The city issued a permit April 25 for the Jacksonville Jaguars’ $43.13 million “Stadium of the Future” project known as IFC #2B.
The AECOM Hunt Construction + Barton Malow joint venture is the construction manager.
It is part of the work in progress on the $1.4 billion renovation of EverBank Stadium, having begun after the 2024 NFL season.
The Jaguars sought bids for Bid Package IFC #2B for “underground & blindside waterproofing, expansion joints, and vertical transportation.”
The permit application describes the work as structural cast-in-place up to the main concourse; select division sections and sheet waterproofing; and a major electrical underground duct bank, which is an underground reinforced container used for laying utility lines such as electric and telecommunication cables.
The city of Jacksonville owns the stadium and leases it to the Jaguars.
The structure at 1 EverBank Stadium Drive anchors the Sports & Entertainment District on the eastern edge of Downtown.
Work underway
Renovations on the 30-year-old EverBank Stadium are scheduled for completion in time for the 2028 NFL season.
The team’s timeline called for the stadium construction to begin in February 2025.
The Jaguars intend to play at the stadium at a reduced seating capacity in 2025 and 2026 and move to another venue in 2027.
The Jaguars say at jaguars.com/stadiumofthefuture/employment that requests for prequalification and bidding documents can be sent to MJ Fratianni at [email protected].
The Requests for Proposals awarded to date are:
• Architect: HOK
• Construction manager: AECOM Hunt + Barton Malow
• Geotech: Langan
• Survey: ETM
• Phase 1 environmental: Terracon Consultants
• Project management services: IMPACT Development Management
• Technology services: ME Engineers
• Cost consultant: Ridder Levett Bucknall
• Insurance broker: Gallagher
• Structural connection design: W.P. Moore
The Jaguars say on the website that it and the city of Jacksonville will partner with qualified businesses on service needs.
It says requests for proposals and bid packages will be advertised in accordance with the procurement code of the city.
“The Jaguars are committed to maximizing opportunities to work with local businesses on various development, projects, including the Stadium of the Future, by working with the City of Jacksonville’s Small & Emerging Business Division (JSEB). Interested companies should become certified with the JSEB office.”
It links to the jseb.jacksonville.gov site.
Bid packages
Jaguars Director of Business Communications Lyndsay Rossman said Nov. 6 two bid packages were expected to be out in November and December for 24 total scopes of work for major construction work.
The first, Bid Package IFC #2A, comprised six scopes of work from demolition to concrete foundations.
IFC is “Issuance for Construction,” basically the designs, drawings or documents for the services/scopes.
Bid Package IFC #2B included 18 scopes of work, such as precast concrete, structural steel, building steel, fire protection, plumbing, AV and video production.
Rossman said that the Jaguars are handling all bid negotiations for the Stadium of the Future.
She said Stadium of the Future awardee information is at the jaguars.com/stadiumofthefuture/employment site, which is also where RFP/bid packages are hosted.
Deal approved
The NFL owners’ group gave final approval Oct. 15 to the Jaguars’ deal with the city. The Jaguars lease the stadium from the city, which owns it.
The owners’ vote allowed the team to proceed toward remaking EverBank Stadium by the 2028 season with such features as a partial roof cover, expanded and elevated concourses, a park-like entrance, corner openings to improve airflow and a reflective outer coating designed to reduce interior heat.
Jacksonville City Council finalized a deal June 25 to modernize the stadium and keep the team in it for 30 years.
Contained in Ordinance 2024-0904, the deal includes $775 million in public funding from the city of Jacksonville and $625 million from the team.
The $1.45 billion package of legislation included funding for the stadium’s makeover, a 30-year lease, a nonrelocation agreement and $56 million in spending on riverfront parks and the stadium-adjacent flex field.
Stadium renovation groundwork has been ongoing for months.
The city issued a permit Dec. 10 to AECOM Hunt + Barton Malow for test piles around the foundation as the city reviewed another permit application for a $78 million project for foundation work at the stadium.
That larger project covers the partial demolition of the existing structure for construction of the foundations and structural elements embedded into the foundations.
Those include piles, pile caps, grade beams, cast-in-place walls, strip footings, steel reinforcing dowels, anchor rods and other structural elements that will be embedded into the foundations.