Title
Construction Manager at Risk (CM@R) Selection - Tuckaseegee Recreation Center
Action
ACTION:
Authorize the County Manager to negotiate terms and conditions including fees to execute a contract with the selected team/firm, Edifice Construction & All-Pro Builders, for Construction Manager at Risk Services for the Tuckaseegee Recreation Center and, in the event negotiations with the selected team/firm are unsuccessful, approve negotiations and contract execution with the alternate team/firm.
Staff Contact: Steven Wallace, AIA, Project Manager, Asset and Facility Management Department
Presentation: No
BACKGROUND/JUSTIFICATION:
A Construction Manager at Risk is needed to provide Preconstruction and Construction Management services during the design and construction phases of The Tuckaseegee Recreation Center project.
This project will involve renovating and/or reconstructing the existing Tuckaseegee Recreation Center, which was constructed in 1974. The recreation center is located within Tuckaseegee Park, a 19-acre park located in west Charlotte. The original project scope for the recreation center anticipated the inclusion of an indoor gym, multipurpose and meeting rooms, fitness rooms, locker rooms/restrooms, administrative space, and an outdoor swimming pool. It also envisioned park renovations that include improving and adding park amenities such as shelters, fields, courts, playground, fitness equipment, sprayground, and trails.
After reviewing the original scope for the project throughout community engagement and the incoming manager, a determination was made to expand the scope to add additional programming space and convert the outdoor pool into an outdoor/limited season indoor pool. The additional scope increases the cost ($35,774,444 as allocated in FY26 CIP budget vs. $55,153,275 as estimated from consultants/AFM based upon additional scope - including escalation) but does not fundamentally alter the type or nature of this construction.
PROCUREMENT BACKGROUND:
The Board of County Commissioners authorized the use of the CM@Risk Contract Methodology for the project at its August 6, 2025 meeting. A Request for Qualifications (RFQ) was advertised on August 21, 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 teams/firms followed NC General Statute 143-64.31, which prescribes a qualifications-based selection process.
Six (6) teams/firms submitted a Statement of as listed below:
Edifice Construction & All-Pro Builders
R.J. Leeper Construction & Edison Foard, A Joint Venture
Elford, Inc & Walter B. Davis Company
Metcon, Inc.
Rodgers Builders, Inc.
Wharton-Smith, Inc. & WC Construction
On October 14, 2025, a shortlist selection committee composed of staff from the Asset and Facility Management Department, Parks & Recreation, and the Office of Economic Development - Business Diversity and Inclusion Division evaluated the teams/firms and determined that three (3) teams/firms should be interviewed for the project.
On December 4, 2025, a Formal Selection Committee interviewed and evaluated the following three (3) shortlisted team/firms:
Edifice Construction & All-Pro Builders
R.J. Leeper Construction & Edison Foard, A Joint Venture
Wharton-Smith, Inc. & WC Construction
Per the Board's instructions, the Formal Selection Committee submits the following report:
SELECTION COMMITTEE MEMBERS:
Leigh Altman, County Commissioner, Vice Chair, At Large
Vilma D. Leake, County Commissioner, District 2
Dr. Leslie Johnson, County Managers Designee
Bert Lynn, Mecklenburg County Parks & Recreation, User Agency Designee
Carl Godman, General Contractor appointed by the Board of County Commissioners
Mark Hahn, AIA, Director, Asset and Facility Management Department
Based on the interviews and information provided in the written submittals, the Formal Selection Committee selected the following team/firm and alternate for the project:
Selected Team/Firm: Edifice Construction & All-Pro Builders
Alternate Team/Firm: R.J. Leeper Construction & Edison Foard, A Joint Venture
POLICY IMPACT:
N/A
FISCAL IMPACT:
Sufficient funding exists within the existing approved project budget for funds needed in FY26 and the additional funding to cover the increased scope will be added when the FY27 CIP Ordinance is adopted in June. The current CIP funding model has been updated to incorporate these additional costs and does not adversely impact funding of any other existing approved projects.