The call for Expressions of Interest (EOI) for the construction of two new state-of-the art facilities signals the start of the University of Wollongong’s ambitious Campus Master Plan.
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A year since the 20-year master-plan was released, UOW is now ready to kick-start the construction of the two major building projects.
The Molecular Horizons: Life Sciences Building will encompass a new five storey building with about 7000sqm of ground floor area separated across two wings.
The building will accommodate PC2 laboratories with modular, flexible and efficient ancillary spaces; Cryo-TEM and light microscopy suites; support laboratories; atmospheric chemistry and office accommodation.
‘’With the development of the Molecular Horizons building, we will be confronting some of the world’s biggest health challenges right here in Wollongong,’’ UOW Vice-Chancellor-Professor Paul Wellings said.
Centred around the revolutionary Titan Krios cryo-electron microscope, the $80 million Centre of Molecular and Life Sciences is UOW’s biggest ever self-funded research infrastructure investment.
The Social Science and Law, Humanities & the Arts project on the other-hand will contain a new four storey building of about 10,000sqm, offering state-of-the-art spaces for a variety of disciplines.
The building will be located adjacent to the campus Ring Road at the western end of campus.
It will include student performance theatres and music studios; student film & screen production space; media arts, digital design and music; academic and professional work space; specialist simulation and WHS laboratories and informal collaboration and other support spaces.
Professor Wellings said the projects will breathe fresh life into the Wollongong campus and provide students, researchers and university staff with world-class facilities.
‘’In line with the Campus Master Plan, we will be enriching the campus experience and catering for the expected growth of the university as well as the broader needs and vision of the region,’’ he said.
Tenderers must demonstrate a willingness to engage with local contractors and suppliers to deliver the project(s).
They have until November 17 to express an EOI. Search RFT UOW-787772 on the tenderlink website for details.
