Demolition, site work, renovation and addition to an educational facility in Chicago, Illinois. Completed plans call for the addition of a 7,680-square-foot educational facility; for the renovation of a 35,426-square-foot educational facility; for site work for a educational facility; and educational facility.

As of October 16, 2024, this project has been awarded to a Construction Manager and they have released bid packages. Overall project cost is $9,500,000. From earlier solicitation: The Public Building Commission of Chicago (PBC) is issuing a Request for Proposals (RFP) for firms (including firms proposing to have a controlling interest in Joint Ventures) interested in providing Construction Management at Risk Services for the Malcolm X College West Side Learning Center Addition and Renovations Projects. ANTICIPATED CM@R BUDGET : $10,000,000 - $10,500,000 All questions regarding this contract must be submitted in writing, via email to Patricia Montenegro, Contract Officer at: patricia.montenegro@cityofchicago.org. Exstg. School Bldg. (35,426 GSF), Addition 7,680 GSF If you see corruption, fraud, waste, or dishonest practices of any kind please report it to the City of Chicago Office of Inspector General (OIG) - PBC's oversight body. Concerned employees, contractors, consultants, and members of the public may contact OIG via its independent hotline and website. Telephone Reporting: (866) IG-TIPLINE (866-448-4754). Located in the Austin community, the West Side Learning Center (WSLC), is the satellite campus of Malcolm X College, that offers courses for a two-year associate degree as well as basic and advanced certificates in Health Science career pathways. The project scope, identified as Phase-II, is anticipated to include but is not limited to a new approximately +/-7,680 sq. ft., one-story addition to an existing single-story facility intended to add an assembly hall for teaching and learning with site development. The proposed addition will include a large multi-purpose assembly hall with a dividable partition for recreational and meeting purposes, with an ideal capacity for 460 people; chair storage; catering room; men and woman toilet rooms; equipment storage; covered outdoor patio; lobby lounge and adjoining vestibule space with security control; along with a link to the existing facility at grade and basement level. The new addition project will be designed to achieve minimum target of LEED v4.0/v4.1 Silver Certification as defined by the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC). The new school building's maximum height is anticipated at +/- 23'-0" to be confirmed by further design development. Renovations within the existing 1986 facility will include systems connections from the new Addition, along with Interior mechanical and plumbing upgrades including air handling units, unit ventilators, along with electrical upgrades. Exterior renovations will include a full roof replacement and all AHU's of the existing facility. Separately, demolition scope at the link exterior wall to provide access from the new Addition at the first floor above grade. The project will also include site improvements for stormwater management infrastructure and for conformance to the landscaping ordinance. As part of instituting site BMP's [Best Management Practice], the project will retain the stormwater discharge through underground piping beneath the existing parking lot. The existing Full-Time Equivalent (FTE) is 8 and is projected to remain without impact on the project when the addition is completed. Based on the projected FTE, the site minimum parking on the zoning ratio of 3:1 is 2 min spaces, but determined by DPD for the trade school set at twenty-eight (28) automobile parking spaces. However, resurfacing of the current parking lot provides for 70 total spaces, incl. 3 ADA stalls (@ 5%). Additional site development anticipates three (3) EV-Ready stations in the parking lot and the project will include twelve (12) new bicycle racks per requirement.