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District recommends ICS as construction manager-as-advisor for new middle school, contract proposed at $2.3 million
Summary
Facilities staff recommended hiring ICS Consulting as construction manager-as-advisor (CMA) for the new middle-school campus; the CMA’s fee proposal totals $2,302,308 against a $2.6 million project budget and is expected to produce a construction-management plan this fall.
Unionville-Chadds Ford School District facilities officials recommended hiring ICS Consulting as the construction manager-as-advisor for the new middle-school campus, presenting a fee proposal that would total $2,302,308.
Facilities director James Weitzel told the board the CMA fee breaks down to approximately $512,006 for preconstruction work, about $1,755,556 for the construction phase and $33,003.72 for post-construction services, and said those components will support a construction-management plan to be presented in October or November. "For a total contract cost of $2,302,308," Weitzel said while reviewing the vendor proposal. He noted the district had budgeted $2.6 million for this scope, meaning the CMA proposal sits roughly 12% under that budgeted amount for the project.
Weitzel and board members discussed the CMA’s role: during preconstruction the adviser will act in an owner’s-rep capacity to review schematic design, program, budget and schedule and then provide day-to-day on-site construction oversight once work begins. Weitzel said some contract terms remain under negotiation with the district’s legal team and the vendor and that a final contract may be posted for the board’s regular meeting next week; if not, he said he would ask the board to approve a total maximum cost and allow administration to sign upon legal approval.
Board members also asked which ancillary campus elements the CMA would oversee; Weitzel said ICS will handle front-end services (design, bidding and contract setup) for tennis-court and athletic-field relocation work but the district will continue to manage on-site construction of those ancillary pieces in-house.
The district summarized several scope-reduction concepts the architect and administration have explored to control costs without sacrificing educational program space, including removal of a large central learning stair, changes to the exterior elevated seating area and grade-level reconfiguration options. Those options will be further vetted by ICS when the CMA begins work.
