Title
Construction Manager at Risk (CM@R) Selection - 7th & College Street Parking Deck
Action
ACTION:
Authorize the County Manager to negotiate terms and conditions including fees to execute a contract with the selected firm, Gilbane Building Company, for Construction Manager at Risk Services for the 7th & College Street Parking Deck and, in the event negotiations with the selected firm are unsuccessful, approve negotiations and contract execution with the alternate firm.
Staff Contact: Steven Wallace, AIA, Project Manager, Asset and Facility Management Department
Presentation: No
BACKGROUND/JUSTIFICATION:
This project is for the construction of a parking deck located at 7th & College Street. Construction Manager is needed to provide Preconstruction and Construction Management services during the design and construction phases of the project. The approximate 250-space parking deck is needed to provide parking for employees and the public using the New Main Library and Spirit Square theaters once the construction and renovation of those facilities is complete.
PROCUREMENT BACKGROUND:
The Board of County Commissioners authorized the use of CM@Risk Contract Methodology for the project at its May 6, 2025 meeting. A Request for Qualifications (RFQ) was advertised on May 8, 2025, in the Charlotte Observer, the Charlotte Post, The Greater Diversity News and the State of North Carolina Electronic Vendor Portal (eVP) web site. The selection of the CM@Risk firms followed NC General Statute 143-64.31, which prescribes a qualifications-based selection process.
Eleven (11) teams/firms listed below submitted a Statement of Qualifications expressing an interest in the project:
Balfour Beatty - RJ Leeper A Joint Venture
James G. Davis Construction Corporation
Edifice, LLC
Gilbane Building Company
JE Dunn Construction Company
LeChase & SGS
McFarland Construction & Clancy & Theys, A Joint Venture
New Atlantic
Rodgers Builders
Samet & Gilgeous Construction, A Joint Venture
Swinerton & D.A. Everett, A Joint Venture
On June 30, 2025, a shortlist selection committee composed of staff from the Asset and Facility Management Department and the Office of Economic Development - Business Diversity and Inclusion Division evaluated the firms and determined that three (3) firms should be interviewed for the project.
On July 25, 2025, a Formal Selection Committee interviewed and evaluated the following three (3) shortlisted firms:
LeChase & SGS
Gilbane Building Company
Rodgers Builders, Inc.
Per the Board's instructions, the Formal Selection Committee submits the following report:
SELECTION COMMITTEE MEMBERS:
Leigh Altman, County Commissioner, At Large
Yvette Townsend-Ingram, County Commissioner, At Large
Jamila Davis, Director, Business Diversity & Inclusion Program (County Manager’s Designee)
David Dillard, Mecklenburg County Library Representative
Carl Godman, General Contractor appointed by the Board of County Commissioners
Mark Hahn, AIA, Director, Asset and Facility Management Department (AFM)
Based on the interviews and information provided in the written submittals, the Formal Selection Committee selected the following firm and alternate for the project:
Selected Firm: Gilbane Building Company
Alternate Firm: Rodgers Builders
POLICY IMPACT:
N/A
FISCAL IMPACT:
N/A