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Board selects construction manager-at-risk delivery for bond projects after cost estimate narrows scope
Summary
Trustees heard that a 16% inflation contingency has reduced the bond scope and led staff to recommend a construction manager at risk (CMAR) delivery method; the board approved using CMAR to seek early contractor involvement and a guaranteed maximum price.
Unidentified Speaker 5 updated the board on bond planning and recommended using the construction manager at risk (CMAR) delivery method for renovations to the junior high, the field house and athletic facilities. Speaker 5 said he had met with architect Mike Boyle and principal construction contacts and that a recently cited 16% cost-inflation contingency would likely eliminate a planned sixth-grade move from the bond scope to keep the project within the district's bond capacity (described in the meeting as $26,000,000).
Speaker 5 described CMAR as a method that brings a contractor on early to help control costs and establish a guaranteed maximum price; he said the district has used CMAR in prior projects and recommended the board adopt this delivery method for the current bond work. Trustees discussed the likely remaining scope (auditorium renovations, restroom upgrades, ADA compliance work, connecting gym space, press box and athletic turf/track improvements) and asked staff to confirm permit and fee expectations with the city to better refine construction budgets.
The board moved to accept the CMAR recommendation and approved the approach by voice vote.
