The Mount Vernon City Council voted on July 13 to approve its first guaranteed maximum price package of $.6.58 million for site work and some equipment with long lead times for the Mount Vernon Police Station project.
"This first GMP (guaranteed maximum price) constitutes some early site work that's necessary to activate the site and to take advantage of the favorable summer weather. There's some scope that we need to get in the ground before the ground freezes and we can no longer work on it. And then there are three items in this GMP that are part of an early procurement strategy for items that are associated with long lead items," said Cigarette Parks, vice president of The Pizzuti Companies of Columbus, according to a video recording of the meeting. According to the same video recording, Parks said items with a long lead time include the rebar for concrete mechanical equipment, a rooftop unit and an air handling unit, and some other mechanical equipment. The generator for the building has a lead time of 39 to 40 weeks. Parks said the project needs to get in the queue for production so that the generator is available for site delivery when it is needed.
According to the video recording, Parks said the construction manager, CK Construction of Westerville, Ohio, understands that Mount Vernon has established a not-to-exceed budget number for the project. The project team, Pizzuti, CK Construction, the city, and design partners at BKV are clear on the mission, she said. A second GMP would buy out the remainder of the project.
Parks said the contractor's construction schedule assumes activating the site on July 20 to keep to that schedule, according to the video recording. They will take control of the site, establish site boundaries, set up a job trailer, and start EPA requirements and stormwater pollution prevention requirements for managing environmental site considerations. Contractors will begin working under GMP-1 to handle site demolition of an existing building and manage site balancing and leveling that is required.
According to a video recording of the meeting, Council member James Mahan said the initial $29 million project estimate has come down through value management discussions. The GMP-1 is one step in a long process, he said.
