ON CALL STRUCTURAL AND FAÇADE ENGINEERING SERVICES

The University of Massachusetts is seeking a consulting firm to provide on-call structural and façade engineering services for its facilities. The selected firm will provide comprehensive structural engineering expertise, including new structural engineering, existing structures and forensics, and specialty services. The firm will work closely with the University's facilities department to provide timely and effective services. The contract will be for a period of three years, with a not-to-exceed value of $2,000,000. Some key aspects of the job include: • Developing structural solutions for major renovations and minor renovations • Performing comprehensive structural analysis and design • Providing seismic analysis and retrofit recommendations • Conducting independent structural peer reviews, value engineering, and constructability assessments • Coordinating closely with architectural, MEPFP, civil/site, geotechnical, and envelope consultants • Delivering BIM/Revit models aligned with the University's standards • Performing structural condition assessments and facade evaluations • Investigating structural distress, leakage, cracking, corrosion, material degradation, and settlement issues • Developing remedial designs, repair details, stabilization plans, temporary shoring/bracing solutions, and emergency response assessments • Implementing structural health monitoring programs • Designing anchorage and attachment for maintenance platforms and ladders • Providing construction-phase services, including submittal and shop drawing reviews, RFI responses, site observations, special inspections, change order evaluations, and punch list completion • Supporting cost estimating for structural scope at key project milestones • Preparing detailed reports, including condition and envelope assessments with prioritized recommendations, photographs, deficiency logs, risk ratings, and opinions of probable construction cost • Delivering complete design packages at concept, schematic, design development, and construction document phases, with coordinated drawings, details, and specifications • Providing signed and sealed, organized, and reproducible structural calculations • Developing BIM models in accordance with the University's standards and task-specific exchange protocols • Submitting record documents, including as-builts/redlines and closeout documentation