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5. PROJECT SCHEDULE PROJECT TIMELINE STRATEGIES FOR TIMELINE EFFICIENCY There are several specific strategies that our team will incorporate to maintain the proposed schedule including the following approaches we have successfully used on past projects: • Schedule several charrettes (design retreats) early in the programming and schematic design phases to create focused, concentrated progress at key design points. • The national leadership of Public Safety Design Consultant, David Acomb, means that our team is experienced at integrating the most current fire department design features into similar projects around the country. The design focus can move directly to reviewing which training features, firefighter circulation flows, building automation on calls, or other such element is best suited for this specific project, all without time spent on research or precedent studies. • Include the engineering and landscape consultants in early design meetings to immediately integrate their expertise and keep the entire project team current and progressing. • Working very closely with the Construction Manager, if this delivery approach is used, or Cost Consultant to discuss options often before even incorporating them into the design and then providing the them with regular updates to the schematic design documents so that budget analysis can occur concurrently with the design process instead of scheduling budget update "timeouts". • Dedicating significant staff resources from all disciplines to work on the project. • Maintaining a project resource website as a repository for all shared project data allowing for quick file access by all team members. PROJECT TIMELINE — CRITICAL PATH METHOD TABLE The Project Timeline Table shown on the following page shows the major subcategory steps that would be involved in the Lino Lakes Fire House #2 project. This timeline while fast moving is similar to the design timeline we developed and met for the recent Roseville Fire Station project which was a much larger building program. The three main keys to maintaining this timeline are the following: • The daily involvement and leadership of the Principal / Project Architect who will stay on top of staffing needs within CNH Architects and the rest of the design team. Many firm principals will turn much of the control of the project over to a separate Project Architect and only check-in on the project prior occasionally. At CNH, our firm's business approach is for the principals to be active members of the design process. • Partnering with David Acomb as a public safety design consultant has proven time and again to provide the national insight, broad experience and specialized knowledge that allows our fire department clients to make quick, but well informed decisions. While CNH Architects brings the in-depth local knowledge and has significant public safety design experience, we continue to include David on our team due to the unique value we find it brings. LINO LAKES FIRE HOUSE #2 17