TITLE
Title
ADULT BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CRISIS CENTER SITE WORK
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SPONSOR
Sponsor
Dan Durham (Tari Maynor-Brady)
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BACKGROUND
Background
A Construction Manager at Risk contract (#1290) was previously approved for Samet Construction for the Adult Behavioral Health Crisis Center. This contract included Exhibit A - Guaranteed Price Amendment with pricing to be determined at a later date. The construction has been split into two bid packages - one for site work and one for the building itself. Samet Construction has competitively bid the work for preparing the entire site that is comprised of the three parcels recently purchased by Guilford County at Maple Professional Park. This work includes grading the entire site, building up the lower part of the site as required for stormwater drainage, installing underground stormwater piping, installing underground building utility piping, putting in curb and gutter, and laying a base layer for the paved areas.
Based on the bids, Samet has submitted a site work Guranteed Maximum Price (GMP) of $3,495,955. This price includes a $991,388 allowance for unforeseen conditions that will be utilized as needed to remove underground debris and rock to excavate the bioretention area and prepare the ground for construction underneath the site of the two buildings and paved areas. Since this is an allowance, Samet does not guarantee this will be the maximum needed for debris removal since what will be found underground during site preparation is unknown. However, this is thought to be a sufficient allowance based on a recent geotechnical report, test pit study, and previous construction experience by Samet on adjacent lots. Guilford County will contract with ECS Carolinas to quantify the quantity and type of debris removed by Samet to ensure the accuracy of charging against this allowance. No payment will be made to Samet for debris removal without a corresponding certification from ECS Carolinas. Any unused amount ...
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