3. Children’s Section of the Library

4. Entrance lobby from Main Street looking east

5. Primarily in core construction costs –
The Budget Issue
Est. Project budget - $5,530,000
Est. Construction cost - $4,500,000
Construction bid - $5,320,000
Projected Project Budget - $6,448,000
Budget Deficit of $918,000
Primarily in core construction costs –
not finishes

6. Items considered for Value Engineering
County to clear and grub entire site, including east side
Provide Senior Center and Kitchen as core and shell only
Eliminate Trees and grasses from landscape
Provide Senior center, kitchen, and community room as core and shell only
Change concrete paving to asphalt
Eliminate planters from north landscape
Simplify ceiling in senior center - changing to ATC
Simplify / reduce millwork
Reduce quantity of wood ceiling finish in community meeting room
Remove decorative wood timber columns and baseplates in senior center
Value engineer elevator
12 mil LVT in lieu of 20 mil
Remove trash receptacles, keep bike racks
Reduce quantity of wood ceiling finish in library
Change polished ground concrete to sealed concrete
Change ballistic glass in window type SG57 to regular glass
Change species of wood for interior wall and ceiling finishes
Reduce wall tile in bathrooms
Change module of cement board siding from 6" nominal to 8" nominal wide
Reduction in interior glazing quantity
Change fiber cement product to painted siding product
Change steel beams to glu lams at community room
Kitchen Hood - Owner Supplied, Contractor Installed
Substitute aluminum bus bars
Substitute aluminum conductors for all loads over 100 amps
Kitchen Counters & Cabinetry - Owner Supplied, Contractor Installed
Substitute mc cable for hard conduit
Change metal panel to stucco on north side of building
less expensive site lighting pole and fixture
Change 2" mineral wool insulation at exterior walls to 1-1/2" of extruded polystyrene, R5 per inch.
Simplify / reduce light fixtures
Eliminate vibration isolation curbs on RTUs
Change 2" mineral wool insulation at exterior walls to 1" of extruded polystyrene, R5 per inch.
Change rooftop unit manufacturer
Change rooftop unit type (gas fired in lieu of hybrid)
Eliminate rooftop garden (planters, sedum, irrigation, screen wall, exterior stair, roof pavers, lighting, and power receptacles)
factory discount from Rebel
Owner to carry builder's risk insurance
Eliminate bench feature at east entry

7. VE Impacts on Sustainability
Reduction from Hybrid HVAC units to High Efficiency units - $250,000
Postpone Roof Garden Installation - $75,000
Solar PV Array Ready - $70,000
Switch Paving: Concrete to Asphalt - $13,338
NO IMPACT on BUILDING ENVELOPE
METHODstudio relates that building envelope will be more efficient than other State buildings that have been built to sustainable efforts
NO IMPACT on BUILDING LIGHTING & CONTROLS

8. Results of Initial Value Engineering
Reduce construction costs by $525,000 without serious impact on prescribed design/quality/use of building
Still $350,000 over budget

9. Options Furniture Budget Adjustment - $350,000
Core-and-Shell Approach on Seniors & Multipurpose Room - $220,000
Delay Construction
Funding Options