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Construction Manager at Risk Model Working Well for Phoenix
Thursday, the Valley of the Sun Construction Financial Management Association held its monthly luncheon. Street Transportation Director for the city of Phoenx, Wylie Beaurup was the guest speaker.
He spoke to a packed house for more than 30 minutes about the city’s use of Construction Manager at Risk with Price Competition used by the state to dole out federally funded projects. Beaurup is responsible for executing nearly $6 billion, 5-year capital improvement program.
Beaurup explained in order to be able to take advantage of the millions of dollars assigned to Arizona by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, state legislators had to change the language which outlines Requests for Proposals in Arizona. In 2000, the state began using Construction Manager at Risk guidelines which do not allow for a project to be awarded by price. It must strictly be awarded through qualifications. S0, recently the state came up with the Construction Manager at Risk with Price Competition in order to begin using federally-funded stimulus projects.
Someone wanted to know if BIM requirements are going to be considered anytime soon when it comes to qualifying General Contractors for projects. Beaurup’s answer was not really. At this time BIM knowledge might be advantageous but there are many more qualifications to be considered. So at this time lack of BIM will not be used to disqualify those bidding for projects.
Bearup expressed his satisfaction with the Construction Manager at Risk model stating it ensures the most qualified contractor is chosen, not the cheapest. It creates better relationships among team members, the contractor is involved for the duration of the project and makes for true value engineering.
When asked if there were soon to be any RFP’s for Stimulus jobs, Beaurup told the crowd not anytime in the near future.