/2260/22 Advanced Manufacturing Innovation Centre Building Contractor

AMIC will combine a comprehensive and collaborative regional innovation support system for the Advanced Manufacturing, Materials and Engineering sectors of Northern Irish industry, with selected niche areas of national competitiveness. AMIC will provide high quality innovation support to manufacturing and advanced engineering industry by bringing together world class academic expertise, advanced industrial practice from commercial partners and the specialist facilities needed to execute innovation Rearch and Development projects in our target industry sectors, together with supporting research, training, and technical services.The scope of work for the Project includes;• Specialist workshops, laboratory spaces, clean rooms and support spaces• Staff office and support spaces for 150 people• Collaborative engagement areas• Presentation, learning and auditorium spaces• Servicing, delivery and loading/off-loading areas• External Landscaping and carparking

The project is for the provision of an Advanced Manufacturing Innovation Centre (AMIC)AMIC will combine a comprehensive and collaborative regional innovation support system for the Advanced Manufacturing, Materials and Engineering sectors of Northern Irish industry, with selected niche areas of national competitiveness. AMIC will provide high quality innovation support to manufacturing and advanced engineering industry by bringing together world class academic expertise, advanced industrial practice from commercial partners and the specialist facilities needed to execute innovation R&D projects in our target industry sectors, together with supporting research, training, and technical services.The scope of work for the Project includes;• Specialist workshops, laboratory spaces, clean rooms and support spaces.• Staff office and support spaces for 150 people.• Collaborative engagement areas.• Presentation, learning and auditorium spaces.• Servicing, delivery and loading/off-loading areas.• External landscaping and carparking.The building is approximately 10,500m2 and arranged as three linear pavilions, two of which form the engineering workshop and entrance/ reception facilities. The third pavilion is arranged with specialist labs and clean rooms at ground floor with staff office workplaces arranged over at first floor. The building is steel framed with the engineering workshop and entrance pavilions as portal frames and the labs and workplace as braced boxes. The structure is carried by concrete edge beams and pad foundations with a power-floated ground floor slab. Upper floor slabs are profiled metal composite decks. The different functions of the building are given their own expression in the external envelope. Engineering workshop and entrance are clad in a Eurobond panels with a zinc rainscreen system at upper floor levels and a grc cladding to the ground floor. The workplace and labs are clad in a carrier panel with a profiled metal finish. The roof is built-up as a lightweight profiled metal, insulation and bituminous system. Plant is supported on independent structural decks arranged at roof level over the labs and workplace with the remaining two pavilions housing photovoltaic arrays. The procurement process will be a 2 Stage process and the current dates are:Stage 1 - Early Contractor Involvement 09/01/23Actions:- Inform RIBA Stage 4 Design.- Engagement with Client’s IDT as part of the Early Contractor Involvement. - Develop Target Cost with IDT.- Value Engineering.- Development a robust Programme and Methodology for Delivery. Stage 2 – Construction (Period - 21 months)- Start on Site: 26/09/23 - End on Site: 17/06/25Under this procurement the Contractor will be required to support the Client's social value objectives. Accordingly, contract performance conditions and/or award criteria may relate, in particular, to social value.