Opening of Proposals - CMc for Madison Lifestyle New Parking Garage Proj No 123-074 - Garmong

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12City of South Bend - Madison Lifestyle District Phase I Parking Garage CMc Submitted by: Garmong Construction SCHEDULING > Comprehensive planning, systematic scheduling, and careful monitoring of all elements of the work are essential to satisfying project delivery and budget requirements. Using proven techniques to plan and control all complex project activities to effectively manage the project schedule is one of the hallmarks of a Garmong project. Garmong views scheduling as an interactive process facilitated in collaboration with all project stakeholders. Schedules can only be effectively managed if all parties are collectively assembled to discuss, identify, and commit to project activities and milestones. Utilizing this approach, each project stakeholder owns responsibility for achieving the project schedule objectives. At the onset of every project, the Garmong project manager will initiate the meeting with all project stakeholders. In addition to achieving buy-in from the group, the conference’s primary purpose is to establish a master target project schedule. With the target schedule established, the working schedule is then established using the same initial criteria, then evaluated using the target schedule as the benchmark. Scheduled activities will include resource loadings and cost account information relative to each contractor’s bid package. The target schedule shall never be modified; it is the basis for the original plan and will be used to measure against that plan as the project progresses, serving as control data to evaluate performance as the project progresses. SELF-PERFORMANCE > Garmong’s philosophy on self-performance under a CMc contract focuses on the Owner’s best interest. Typically, Garmong does not play on both sides of the project and will not bid on any of the bid packages. A few reasons drive this philosophy. First, our experience suggests that managing the subcontractor market is likely more advantageous than “competing” with them, creating a more collaborative environment on the project. Clarity of our role with you, the Owner, is also key to a well-delivered project. Indeed, our capacity and talents in construction self-performance are available should the City of South Bend desire our participation or ensure proper coverage on any bid package where the marketplace may not be sufficient. In closing, this would be carefully considered only if the project team and the City of South Bend conclude it is in the project’s best interest. CONTINGENCIES> In projects of similar size and delivery to this project, we would expect to see two types of contingency: Design Contingency and Construction Contingency. Design Contingency would be carried by the City of South Bend and would be used for additions in scope to the project not foreseen during the design phase. Construction Contingency, however, would be held by Garmong and would be used for unforeseen gaps in scope due to unclear details on drawings, minor changes that might be made during construction, etc. Construction contingency can vary as the project goes through the design phase, becoming more narrowed as the design gets more detailed. The level of development at each design phase is critical to the refinement of the contingency amount, and each stage can yield different results depending on the design team involved. At each interval in the design phase, and based on our experience and GMP development of similar projects, we would anticipate the following construction contingency amounts for this project: Schematic Design: 7% - 10% Design Development: 5% - 7% Construction Documents: 3% - 5% PROJECT APPROACH