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Overcash·Demmitt Architects July 30, 1998 Carillon 227 Wesl frade Slree[ Suile 2060 C, harlotte, NC 28202 Telephone 704/332/1615 Fax 704/332/0117 Cabarrus County Manager's Office Post Office Box 707 Concord, North Carolina 28026 Attention: Mr. John D. Day, Budget Director Re: Fleet Maintenance Facility - ODA 1088 Dear John: As you kno~v, the bids for the construction of the fleet maintenance facility were received and opened on July 16, 1998. Southern Constructors Incorporated of Mooresville, N.C. submitted the lo,vest bid of $435,900.00. The three bid alternates add another S8,800.00 for a total project bid cost of $444,700.00. This cost provides the county ~vith a new facility. Overcash-Demmitt Architects prepared a "Preliminary Statement of Probable Construction Cost" in the fall of 1997 as part of the future land use options at the General Service Facility. The estimated cost for the relocation of the maintenance building was listed as S250,000.00. This number was proposed based on the complete relocation of the entire existing structure with its plumbing, mechanical and electrical contents intact and the existing metal wash bay. I had also indicated at that time that an entirely new facility would cost approx. S500,000.00. No detailed research was done at that time as to what service equipment might need to be replaced or added to the future fleet maintenance facility. Nor was a predesign meeting held to determine what changes might occur with the facility use. A new geotechnical foundation investigation for that area was not done until January of this year to test the soil capacity. At that early time, everyone involved indicated that only a simple relocation was necessary. When the project began to take shape this spring, the detailed research xvas done in order to develop the bid documents for the project. The following items changed as ~ve progressed: 1. The sanitary sewer for the building could not be run into the nearest manhole structure. The final elevation of the building is equal to the nearest pipe invert which is too high. Therefore, the sewer line must travel a longer distance to a lower pipe invert structure. 2. One of the existing coiling doors needed to be replaced and front windows were added. 3. Since the mezzanine space was being eliminated, the orientation of the existing plan was switched to better accommodate the daily functions of the mechanics. The existing wash bay was to be converted into a ne~v office space, but the existing wash bay shed roof was