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Board committee recommends Schroeder Group for Pierce Middle School renovation professional services
Summary
Facilities recommended awarding Pierce Middle School renovations to the Schroeder Group; packet lists a $62.5M project budget and an estimated consultant award recorded as $22.75M (fee ~4.5% of anticipated construction bids); the committee approved forwarding the award to the full board.
The facilities and operations team presented the Pierce Middle School additions and renovation plan and recommended awarding professional services to the Schroeder Group, a firm already working on other district projects.
Presenters described an anticipated project budget of about $62,500,000 and said the consultant fee proposal is approximately 4.5% of projected construction bids. The packet and the committee motion list an estimated award figure of $22,750,000 for the professional services agreement; presenters said the figure is an estimate tied to anticipated project bids and township permitting costs. "They're currently working on Hillsdale Elementary ... they're doing a fairly good job," facilities staff said when recommending the firm.
The Property & Finance Committee voted to recommend the award to the full board for approval on the consent agenda. Board members asked clarifying questions about the scope and design process and were told additional design details will return to the board as the project proceeds through schematic design and bidding.
The committee record contains variant spellings of the consultant firm in the transcript (Schroeder/Schrader/Schrodinger in different lines) and differing numeric lines for the award estimate in committee materials; the district packet provided with the meeting was the primary source for the recommendation.
