Title
Receive a Status Report on the New Juvenile Hall, Project 8811.
Report
RECOMMENDATION:
It is recommended that the Capital Improvement Committee receive a status report on the New Juvenile Hall, Project 8811.
SUMMARY:
The New Juvenile Hall, Project 8811 (Project) has begun project close out of Phase I prior to transitioning the youth out of the existing facility to the newly constructed buildings. Once Phase I is completed and occupied, two original buildings will be demolished and replaced with new facilities (Phase II). Phase II is expected to be completed one year from the time it begins.
The project had an overall construction budget of $47,492,500, including a contingency budget of $4,317,500. There has been a total of $36,576,639 in construction costs to date, and the contingency has been exhausted with Phase I. This project was bid as a whole (Phase I and Phase II) so while it is technically within the overall construction budget, Phase II has not started. Also, it has been determined occupancy of Building 7 (original building retained within the boundaries of Phase I) requires work that was not included in the scope of the project.
Phase 1 has seen an extensive number of challenges with multiple change orders that include requests for additional time (Time Impact Analysis), which equates to cost both for construction and soft costs (project management). Phase I was initially scheduled to be completed in July 2018; however, it is now anticipated to be completed by December 31, 2019. Changes to scope and time are subject to negotiations, but we also need to comply with terms of the State funding (scope and timing). Even in these last stages, the Project is subject to ongoing change orders resulting in increased costs and requests for time.
County staff and our consultants (Project Team) are working diligently to keep changes to the project scope and legal requirements, knowing that this project is already overextended on time and budget....
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