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Council approves architecture contracts for Convention Center overhaul, highlights high MWBE participation
Summary
The council authorized design contracts for renovation components of the Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center Dallas, including the Black Academy of Arts and Letters and the Dallas Memorial Auditorium/Arena. Contracts called for tens of millions in professional services; staff and council emphasized strong MWBE participation.
The Dallas City Council on Jan. 8 approved multiple professional design contracts tied to the Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center master plan. The actions included an architecture and engineering contract for component 4 — renovation and reconstruction of the Black Academy of Arts and Letters — with KAI Alliance (d/b/a KAI Design) at a pre-negotiated design fee of $1,203,698 and total authorization not to exceed $22,261,116; the council also approved a design contract for the Dallas Memorial Auditorium/Arena (component 3) with Gensler (dba M Arthur Gensler Jr. & Associates) and related appropriation adjustments.
Council members and staff framed the approvals as key steps in a multi-year…
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