One contract is for the Academic Division. The other is for the Medical Center. Term contracts are used for the engagement of architecture and engineering firms to provide investigations, cost estimates, designs and related services for small capital construction projects.
Most projects completed under term contracts are renovations.
Ellerbe Becket of Washington, DC is recommended for the Medical Center contract. The Special Collections Library will be a two story underground structure located in front of Alderman Library with an above ground entrance building on the site of Miller Hall. The Committee approved architectural design guidelines on January 8, 1993. Hartman Cox, the project architect, and the Architect for the University have prepared revised guidelines to reflect the design and program changes that have occurred over the last five years. This project includes the renovation of the Science Building and the construction of a 37,000 gross square foot addition.