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r ®EC 18 1990 NOGR ►P� F'1�E .�� I benefit of this approach is time. He has heard a timeframe of 1994 for completion for this project. Volusia County's Justice Center, a very similar project of 80,000 sq. ft., was a 14 month design and construction schedule. It was Mr. Balz' recommenda- tion that the Board give some consideration to combining the roll of the Program Manager and the benefits of Design -Build into a process that will deliver the project in a timely fashion with a minimum of project stress and at a competitive cost. Commissioner Scurlock asked if staff has analyzed this, and Administrator Chandler stated that in the 2 years he has been here, he does not know of any particular issue that we have looked at more closely. Staff has talked to very many firms and counties about this in the last 18 months, and to try to get an unbiased view, they even pulled in the University of Florida Department of Engineering. The bottom line is that staff feels we can best be represented by going the Program Management route. They like the idea of more checks and balances. As to the timeframe of 1994, it is hoped that once we get into this we can improve that schedule. We have a Construction Manager on the 4 projects we currently have ongoing, and on all 4 of those projects, we are on schedule, within budget, and with change orders minimized. The Administrator stressed that staff feels our best interest is represented by the checks and balances of Program/Construction Management. Commissioner Wheeler confirmed that we have spent a lot of hours on this. He noted that he did go to Volusia County, and he agreed that Haskell did an outstanding job up there. He does agree that under certain conditions Design -Build has its advantages, but at this point, he still prefers the Construction Manager concept for us. Clerk Jeff Barton asked if it is his understanding of the Motion on the floor that now we would be going out for RFPs for both a project manager and architectural services. Administrator Chandler stated that was correct and advised that the plan is to release RFPs for Construction Manager in early January and then a few weeks later, the.RFPs for the architect. He assured the Clerk that we want to expedite both. Clerk Barton wished to know when they were anticipating having the contracts approved, and Administrator Chandler felt, 54 s