Having done a cursory review of the information you presented and have a couple comments. First, has the Construction Manager presented a detailed estimate for the bid packages represented here? This will be needed if the Board is to evaluate any of the bids received to make sure the bids are within the overall budget for this new school. It would also be important to know what the Construction Manager's assessment of risk for change orders are for this work and the portion of the Owner's construction contingency allocated to this work. Unsuitable soil conditions can represent water saturated soil; glacial till; buried trees; high organics in the soils; and most often in an urban setting buried house foundations and debris from years past where structures have been demolished, all having different degrees of cost associated with these unknown changed conditions.
Are the following bid packages required to complete the work scheduled, most important being structural concrete and building structure?
I haven't seen any detailed estimates on pricing - I've looked everywhere - so I think the answer is no? But I'm not 100% sure. I'm going to ask around.
The more information you reveal, the clearer it becomes that this project was ill considered and poorly researched by the Board who approved it. Are there no options to rescind the contract based on the knowingly withheld information? So much money, so little benefit, plus so much loss of green space. Sad.
Having done a cursory review of the information you presented and have a couple comments. First, has the Construction Manager presented a detailed estimate for the bid packages represented here? This will be needed if the Board is to evaluate any of the bids received to make sure the bids are within the overall budget for this new school. It would also be important to know what the Construction Manager's assessment of risk for change orders are for this work and the portion of the Owner's construction contingency allocated to this work. Unsuitable soil conditions can represent water saturated soil; glacial till; buried trees; high organics in the soils; and most often in an urban setting buried house foundations and debris from years past where structures have been demolished, all having different degrees of cost associated with these unknown changed conditions.
Are the following bid packages required to complete the work scheduled, most important being structural concrete and building structure?
I haven't seen any detailed estimates on pricing - I've looked everywhere - so I think the answer is no? But I'm not 100% sure. I'm going to ask around.
The more information you reveal, the clearer it becomes that this project was ill considered and poorly researched by the Board who approved it. Are there no options to rescind the contract based on the knowingly withheld information? So much money, so little benefit, plus so much loss of green space. Sad.