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Discussion of issues relating to the Construction Manager At Risk process and schedule for the Jimmy Burke Activity Center.
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The City has historically utilized the traditional competitive bidding process for construction projects commonly referred to as the "Design - Bid - Build" process. Until the May 2019 City Charter election, the Charter provided competitive bidding as the exclusive method for construction delivery. The May 2019 Charter election amended the City Charter to allow other construction procurement methods that are permissible under State law.
One of these methods is the Construction Manager-at-Risk (CMAR) method, which is a delivery method by which a governmental entity contracts with an architect or engineer for design and construction phase services and contracts separately with a construction manager-at-risk to serve as the general contractor and to provide consultation during the design and construction, rehabilitation, alteration, or repair of a facility.
The traditional Competitive Bidding method can work well when complexity is minimal, the schedule is important, but not critical, and the project has an average degree of difficulty. However, on projects that are complex and when the schedule is critical, as is the case in the new Community/Recreation Center project, the CMAR is the preferred method. The City is currently working through its first CMAR project, Community/Recreation Center, and the process has been advantageous for the City.
For these reasons, the City selected the CMAR method as the most appropriate construction procurement delivery method, which provides the best value for the new Jimmy Burke Activity Center. Normally a two-step process, the City chose to expedite the process and utilize the one step process instead. Under this method, the City selects the architect and then separately select the CMAR through a one-step process as follows:
Step 1, Issue a Request for Proposals (RFP).
On April 11, 2...
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