Plano's police academy building on 14th Street would be torn down and replaced with a facility half again as large under a construction contract of up to $42 million that city staff have placed on the City Council's Nov. 9 agenda.
The Special Projects department recommends CORE Construction Services of Texas Inc. for the construction manager-at-risk role for the Police Training Center, according to the staff report filed in the city's legislative system. The item is listed for individual consideration rather than the consent agenda.
What would be built
The training facility the department uses now, at 4921 14th St., covers 21,904 square feet. Its replacement, designed by Brinkley Sargent Wiginton Architects, would be about 33,000 square feet and include:
- classrooms for cadets
- an indoor tactical village
- a gym with lockers
- a classroom for the Emergency Vehicle Operations Course, along with a larger concrete driving pad for that course
The project also covers demolition of the existing building.
How the contract works
Under the construction manager-at-risk method that state law allows, the builder joins the project during design to review constructability, plan phasing, order long-lead materials and check costs, then acts as general contractor under a guaranteed maximum price.
The staff report describes a two-phase award: a pre-construction phase first, and then construction, with $42 million as the not-to-exceed figure for everything, including a $42,000 pre-construction fee and general conditions.
The city opened proposals June 9, the bid recap shows. It notified 3,589 vendors and received 12 responsive submittals. CORE scored highest in the first round at 89.5 points, just ahead of Sedalco Inc. at 87.5, and the two firms advanced to interviews. In that second round CORE scored 93 to Sedalco's 74.39, with proposed fees of about $3.18 million against Sedalco's $4.47 million.
