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UNC - Chapel Hill Academic Affairs
https://facilities.unc.edu/resources/vendor-opportunities/

New Residence Hall 1 - Materials Testing Special Inspection
Services

Described Below

Quade T Gallagher

(984) 484-4113

quadeg@unc.edu

05/19/2026

$ 159,700,000

One-Two Sentences

The project involves two (2) new 5-story residential
dormitory buildings on adjacent sites, totaling
approximately 174,000 GSF and 734 new beds. The West
Building will be an approximately 437-bed, 104,000 GSF
residence hall to be constructed on the site of the current
campus tennis courts. The East Building will be an
approximately 297-bed, 70,000 GSF residence hall on the site
of the existing Jackson Hall. Jackson Hall is an existing
building occupying approximately 14,000 square feet on the
campus, and its removal and demolition entails the
termination of existing utilities.

Amenities for this new development will include a
centralized package center and various enclosed residential
community event spaces. The new construction will be Type
II-B construction with steel structure over concrete
foundations, concrete shear walls, elevated composite floor
deck, and exterior CFMF bearing walls. Exterior building
materials include brick veneer, storefront, curtainwall, and
metal panels.

The delivery method for the project is Construction Manager

at Risk (CMAR). The construction contract has been awarded

to LeChase Construction. The Design Team consists of Clark
Nexsen (Arch/MEP), IMEG - Lynch Mykins (Structural), McAdams
(Civil), and Surface 678 (L. Arch).

Project will be constructed in the following Work Phases:

- Demolition of Jackson Hall - Documented in Demolition
section of the contract documents, June 2026-October 2026

- Early site enablement - Documented in Volume I of the
contract documents, occurring from July 2026-March 2028

- East and West Buildings and associated site work -
Documented in Volume II of the contract documents, occurring

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Submit Letters of Interest
and Current SF-330 to:

December 2026-July 2028

The Materials Testing and Special Inspections Provider will
be responsible for Providing Special Inspections required
per the North Carolina State Building Code and as listed in
the Statement and Schedule of Special Inspections for:

- Soils

- Site retaining walls exceeding 5 feet tall

- Concrete Construction

- Masonry Construction

- Structural steel and high strength bolting

- Welding of structural steel, cold-formed steel framing
& dec
- Additionally required, will be all associated Laboratory
Testing and Materials Testing field services noted in the
Project Specifications, including but not limited to,
earthwork/grading, soils compaction, site concrete, and
asphalt testing.

Experience and Qualifications:

The University expects the Materials Testing and Special
Inspections Provider to have demonstrated experience in
providing services on similar, large higher education
buildings. The Provider must have the following experience
and qualifications:

A. At least five similar projects.

B. Proposed Team and/or Teaming Partners who will be
performing the work must have extensive inspections
experience and understanding of the design intent of the
proposed structural system.

C. A minimum of five years field experience is required, and
field personnel must be appropriately certified for each
inspection type.

D. Demonstrated experience working with and alongside the
Design Team members on prior similar projects is a plus.

E. The proposer must be licensed as an engineer or architect
in the state of North Carolina.

F. Special Inspectors performing the required testing and
inspecting shall meet the requirements in specification
014100 - Special Inspections.

(Contact Person, Name of Institution & Address)

Only electronic submissions of Letters of Interest via email
will be accepted.

Please submit Letters of Interest to:

The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Quade T Gallagher (he/him)

Facilities Planning & Design, Capital Project Management

Architect, Senior Capital Project Manager
quadeg@unc.edu

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In order to offer architectural or engineering services in response to this solicitation, the proposer must be
licensed in the State of North Carolina.

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