91ÊÓÆµ Staff//September 14, 2009//
Bid Date/Time: Oct. 8, 2009, 2 p.m.
The project consists of the construction of the new Cheryl Ramberg Ford & Allyn Ford Alumni Center on the University of Oregon campus on East 13th Avenue in Eugene. The arena and parking structure projects will be under construction concurrently, on the same site, under separate contracts. The alumni center is over the parking structure and is wholly supported by it.
The 60,000-square-foot center will provide event and gathering space for alumni, campus activities and the community. Amenities will include a welcoming lobby and lounge, conference rooms, a boardroom, a ballroom, and multi-purpose gathering spaces to ensure broad and varied use. The office space will house 150 members of the UO advancement team. This modern space will provide every advantage to foster the important connections between the university and friends and supporters.
A non-mandatory pre-bid meeting will be held on Wednesday at 1 p.m. in the Fir Room of the university’s Erb Memorial Union. The estimated cost of the project is $23 million.