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Alaska Seeks Design Team For State Capitol

Pre-submittal meeting for three-stage contest will be held Nov. 16 via conference call.

Meaghan O'Neill -- Interior Design, 11/11/2004 12:00:00 AM

The City and Borough of Juneau, Alaska is looking for a public architecture team to build its new State Capitol Building and is is making a Request for Qualifications of Lead Designers and Design Firms interested in contracting for the project. The design team will be selected through a competition.

The architecture-engineering team selection will be completed in three stages. In Stage I, interested participants will submit portfolios that establish the design capabilities of the lead designer and the design firm. A nine-member jury will then evaluate the submissions and establish a shortlist with a maximum of eight firms to participate in the next stage.

In Stage II, the short-listed firms will be asked to submit more detailed information indicating each member of the design team, including sub-consultants, and must present two site evaluation and design idea boards at a scheduled in-person interview. The jury will then narrow down its selection to a maximum of four firms, which will proceed to the next stage.

In Stage III, the remaining teams will be further evaluated in the anonymous Design Concepts competition for which an honorarium will be paid.

Lead Designers or Design Firms must register on the competition Web site in order to participate in the selection process.

A pre-submittal meeting will be held on November 16, 2004, at 2 p.m. Alaska time in the Assembly Chambers at 155 South Seward Street, Juneau, Alaska. A guided visit of the city will follow. Firms who wish to participate in the meeting may also do so via conference call. To do so, contact Tina Brown, CBJ Engineering Contracts Division, by 3 p.m. November 15. She can be reached at 907-586-0490 or tina_brown@ci.juneau.ak.us .

All submittals for Stage I must be received in sealed packages in the office of the Purchasing Division by December 1, 2004. Submittals will be time-stamped as they are received, and must be received no later than 4:30 p.m. Alaska time. Late submittals will be returned to the proposer unopened.