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AUG 2 2 <br />BOOK <br />.77 <br />65 <br />comfortable with <br />the estimates that have been provided <br />at <br />this <br />point in time as it is very close to the amount we have budgeted. <br />By the same token, the architect is looking at bidding several <br />alternate portions in the contract in the event the bids were to <br />come in in excess of what we have budgeted so that we would have <br />some deducts. <br />Commissioner Bird felt it was very good that they did come <br />in that way, but unfortunately, in our other situation we had an <br />architect who also estimated that the cost was going to come in <br />at budget, but the actual bids came in at considerably more, <br />except for the one from the firm that miscalculated. <br />Commissioner Eggert advised that they have run the entire <br />project through an independent estimator. <br />Commissioner Bird suggested that on larger construction <br />projects like this that somehow the plans and specs be made <br />available to local contractors who do this everyday, because he <br />believed they really could give some good advice on cost cutting. <br />John Howell of Dow, Howell, Gilmore & Associates, Inc. <br />advised that as late as last week, they took the completed <br />drawings to one of their consultants, and he agreed with the cost <br />and said that the cost is tight, but doable. So, they knew that <br />going in, and they still feel that they are there. He noted that <br />at the very beginning when they were told that the cost per <br />square foot was going to be $70, they were very concerned about <br />that unit price. They were able to get it up to $75 per sq. ft., <br />but the average square foot cost for libraries is currently <br />running somewhere in the high $80s. <br />Referring to the final plans and a scaled model of the <br />facility, Mr. Howell noted that the glass is single pane and they <br />budgeted $15 per square foot just for the glass. The window <br />sections have been designed to take gusts of hurricane winds of <br />up to 120 mph. It is not designed to take a flying palm tree, <br />however. The glass is protected by the eave of the roof, and <br />they have specified a solar reflective glass. <br />20 <br />