Module 6 – Detailed Design

Design Development, Construction Documentation, and Bidding:  The District and its team continue to advance the project and the MSBA continues to monitor the project to ensure it remains on track and meets the expectation of both the District and the MSBA as defined in the Project Funding Agreement.  In general terms, the MSBA ensures that the project team works within the requirements contained in the MSBA’s Base Contracts and Base Contract Amendments for OPM and Designer Services.  Additionally, the MSBA assigns a Commissioning Agent to the project who facilitates an intensive quality assurance process and ensures that the new or renovated building operates efficiently and as the owner intended.  Specifically, the District and its team generate construction documents which are reviewed by the MSBA in accordance with the requirements prescribed in the above-mentioned contracts.
 
The MSBA monitors the projects against the total project budget throughout the Design Development, Construction Documentation, and Bidding Phases using the MSBA’s Cost Estimate Comparison Form, which must be updated by the OPM and included in each design submission.  Following the award of the construction contract, the MSBA works with the district and its consultants to develop a revised project budget that reflects actual bid costs.  The Project Funding Agreement will then be amended to reflect the revised budget.  If at any point during the project, the District chooses to make changes to key personnel on the project team, these changes must be approved in writing by the MSBA.

As of Wednesday, March 28, 2012:

Commissioning:

  • $13.6 million in  commissioning consultant contracts executed to date
    • 167 contracts for 221 schools

Design Development:

  • 50 total projects in Design Development
    • 24 Construction projects scheduled to bid in 2012 
      • 25 Green Repair Program Projects – $76.75 million
      • 25 New Program Projects – $904.77 million
        • Seven Elementary Schools
          • Andover, Arlington, Ashburnham-Westminster Regional, Fairhaven, Marblehead, Westfield, Weston
        • Four Middle Schools
          • Hingham, Quincy, Saugus, Springfield (Forest Park)
        • 14 High Schools
          • Assabet Valley Regional Vocational, Concord-Carlisle Regional, Dracut, Duxbury, Essex North Shore Agricultural, Lynnfield, Marshfield, New Bedford, Norfolk County Agricultural, Norton, Somerset-Berkley Regional, Southeastern Regional Voc/Tech, Bay Path Regional Voc/Tech, Wilmington