Montgomery County Intermediate Unit 23

MCIU 23 Construction Manager Services Request for Proposal August 2 nd , 2022

In working with the contractor, we collect the Site Specific Safety Program, collect and review the permits, bonds and insurance issued for the project, and review the Soil Erosion and Sediment Control Plan for the work. Each of these documents typically requires a review of site-specific issues. We will perform this review and schedule meetings or teleconferences as required to assist the contractor and the Owner in resolving any open issues. Additionally, initial discussions and goals related to labor relations and affirmative action will be conducted to ensure that goals for the project are clearly understood and that the performance baseline is recorded.

Prior to mobilization, we will work with the contractor on a site-specific site utilization and security plan. All our projects employ similar plans to establish site security, properly install erosion and sediment control BMPs, create parking, staging and office space for construction, and establish efficient traffic avenues. Working on these plans and issues as early as possible eliminates issues later. All these documents and discussions throughout construction will be documented for the MCIU by DEI in our web based ProjectMates project controls database. Our project manager will lead the effort to connect to the database and train any personnel who are not already familiar with the software. This database will span the project’s timeframe and contain all project documentation. There are no fees to the Owner for the implementation of ProjectMates, and an archive disk of the entire database is provided to the Owner at the end of the project at no additional cost. The archive can be accessed without the use of proprietary software or special training. It is essentially a complete “as-built” of all project correspondence.

Prior to the start of construction, we will obtain and review the Contractor’s milestone and as-planned Construction Phase CPM schedules, the Schedule of Values for progress payments, and the contractor shop drawing schedule. Our review will include a comprehensive examination to ensure that all activities have appropriate logic ties and reasonable durations, the critical path appears appropriate and meets the specified construction milestones, and that shop drawings and material delivery timeframes are appropriately connected to the construction sequence. The goal of this review is to give the Owner confidence that the schedule is realistic and achievable. Likewise, during our review of the contractors’ Schedule of Values, using the cost-loaded schedule, we can plot early and late cash flow curves to help the Owner understand the projected payment schedule, to identify if the schedule is properly loaded, and that payments are not projected to be earlier than scheduled progress in the field.

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