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In Vice Chairman Neuberger’s past experience, he was aware of a lot of low-bidder contracts and it seemed that almost every contract would have a change order for unforeseen circumstances. He asked how such instances would be overcome. Director Frame could not tell the Board that this project would result in no change orders, but he believed that bringing in a construction manager to participate along with the design team in the development of the final plans would greatly alleviate the opportunity of the contractor being able to say something like, “That was left out of the plans and I had no idea that that was to be included”. Typically, when bidding a project on the basis of the low bid, one of the techniques is to go through the plans and quickly detect what the architect has left out of the plans and submit the bid accordingly because that would be an area for a change order to be submitted later. Of course, there would be the possibility of an underground pipe that no one knows exists. Commissioner Lowther inquired as to the cost, and Director Frame did not know but it would be a firm and not an individual. It would be premature to guess about the cost. The plans would need to be closer to finalizing before he could speculate on the cost. Commissioner Adams thought the use of this process has been good in the past; it has save the County money, they have been able to eliminate unnecessary steps, cut the construction time down, and limit delays. The construction manager at risk is working for the County and his job is to save us time and money. The Chairman CALLED THE QUESTION and the motion carried unanimously (4-0, Chairman Ginn absent). (Approved the use of the Construction Management at Risk form of delivery for the construction of the New Administration Building and authorized staff to advertise a Request for Qualifications for such services, as recommended in the memorandum of July 28, 2004. August 10, 2004 29