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Resolution Approving the Coliseum Field House Renovation Project
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Department: Coliseum
Council District: 1
Public Hearing: N/A
Advertising Date/By: N/A
Contact 1 and Phone: Mike Perdue 373-7457
Contact 2 and Phone: Colleen Vann 373-7465
PURPOSE:
City Council is requested to (1) approve the use of the Construction Manager at Risk Delivery Method to construct the Coliseum Fieldhouse Renovation Project; (2) approve the ERC's final rankings of the three finalist to serve as the City's Construction Manager at Risk for the Coliseum Fieldhouse Renovation Project; and (3) authorize the negotiation of a contract for Pre-Construction Services with the ERC's top-ranked finalist, Samet Corporation, in an amount not to exceed $20,000.
BACKGROUND:
On October 27, 2015, Charlotte Hornets Sports & Entertainment, in conjunction with the Greensboro Coliseum Complex, held a public news conference in the Coliseum's Special Events Center lobby to announce that the Hornets selected Greensboro as the location for its new NBA Development League franchise. The team will play all of its home games in the former Coliseum Pavilion, which is to be rebranded and renovated into a basketball Fieldhouse. Renovations will include building new "back of house" support rooms including dressing rooms, coaches offices, medical room, media work room, a new public entrance/box office/lobby and additional restrooms and support closets. Renovations will also include specific scoreboard controls, basketball goals and seating components. Charlotte Hornets Sports & Entertainment and Coliseum Complex management have agreed to a multi-year contract with terms for multiple 5-year renewals.
(1) The Coliseum recommends that the City Council select the CMAR delivery method to construct the Fieldhouse. In the Attachment A to this Agenda Item, City staff has analyzed the advantages and disadvantages of using the CMAR delivery method in lieu of the separate prime, single prime...
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