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San Rafael council authorizes progressive design'build approach and PLA talks for $105M Measure P library project
Summary
Councilors directed staff to pursue a progressive design'build procurement and begin project labor agreement negotiations for a proposed 50,000'sq'ft Measure P library and community center with a program target budget of $105,000,000; labor representatives urged inclusion in PLA talks and staff said local hiring goals can be included.
San Rafael's City Council on April 6 authorized staff to pursue a progressive design'build delivery method and to initiate negotiations on a project labor agreement (PLA) for the Measure P-funded new main library and community center project.
Staff and consultants described a programmatic target of a 50,000 square'foot shared building with about 32,000 square feet of outdoor program space and a program'level target budget of $105,000,000, which the team called a preliminary estimate to be validated during preconstruction. "Through the work we've done heretofore, at this point, we've derived a target budget, which is a $105,000,000," Griffin Structures' Gary Chubb said.
City staff recommended a progressive design'build approach — sometimes called…
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