State College of Florida
Site Campus Improvements - Bradenton, FL
Magnum Builders provided preconstruction services to establish cost budgets on a very difficult site project. Magnum projected unforeseen condition contingency costs and provided for a bid format that was lump sum but utilized unit pricing to assist in controlling changes to contracts as unforeseen underground items are encountered. The project was completed in eleven phases. The Campus Student Body and Staff require adequate parking and access throughout the renovation period. This required extraordinary cooperation with the staff and Magnum to maintain the safety of the students but not impede the progress of the project. Maximum use of directional control barricades was required to maintain public safety while under construction. It also required revising the 'wayfinding' signage during each phase to allow students to react to the traffic patten changes in order to reach their destination building.
Since the project was phased into segments that needed to be started and followed all the way through to completion before moving to the next phase, it was the same as doing 11 projects start to finish. (one after the other). Maintaining a schedule on phase-after-phase was difficult and with the unforeseen conditions arising (as is common in earthwork renovations to old facilities), the schedule began to slide. Magnum negotiated the use of an additional site contractor to double the effort during the summer months when the student population was less and allowed for access to more of the parking areas at one time. This enabled the project to return to the scheduled completion and at no additional cost to the owner for the second site contractor.
