Title
Construction Management @ Risk Contracting Methodology - Mecklenburg County Sheriff’s Office Administrative Services Building Renovation
Action
ACTION:
Authorize the use of the Construction Management @ Risk (CM@Risk) contract methodology for the Mecklenburg County Sheriff’s Office Administrative Services Building Renovation as the best construction contracting delivery method for this project.
Staff Contact: Herb Sprott, AIA, Project Manager, Asset and Facility Management Department
Presentation: No
BACKGROUND/JUSTIFICATION:
In 2001, the General Assembly Session Law 2001-496 enacted Senate Bill 914 (revisions to G.S. 143-128), to provide construction flexibility for public entities by allowing the use, without limitation, of separate prime contracting, single prime contracting, dual bidding, construction management at risk (CM@Risk), and alternative contracting methods authorized by the State Building Commission.
Effective October 1, 2014, the NC Legislature approved revisions to Section 143-128.1, requiring the comparison of the advantages and disadvantages of the CM@Risk method; and a decision by the governing body that the CM@Risk method “is in the best interest of the project” before it can used by a public entity.
"(e) Construction Management at Risk services may be used by the public entity only after the public entity has concluded that construction management at risk services is in the best interest of the project, and the public entity has compared the advantages and disadvantages of using the construction management at risk method for a given project in lieu of the delivery methods identified in G.S. 143-128(a1) (1) through G.S. 143-128(a1) (3). The public entity may not delegate this determination."
The Asset and Facility Management Department (AFM) has developed the attached matrix comparing the traditional Design-Bid-Build contracting method to the CM@ Risk method. After comparing the advantages and disadvantages ...
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