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Public Facilities Commission Meeting: Public Facilities Department 10-19-22
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A
A
A
B
C
President
a
read
for
the
record.
The
remainder
of
the
individuals
and
attendance
attendees
do
not
need
to
immute
the
device
when
their
name
is
called
Dana
di
Matteo
assistant
director
for
operations,
Marquis
Mecca
assistant
director
for
construction,
Susan,
Rice
assistant
director
for
operations,
Steven
siraco
assistant
director
for
construction,
Karen,
Doherty,
executive
assistant.
B
B
Thank
you.
The
meeting
minutes
for
September
14th
for
PFD
and
moh
are
hereby
approved,
starting
today
with
the
public
facilities
Department,
we
have
Carrie
Griffin
director
of
PFD.
Pfd
has
two
votes
on
the
agenda
for
today
vote
number
one
is
being
presented
by
Brian
McLaughlin
senior
project
manager
with
PFD.
B
D
Thank
you
TT
morning,
Commissioners,
as
dtt
indicated
I'm
here,
requesting
approval
of
amendment
vote
of
191
495.78
to
the
OPM
Services
contract
with
PMA
Consultants
LLC
PMA
is
the
OPM
for
the
recently
opened
Boston
arts
academy.
This
money
is
already
in
the
budget
project.
We
move
from
contingency
and
transferred
to
the
PMA
contract.
D
On
174
Ipswich
Street,
which
is
required
by
the
Boston
Water
and
Sewer
Commission,
that
cost
is
70,
364.71
cents,
the
first
item,
the
additional
construction
Administration
services
for
the
project
of
101,
923
dollars
and
seven
cents
over
the
time
period
between
July
21st
and
August
24th
of
2022,
which
is
a
date.
The
project
was
issued
a
certificate
of
occupancy.
D
D
The
project
team
did
not
go
before
the
PFC
in
July
or
August,
as
it
was
no
clear
date
of
when
the
certificate
democracy
would
be
issued.
As
some
of
the
key
Building
Systems
directly
related
to
Life
Safety
required
last
minute.
Additional
scope
in
order
to
obtain
permitting
from
ISD
and
BFD,
specifically,
the
pre-testing
of
smoke.
Control
Systems
cannot
be
performed
until
the
building
was
fully
functional.
D
D
Once
the
building
was
complete,
there
was
a
significant
pre-testing
effort
related
to
the
Smoke
control
systems
that
identified
air
across
the
elevators
was
too
great,
causing
the
elevators
to
not
perform
properly
in
its
movement
to
achieve
Code
Compliance,
additional
modifications
to
the
Elevator
Shaft
and
each
elevated
door
needed
to
be
performed.
This
judicial
work
was
impacted
by
fabrication
delays,
supply
chain
issues,
as
well
as
requiring
the
special
inspector.
D
D
D
B
Thank
you
vote
number.
One
is
hereby
approved.
Goal
number
two
is
being
presented
by
Scott
Dupree
senior
project
manager
for
PFD.
This
vote
is
a
request
to
award
a
contract
to
answer
advisory,
Management
LLC
to
provide
owner
project
management,
Services
associated
with
the
Long
Island
facility
preservation
project
located
at
Long
Island
Campus
Boston.
B
E
The
scope
will
work
for
the
OPM
Services
is
to
assist
the
city
of
Boston
in
managing
of
design.
Designer
Services
design,
review,
cost,
estimating
and
review
coordination
of
public
procurement
process
under
either
Mass
General
Law,
chapter
149
or
Mass
General
Law,
chapter
149a,
which
is
the
management
of
general
contractor
or
construction
manager.
E
They
are
also
going
to
help
us
review
and
negotiate
of
a
guaranteed
maximum
price
if
the
project
is
performed
under
master
Law,
chapter
149a,
establishment
and
management
and
review
of
ongoing
project
accounting
and
cost
control
systems,
project
scheduling
and
preparation
and
control
development
and
implementation
of
a
quality
control
program
for
the
project,
construction
mitigation
and
site,
Logistics,
planning,
management
of
certain
project
meetings,
tracking
and
facilitating
of
timely
resolutions.
Resolution
of
general
contractor
or
construction
manager,
request
for
information,
submittals
change,
orders,
payments,
lunch
list
and
project
closeouts
a
quick
overview
of
the
project.
E
The
site
and
building
stabilization
design
will
incorporate
the
Massachusetts
building
code
requirements
and
the
requirements
of
the
mass
historical
commission
and
or
the
Boston
landmarks
commission
Commonwealth
of
Massachusetts
permits
the
stabilization
recommendations
from
previous
studies
and
will
provide
additional
recommendations
on
construction
methods
to
achieve
the
stabilization
goals
in
the
most
economical,
viable
construction
approach.
Without
the
benefit
of
the
Long
Island
Bridge.
E
The
request
for
services
is
through
the
OPM
astronaut
149as
or
section
49
44A
and
a
half
which
the
overview
was.
We
publicly
advertised
the
project,
so
the
RFQ
for
OPM
services
for
the
project
appeared
in
the
city
record
on
June
13th.
It
appeared
in
the
city's
small
local
business
Enterprise
on
the
same
date
and
in
the
Boston
Globe.
On
the
same
day,
Additionally
the
advertisement
appeared
in
combines
and
the
mass
Secretary
of
State
Central
register
weekly
postings
on
June
15th
2022..
E
E
Each
member
evaluated
and
rated
the
statement
of
qualifications
using
the
criteria
stated
in
the
published
RFQ
on
June
13th.
The
rankings
were
tally
by
selection
committee
administrator
and
the
following
firms
were
shortlisted
and
ranked
in
order
of
appropriateness
for
the
project.
We
shortlisted
answer
advisory,
Management,
LLC,
first,
the
terver
corporation
second
and
the
CSL
Consulting
LLC.
Third,
the
selection
committee
then
interviewed
the
three
shortlisted
firms
on
August
4th
of
2022
and
we
unanimously
recommended
answer
advisory.
Management
LLC.
E
All
three
firms
have
similar
scores
during
the
evaluation
process,
but
during
the
interview
answer,
advisory
Management
LLC
showed
greater
experience
with
permitting
managing
larger
and
more
complex
projects.
They
had
much
better
references
in
the
in-house
capabilities
stood
out.
Above
All,
Else
PFD
is
requesting
an
OPM
contract
in
the
amount
of
660
358
dollars.
The
fee
will
be
a
base
fee
of
610
358
dollars
with
an
additional
service
of
fifty
thousand
or
cost
estimated.