Interested Bidders
Barton Malow Builders is the construction manager at-risk for the University of Virginia School of Data Science and Entrepreneurship, a new five-story building with a mechanical penthouse on UVA’s Main Grounds. The building is roughly 63,000 gross square feet and combines computational research space, classrooms, offices, and UVA Innovates, the University’s entrepreneurship hub. A pedestrian bridge at Levels 2 and 3 connects the new building to the existing SDS-1 building. The structure is composite steel floor framing with full-height moment frames and penthouse braced frames.
The structural steel package is being procured as a design assist package. We are asking the selected bidder to work with Barton Malow Builders and the design team to finalize member sizing based on what the mills can supply to meet the project schedule, so the design reflects industry availability before the order is placed. Decking is also included in this early release given its lead time.
The schedule is built around placing the steel mill order before Thanksgiving. Bid scopes will be issued via addendum the week of October 19, with bids due November 6. Construction anticipated Spring 2027 - Spring 2029.