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DETAILED WORK PLAN / APPROACH / DELIVERABLES Oertel Architects and Paulson and Clark Engineering have combined our experiences and expertise that are well suited for your Little Canada Public Works / Parks, and City Hall renovation project. Our approach to this project is based on decades of experience in designing and renovating municipal facilities, maintenance - related storage buildings, successfully completing 40 buildings and twice as many studies. Our experience includes public works and maintenance projects ranging in size from 2,000 square feet to over 140,000 square feet, similar to the proposed Little Canada project(s). Oertel Architects will lead our experienced project team throughout all Schematic Design, Design Development, Construction Document, Bidding /Negotiation, Construction Administration, and Project Close -Out phases. We understand that the City has hired James Steele Construction to serve as a Construction Manager for the project, and we will be pleased to work with them to ensure the success of the project. To begin the project we will coordinate a kick -off meeting with all of the pertinent little Canada personnel, staff, James Steele Construction, and all other stakeholders to review the proposed project's scope, budget, and schedule. This initial meeting will also serve to confirm our respective project roles, the procedures for communication, and a schedule for project milestone reviews. At the kick -off meeting we will also gather all available program documents, equipment lists, plans, site surveys, environmental reports and other pertinent documents that are available from the City and C.M. stakeholders. After compiling, identifying, and reviewing all available project data we will begin the Pre - design phase of the project. During the Pre - design phase we will review and evaluate the proposal statement of need, to appropriately identify and define the complete parameters and expectations for the Little Canada Public Works / Parks facility (and City Hall renovations) project. This process will include the initial program analysis, financial / cost analysis, site analysis, code analysis, the schedule, environmental assessment, and Impact to the neighborhood. As a part of the Pre - design phase we will also share our teams' knowledge and previous experience related to maintenance facilities, facility renovations, design and function. It is not uncommon for us to work with a client whose staff is not fully aware of state of the art maintenance facility equipment and features, often gravitating to what they are familiar with. Things have changed greatly in maintenance building design and equipment over the past twenty years, and we can share our knowledge gained through direct experience with all of the City staff members. This phase will help create a working dialog in communications throughout the process between the City personnel, the Construction Manager and the consultants. 33