Committee hears three bills to keep construction manager-at-risk and design-build options available to Missouri public owners

Committee Chairwoman Gallic and the House Committee on Economic Development on the record heard House Bills 413, 513 and 536, three related measures that would remove a statutory sunset on construction delivery options that allow public owners to use construction manager-at-risk and design-build contracting methods. The committee recorded testimony but did not take a committee vote on the bills at the hearing.

The proposals would remove a sunset provision from the enabling statute for contracting methods that permit hiring a construction manager early in design, a process proponents say helps control costs. "We're just removing some sunset," Representative David Castile said, summarizing House Bill 413 and saying the measure would keep CMAR available after the current statutory sunset. "The manager takes on the…