MWBE Outreach Event

4.23.2025 4:00 PM

Location:

Central Carolina Community Foundation
2142 Boyce Street, Suite #402
Columbia, SC 29201

Time:
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM

Please join us on Wednesday, April 23rd, for an MWBE Outreach event regarding the University of South Carolina (USC) School of Medicine Columbia project. The session will include an overview of the project, the bid package plan, and the prequalification process.

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Anticipated Bid Packages*                                                             

09E:           Painting and wallcovering 

10A:           Wall protection 

10B:           Signage

10C:           Cubicle curtains and track 

10D:           Visual display units 

10E:           Folding panel partitions 

10F:           Operable/demountable glass partitions

10G:           Patient bed service walls

10H:           Lockers 

10J:           Toilet accessories and partitions 

11A:           Food service equipment

12A:           Window treatments 

21A:           Fire protection

*Bid packages subject to change

Project description      

The project includes a 315,000 SF building that will be the heart of the new $300 million campus and will feature innovative active-learning classrooms, extensive medical simulation spaces, a health science library, numerous labs for interdisciplinary research, and a café. There are also plans for an outdoor courtyard and garden areas. The health sciences campus is expected to transform health research and healthcare delivery in South Carolina while providing trailblazing clinical and research spaces dedicated to finding solutions for diverse health challenges throughout the State. 

     

Project partners      

USC partnered with Gilbane to lead the planning, design, development, and construction.  In addition to Gilbane Development and Gilbane Building Company, other key project team members include construction manager partners Cumming and Brownstone Construction Group, a minority-owned business, a development consultant Restoration 52, a minority- and women-owned business, and lead designer, BOUDREAUX, collaborating with The SLAM Collaborative. 

Gilbane is committed to partnering with qualified local, small, and diverse subcontractors and vendors.