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What is your experience and approach to designing to a fixed construction budget?

Decades ago, Bernardon pioneered collaborating with contractors/construction managers (CM) and
owners to deliver projects on budget and on time. In fact, working collaboratively with a Guaranteed
Maximum Price (GMP) has become our preferred method of project delivery. By working collaboratively
with the CM and owner to establish priorities, we can focus the design to deliver the greatest “bang for
the buck.” When provided with interim pricing data by the CM, we can adjust and adapt assemblies,
material choices, and design expressions to respond to market conditions.

What do you feel is an expected level of document related change orders, on a project, and how does
your firm’s approach, to design, minimize document related change orders?

Utilizing the procedures and approach to interdisciplinary drawing checks and coordination described
above will help to minimize document related change orders. In addition, assuming the CM is pricing the
design through each phase will also help to flesh out possible conflicting details and drawing/specification
issues. Further, assuming we are working with a GMP, we will work with the CM to minimize change
orders related to unforeseen changes in material or labor costs which could arise during the course of
construction. Bernardon will collaborate with the CM and present options to the owner for consideration
which range from no increase in GMP to incremental increases in cost which also provide net value to
the project. Despite the best efforts of the entire design and construction team, no set of construction
documents is perfect and without errors; therefore, due to these realities and the highly unusual current
cost escalation environment, a minimum contingency allocation of five percent (5%) of the construction
cost is recommended consistent with industry standard for similar projects to address potential document
related change order costs.

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