Architect & Engineering Firms Selected for USC Research Campus - 19 Area Businesses Awarded Contracts to Design First Phase

The University of South Carolina has announced five principal architect and engineering firms chosen to design phase one of the university's 200-acre Innovista. Of the firms selected, three are from the Columbia area. The companies include:

• The Boudreaux Group of Columbia, SC, selected to design the Horizon Block's parking deck;
• The LPA Group of Columbia, SC, selected to design the Biomedical Block's parking deck;
• Watson Tate Savory Architects, Inc., of Columbia, SC, selected to design the Horizon Center's research building;
• Jenkins Peer Architects of Charlotte, NC, selected to design the Biomedical Block's research building; and,
• Little Diversified Architectural Consulting of Charlotte, NC, selected to design the Public Health Block's research building.

Each of the five firms will work with their own team of sub-consultants to design each project such that all should be completed by mid 2007. All five will also work in concert with the university's master planner, Sasaki Associates, Boston, to ensure the five structures meet pre-established guidelines and criteria for the Innovista.

Upon making the announcement, USC President Dr. Andrew Sorensen, said, We are pleased to have had such a large number of responses. These are truly world class companies and the fact that we had such a range of firms to submit, many of whom are from central South Carolina, exceeded even our own expectations.

Dr. Harris Pastides, Vice President for Research and the Division of Health Sciences, added, From the outset, we have committed to identifying the best ideas and approaches with which to create a quality, livable campus for researchers and students alike. The look and feel of the buildings should be no different. We are confident that this process will yield designs that will be a long-lasting testament to the vision of the USC Innovista.

Rick Kelly, Vice President and Chief Financial Officer and President of the USC Innovista Foundation, said, This is only the first step in the selection process for phase one of the Innovista. The next step will be the selection of the construction manager-at-risk firms which will oversee the construction of all projects.

In addition to the five principal firms, some 40 sub-consultants were also selected to participate in the designing and planning of the Innovista infrastructure and support facilities. Almost half of these companies were from the Midlands.

Those are as follows:

With The Boudreaux Group acting as principal architect, for the Horizon Center's parking deck, sub-consultants include:

• Flad & Associates, Raleigh, NC (Associate Architect).
• Grimball-Cotterill, Columbia, SC (Landscape Arch).
• Swygert & Associates, Columbia, SC (Mechanical & Fire).
• Affiliated Engineers, Inc., Chapel Hill, NC (Mechanical & Lab Design / LEED Energy Modeling)
• Johnson & King Consulting Engineers, Columbia, SC (Structural).
• Belka Engineering, Columbia, SC (Electrical).
• Waveguide Consulting, Atlanta, GA (Acoustics, Data/Telecom Design).
• Rowan Williams Davies & Irwin Inc., Guelph, OT, Canada (Microclimate Consultant).
• Mulford Cost Management, Wilmington, NC (Cost Cons).
• Jaffe Holden Acoustics, Inc., Norwalk, CTt (Acoustical Consultants).

With The LPA Group acting as principal architect, for the Biomedical Block's parking garage, sub-consultants include:

• Quackenbush Architects + Planners, Columbia, SC (Programming and SD).
• SRS Engineering, Columbia, SC (Traffic).
• Grimball-Cotterill & Assoc, Columbia, SC (Landscape).
• Parking Planners, Austin, TX (Programming and Conceptual).
• Klinar Engineering, Columbia, SC (Structural).
• Buford Goff & Assoc, Columbia, SC (MEP and Fire).
• CASE Consulting, Columbia, SC (Construction Serv).
• Alliance Consulting Engineering, Columbia, SC (Civil).

With Watson Tate Savory Architects, Inc. acting as principal architect, for the Horizon Center's research building, sub-consultants include:

• B.P. Barber & Associates, Columbia, SC (Civil, Survey & Utility Engineering).
• Uzun & Case Engineers, Atlanta, GA (Structural Engineering).
• SSOE, Inc., Toledo, OH (MEP).
• Mechanical Design, Columbia, SC (Mechanical Eng).
• SST Planners, Arlington, VA (Lab Consultants).
• Southern Parking Consultants, Marietta, GA (Parking Consultant).
• The Epsten Group, Atlanta, GA (LEED Consultant).
• Edaw, Atlanta, GA (Master Plan & Lands Consultant).
• Aiken Cost Consultants, Greenville, SC (Cost Consultant).

With Jenkins Peer Architects acting as principal architect, for the Biomedical Block's research building, sub-consultants include:

• Derrick & Dunlap Architects, Columbia, SC (Design Support, Permitting Coord & CA).
• GPR Planners Cooperative, Purchase, NY (Laboratory, Programming, Planning & Design).
• RMF Engineering, Mt. Pleasant, SC (MEP and Fire Protection).
• B.P. Barber & Associates, Columbia, SC (Civil, Survey +Topo, Subsurface Utility).
• Kyzer & Timmerman, West Columbia, SC (Structural).
• S&ME, Inc., Columbia, SC (Geotechnical, Site/Bldg Testing, Special Inspections).
• Walker Parking Associates, Kennesaw, GA (Parking Consultant).
• Richard M. Rutherford & Associates, Charlotte, NC (Cost Consultant).

With Little Diversified Architectural Consulting acting as principal architect for the Public Health Block's research building, sub-consultants include:

• Architectural Resources Cambridge, Inc., Cambridge, MA (Design/Lab Programming & Planner).
• Newcomb & Boyd, Atlanta, GA (MEP Engineering).
• RB Todd & Associates, Columbia, SC (Civil).
• Hanscomb Faithful & Gould, Atlanta, GA (Cost Estimating).