New Education Building Design Services

South Piedmont Community College is requesting Letters of Interest for architectural design services for a new two-story Education Building on its Old Charlotte Highway Campus in Monroe, North Carolina, with submissions due August 27, 2026 at 4:00 p.m. Proposing firms must be properly licensed to practice Architecture, Engineering, or Landscape Architecture in North Carolina — the qualification filter.

The scope spans advance planning through project closeout for approximately 58,000 square feet of structural steel construction. The facility will include 32-student classrooms, 24-student labs, open and private offices, reception and conference spaces, faculty and student break rooms, student lounge, cafeteria with kitchen, IT and facilities spaces, and loading dock. The selected firm will also determine optimal building location in accordance with the college's long-term facilities master planning.

The total project budget is $35 million, funded through Union County Appropriations and other sources. The Letters of Interest must not exceed ten single-sided pages or five double-sided pages and should be submitted as searchable PDFs to Erik Dagenhart, Capital Project Coordinator, at edagenhart@spcc.edu or by physical delivery to the college's Business Office.

The selection committee will evaluate firms on specialized expertise in educational facility design, past performance on similar projects, adequate staffing and proposed design team composition, current workload and state project awards, proposed design approach, recent experience with project costs and schedules, construction administration capabilities, proximity and familiarity with the Monroe area, and record of successfully completed projects without major legal or technical problems.