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Manchester Water Works reviews design, budget and schedule for proposed administrative building and vehicle storage facility
Summary
Architects from LaValley Brunzinger and Matuszewski Architects presented a three-option design, a $20 million baseline construction estimate and a phased schedule; the AIA-form contract remains under solicitor review and will not be signed at this meeting.
Manchester Water Works commissioners heard a detailed presentation March 27 from LaValley Brunzinger and Matuszewski Architects on proposed designs and fees for a combined administrative building and vehicle-storage facility.
The presentation described three layout options and recommended a compact two-story administration block with an attached larger vehicle barn. The firms said they used a $20,000,000 midpoint construction cost as the basis for fee and budget work and proposed a phased schedule: roughly 10–12 weeks for schematic design, another 10–12 weeks for design development, procurement of a construction manager and a guaranteed maximum price (GMP) by late fall, and completion of construction documents about eight weeks after reconciliation of estimates. The presenters said construction could be bid the following March under that timeline.
Why it matters: the Water Works wants to consolidate administration, service…
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