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Consultant outlines design‑build plan and 10% contingency for Lutec dock; concepts due March 23
Summary
Moffett & Nichol presented a design‑build approach for the Lutec dock at the March 10 assembly meeting, recommending bridging documents, a 10% contingency and a schedule that places concept submissions on March 23 with community review through April.
The Haines Borough Assembly on March 10 heard a detailed update on the Lutec dock project from consultant Paul Wallace of Moffett & Nichol and from Borough Manager Fullerton.
Wallace described the project as a design‑build delivery: the consultant will prepare “bridging documents” that set minimum performance requirements and conceptual drawings for bidders rather than producing full construction documents. “In a design build project … we’re not going to design much of anything,” Wallace said. “We’re going to help you to establish the minimum performance requirements … and put together bridging documents.”
Staff and the consultant proposed a schedule that calls for preliminary concepts to be delivered March 23, followed by community review at an assembly meeting on March 24 and a ports & harbors meeting on March 26. Fullerton proposed a dedicated assembly meeting on April 8 to evaluate concepts against established criteria and a decision point by an April 28 meeting; the consultant said more refined cost estimates (opinions of probable construction cost, OPCC) would come later and be refined as bridging documents are developed.
The staff liaison committee and Moffett & Nichol recommended a 10% contingency to account for differing site conditions and potential contract recoverables. The project team also presented candidate evaluation criteria: permitting and risk exposure (including whether existing permits can be reused), environmental effects (pile driving versus dredging tradeoffs), construction uncertainty, lifecycle maintenance costs, operational continuity and scalability, and financial considerations.
Assembly members pressed the consultant about how the borough could select a preferred concept without more detailed cost information. One member said they would struggle to choose a concept in April if refined OPCC estimates were not available until June; Wallace replied the consultant will provide high‑level cost opinions early and refine them as bridging documents are developed, aiming to give bidders adequate guidance without locking contractors into overly prescriptive specifications.
What happens next: concepts are due March 23 and will be posted for public review ahead of scheduled assembly and ports meetings; staff plans to table an evaluation and further cost refinement in April and June as bridging documents and OPCCs are produced.
— Reporting from the March 10, 2026 Haines Borough Assembly meeting.
