Remarks by Shawn E. Cadime
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“Thank you. So can we just talk about the delay? So the initial, I guess the initial project schedule, well, we didn't see the project schedule. I guess you communicated that it was September originally, right?”
“So we have a slip of three months now? Right now. When did you receive that notification?”
“So what do we I guess in in terms of operational so originally and I forget I don't know if it was the March 12th meeting or one of the meetings that predates that I I got notes I just don't have the day on this one so we had mentioned that the garage we're going to the garage the 3rd Street garage was going to remain open so that's completely closed it is completely closed okay so what what's the financial impact of the project itself and So I know we've got folks not that were in the third street main level, right? Street grade parking. That's now on the street. So can we just talk about…”
“So you had to find 206. Correct. Correct. All city employees.”
“So then 50, you're saying 50 were in the garage that moved over to the street level?”
“So we displaced 50 employees? 58. 58 from that location?”
“Are we still charging the employees that were displaced?”
“And the employees are paying the same amount, or are they seeing a reduced rate?”
“So the three month delay, so you're saying December, we're through, that's the substantial completion or? Unfortunately, yes. So what's the impact with regards to the parking so that?”
“Do you know what those are off the top of your head? Yes.”
“So when, when did you start having conversations with people incorporated and why they deny us the, uh, the lot space?”
“So last Tuesday was is that the first time we were notified that the project was slipped to the end of the summer.”
“I guess I'm not trying to make an issue out of it, but if we're communicating internally, right, I guess when I hear somebody saying we're communicating internally, we've got weekly meetings. and then you're telling me that you just found out last Tuesday about December and we knew about that.”
“When did you find out about the December slippage?”
“So you found out last Tuesday or two weeks ago?”
“How often are you having project meetings with the, who is it, Tyenbon, who's doing the work?”
“So you're doing weekly meetings with the OPM and Tyenbon?”
“So what's the contract read in terms of liquidated damages? Do we know?”
“Yeah, I'm just curious, you know, from the OPM is fine with this slippage. To me, it's just strange. You came in, you did a feasibility study coming in and I get a parking garage it's a renovation when you start chipping away you're going to find some stuff but i don't know that i've ever been on a program where you you're starting to see a slip every single month without any people anybody pushing back saying hey let's i think that's a fair point from what i understand part of the problem is when they've done their assessment work through the x-rays and everything the spots they've found…”
“My issue and my concern is the sense of urgency associated with this building itself, right? So when you start talking about building projects and liquidated damages, you can't just start throwing $500 or whatever the liquidated damages is for that amount part of the contract just to say because they've slipped on the days. You've got to prove that there's expenses associated with it. I argue, right, and I think we would all agree that we're losing revenue because we've got individuals who are being displaced and we've got meters that are being tagged. So I'm just curious to how much revenue…”
“So let me just ask one question. Are we being aggressive in terms of the project management? I think so. That's my question. Absolutely. Because it's one thing to just rely on the OPM and the... the architect to hold the GC accountable, but then if you've got the architect who hasn't, you know, was supposed to do this x-rays, I don't know what the scope of service was for time, right? So I'd be curious to see what that scope of service read, and to your point, and I take you at face value, you know, when we start saying that, you know, they wouldn't have known reasonably, right? Okay, I'm…”
“My question to you is, based on the agreement we had with tie and bond, we gave them a scope of service. Did they fulfill the scope of service that we expected them to do in terms of the X ring, whether they got a third party contractor to go in there? Did they do at the locations that we were looking to get them to do? Is it the pillars? Is it the overheads? I know nothing about parking garages. Right. I know nothing about the mesh that goes in there. I know there's rebar. I know none of that works. I'm not a professional in that. That's why we rely on those folks. I just want to make sure…”
“And I recognize that. And I can appreciate that. I'm just curious to what the liquid damage liquidated damages number is to begin with number one right and right off the as a minimum we should know what the impact is for a three-month slippage right that that should have been expressed to the contract the gc the architect and the opm in terms of every month that we have a slippage right and i don't know what the lead time is for rebar or whatever it is and then and i know the cement is readily available but If the lead time's there and a delay on rebar and it's a one for one and that's just…”
“But one of the one of the other what do you do you know how much we're losing a month?”
“I'll work with Stephanie to make sure that never asked that question.”