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Consideration of request by Director of Public Works to authorize staff to enter into a construction management services agreement for the renovation of the Library & City Hall facility to CG Schmidt in the amount of $69,200
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Submitted by:
David Simpson, Director of Public Works
Department
Public Works
A. Issue
The City's Capital Improvements Program (CIP) includes funding to continue with design work for the remodel and expansion of the City's Library and City Hall Complex. In order to continue onto the design and fundraising phase of this project a Request for Proposals (RFP) was issued to hire a Construction Manager for the project.
B. Background/Options
With the decision made to keep the Civic Center/Library/City Hall facility in its current location, the first step toward an eventual remodel of the facility was the completion of a feasibility study, which was completed and presented to the Committee of the Whole in early 2023. The 5-year CIP was subsequently developed and approved to include $500,000, which is intended for detailed design work through the hiring of a Construction Manager and an Architectural Design Team.
The Common Council recommended that the City hire a Construction Manager as our next step toward evaluating the feasibility of the project and utilizing Construction Management at Risk (CMaR) model is being recommended for the Library & City Hall Renovation Project. A Construction Manager is a construction professional who operates similarly to a general contractor, however, every aspect of the project is publicly bid in smaller bid packages to allow for very competitive bids from subcontractors as well as various other trade professionals. This approach has become very common and helps owners, architects, and the contracting trade to partner on projects to achieve all goals of a project while ensuring budgets are met. The City has elected to utilize a CMaR contracting approach which will ultimately transfer proje...
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