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May 18, 2006 - Recessed Meeting Page 615 Exhibit J Exhibit K Exhibit L Project Construction Schedule Critical Milestone Dates General Conditions Mr. Gass explained that the proposed Amendment #1 was for the Annex, the site work and the tunnel. Mr. Day distributed a revised Amendment #1, which he stated had been prepared earlier this date by the County's construction attorney. This Amendment replaced the standard AlA document that was included as Exhibit B in the notebook. Cam Mullins, Estimator with Turner Construction, reviewed the Executive Summary, which detailed the various components of Amendment #1. The total of Amendment #1 was $14,836,546.00, including the four percent contingency. He also reviewed the General Conditions and Fee Analysis Summary. The anticipated proj ect total for Amendment #1 and Amendment #2 (Detention and Sheriff's Building) was $70,067,176.00 with the total Project General Conditions and Fee anticipated at $9,334,863.00. He stated this was 15.37 percent of direct work cost for the entire project and below the average of 15.52 percent. Further, Mr. Mullins reviewed the Basis of the Estimate, which included a listing of proposed subcontractors along with information about payment and performance bonds, insurance, etc. He reviewed the Project Summary that provided a break-down by the different trades, the "Estimating Scope Sheet" for each of the components and the final adjusted total for each of the scopes. He also explained the "exposure hold" of $150,000.00 that was included for both the masonry and mechanical scopes due to the low bids that were received for those two scopes. Mr. Mullins reviewed the list of the 18 proposed subcontractors, including the following ones from the Concord area: Roofing: Mitex Roofing, Inc., Kannapolis Window Systems: Cabarrus Glass Company, Inc., Concord Drywall & Flooring: Bonitz Contracting Company, Concord Electrical (Including Security Electronics): Adams Electric Company, Concord Fire Protection: Carolina Fire Control, Inc., Concord Sitework: Greenworks of the Carolinas, Inc., Concord Mr. Mullins continued review of the various exhibits, including the List of Allowances, List of Documents and the RFI Responses (answers by the architects to various questions that had arisen during the bidding process) . Mr. Gass described the Annex, the entrance to the tunnel retaining wall that will run the length of the project and serve as a wall. He stated Hall Contracting was preparing to mobilize on Monday sitework pending the Board's approval. The first work will include control measures and minor demolition along with the security fencing. and the support for the erosion Richard Koch, Acting County Attorney, arrived at 8:00 p.m. and was present for the remainder of the meeting. Mr. Gass reviewed the preliminary project construction schedule and explained the timing of the various components of construction, including the scheduling of the tunnel work to limit the time of the street closure. He stated the schedule will be updated weekly with completion of the Annex scheduled in July 2007. Further, Mr. Gass stated it was anticipated that Amendment #2 would be brought to the Board in August with a tentative completion date of October 2008 for the entire project. Glenn Ware of Ware Bonsall Architects discussed Exhibit L, General Conditions, and explained the third party review that had been completed by Faithful Gould. He stated Faithful Gould's initial conclusion was that the items were consistent with industry standards for a GMP project of that size. However, the company had identified some reductions in the general conditions for the GMP. Most of those items were associated with the initial phase involving the construction of the Annex. commissioner Privette questioned the need to build the Annex as he stated that facility and the Detention Center would be under construction at the same time. He said the Annex was originally planned to alleviate overcrowding of the jail. Chairman Carruth stated there was about an 18-month difference in the completion time for the Annex and the Detention Center.