Explanation
BACKGROUND: This legislation authorizes the Finance and Management Director to enter into a contract on behalf of the Office of Construction Management with Schooley Caldwell and Associates for professional architectural and engineering consulting services for the new Front and Long Street building.
The scope of work for this project will include design of a new building to be constructed approximately where 109 North Front currently stands. The goal of this project is to develop and enhance the cohesiveness, functionality, flexibility, sustainability, durability, and accessibility of the City Hall Campus. The design will incorporate a LEED (Leadership in Environmental and Energy Design) certified rating. By following LEED requirements the City wants to establish benchmarks for design, construction and operation of high performance buildings.
The scope of the work shall include, but is not limited to master planning, design, engineering, contract administration services, LEED certification program management services, and other related design and consulting services for the new building. The size of this building, though not fully known at this time, is approximately five stories and approximately 130,000 gross square feet. The first two levels, possibly one underground and one above, will be for parking vehicles. Schooley Caldwell and Associates is to provide all surveys and boring locations, utilities design, structural, mechanical, electrical, floor plans, parking, landscaping, site work, and Building Department plan review.
The selection of the vendor for professional consulting services is in accordance with the competitive bidding provisions of the Columbus City Code. Requests for Statements and Qualifications were sent out and nine responses were received (0 FBE, *1 MBE, ^ASN): NBBJ, Mecham & Apel Architects, Inc., *Moody Nolan, Inc., Adonai, Jerome Scott, ^Star Consultants, Schooley Caldwell, and Richard Fleischman. Schooley Caldwell ...
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