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Committee backs pilot allowing construction‑manager‑at‑risk contracting for public projects above $15 million
Summary
The Committee on Government Organization voted to report Committee Substitute for Committee Substitute for Senate Bill 5 87 to the full Senate with a recommendation that it do pass.
The Committee on Government Organization voted to report a committee substitute for Committee Substitute for Senate Bill 5 87 to the full Senate with a recommendation that it do pass.
The bill would authorize state and local public entities to use construction‑manager‑at‑risk, or CMAR, contracting on public construction projects with estimated costs greater than $15,000,000. Under CMAR, a construction manager is engaged during the design phase as a consultant and later serves as the contractor that assumes responsibility to deliver the project at the contracted price.
Why it matters: the bill is pitched as a pilot intended to…
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