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Office of: JOEL R. HANSON, Administrator 515 Little Canada Road Little Canada, MN 55117 612-484-2177 FAX: 612- 484 -4538 CITY OF LITTLE CANADA RAMSEY COUNTY, MINNESOTA MEMORANDUM TO: Mayor Fahey and Members of the City Council FROM: Joel Hanson, City Administrator DATE: April 6, 1990 RE: Construction Management MAYOR Michael Fahey COUNCIL Beverly Sca Ire Bill Blesener Rick Cohove Jim LaValle We have previously discussed the utilization of the construction management process versus that of the traditional general contractor methodology. Construction management is best defined as a flexible process by which the construction manager acts as the city's agent to assure our goals; usually cost, quality and time control, are met. The construction manager thus eliminates the general contractor from the process and acts as the city's direct agent in the letting of numerous contracts to firms to complete the construction of the project. (Some flow charts depicting the comparisons between alternatives are attached.) Tha negative consequences associated with the construction management process are as follows: * Responsibility for materials purchased now rests with the construction manager and the owner. Delays in this process will affect the accountability of others under contract with possible timing problems created. * Also related to materials purchased is the fact that the City would now accept the responsibility for verifying receipt of materials as well as securing the materials during the construction process. * A poor construction manager can lead to disasterous consequences for the City in terms of added time and cost. Areas where a construction manager could negatively affect a project would include poor contractor procedure, inexperience in type of construction being undertaken, contractor, architect and owner alienation, and poor cost estimating and scheduling. Page7 4