Reading School District

R eading School District Construction Manager Services Request for Qualifications January 4, 2022

DEI is currently in the construction phase of Upper Dublin’s Sandy Run Middle School, Northampton’s Area Lehigh Elementary School, Avon Grove’s High School, Lower Moreland’s New High School, Colonial’s Middle School, Council Rock’s Hillcrest and Sol Feinstone ES, Wissahickon’s Stoney Creek ES, and Easton Area School District’s Palmer ES, all of which involve new or renovated buildings on sites requiring phasing plans. We would be happy to show you first-hand the strategies that we would implement to provide the District with successful implementation of its school project.

3.0 BIDDING PHASE SERVICES DEI ’S BIDDING STRATEGIES OFFER YOU COST FLEXIBILITY AND INCREASE COMPETITION

DEI’s knowledge of the Separations Act (multiple primes), prevailing wages, insurance, bonds, steel procurement act, and numerous other public bid requirements, as well as our strategies for contractor qualifications and District-risk reduction, are all incorporated into a thorough and complete set of bid documents. We will manage and oversee the entire bid process including pre- construction conference, site visits and response to contractors’ questions to provide a fair and competitive bid process that will result in savings to the District. Our approach of clear, concise, and complete documentation is the key to developing the bid packages and to provide the most efficient assignments resulting in costs savings for the District.

Bid packages are developed during design and value engineering. This is when DEI’s wealth of experience is utilized to assign the scope of work to the contractor who can most efficiently perform the work. DEI proactively ensures there is clear coordination and integration of the trades. We provide specification sections such as “Summary of Multiple Primes”, “Project Coordination”, and “Temporary Facilities” that are customized specifically for your project to provide the most cost-effective project delivery. Finally, we have incorporated strategies in our project documents and requirements to combat the challenges of the post pandemic economy. Labor and supply chain issues and worker health and safety have plagued projects in the past 2 years. DEI, fortunately has been able to complete projects on time and under budget by using proactive efforts. We look forward to sharing these strategies with Reading.

4.0 CONSTRUCTION PHASE DEI SAVES THE DISTRICT MONEY BY KEEPING YOU IN CONTROL OF THE WORK

With contracts successfully executed, it is time for our field representatives to hit the ground running and put into action all that we have planned. Upon contract execution, DEI will conduct a pre-construction conference to formally establish lines of communication, determine the project meeting schedule, and coordinate the preparation of the site for work. We advocate the use of pre-installation conferences with the contractors and the materials testing agent to plan the work.

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