Reading School District

R eading School District Construction Manager Services Request for Qualifications January 4, 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 District 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 during construction will be logged for the District by in our ProjectMates project controls database. Our project manager will lead the effort to connect to the database and connect the contractors and design team. The database will span the project’s timeframe and contain all project documentation. There are no fees to the District for ProjectMates and an archive disk of the project is provided to the District at the end of the project. 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. During construction, our role as the CM is to help all stakeholders maintain progress, overcome challenges, and develop cost-effective solutions. We do this by documenting all facets of the work, holding all stakeholders accountable, and communicating where action is required. Our Construction Manager’s Monthly Report will document all matters related to construction and provide a narrative on project issues followed by a compilation of status reports related to project cost, QA/QC, shop drawings and RFIs, schedule, occupancy planning, change order status, safety, affirmative action & regulatory compliance, and recommendations for the work ahead. Each of these areas will be addressed on a daily basis by our on-site field representative with the results and action recorded in our ProjectMates database. As a result, Reading School District will remain in control of the project. We continuously maintain a checklist of all items required for facility start-up. This list is compiled at the beginning of the project and is used to manage the work. At the end of the project, the checklist is used to confirm that all specified items have been provided and is used as a pre-curser to the punchlist. DEI’s field representative will assemble a Project Start-up Plan and coordinate the operational testing to be conducted by the contractor’s vendors and subcontractors. We will coordinate scheduling to train the District’s maintenance staff and arrange for video-taping of the training. Prior to substantial completion, the Operation and Maintenance manuals, warrantees, and final test data is organized into a concise 5.0 DEI ’S ORGANIZED COMMISSIONING AND CLOSE-OUT PROCESS IS INVALUABLE

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