High School Building Committee (HSBC)  OPM Selection Committee Minutes

Tuesday, July 15, 2008

Wayland Town Building

School Committee Conference Room

 

Attendees

HSBC Selection Committee members:  Lea Anderson, Jim Howard, David Lash, Mary Lentz, Joe Lewin, Eric Sheffels, Joy Buhler

Other HSBC members: Steve Breit, Fred Knight, Jennifer Steel

Ex Officio members: John Mohnihan

 

Call to order – HSBC Chairman, Lea Anderson, called the meeting to order at 7:45 p.m.

 

Owner’s Project Manager (OPM) Search

The committee discussed the eight proposals received by the Friday, July 11, 2008 deadline.  They were:

           Daedalus Projects  Inc.

           Joslin, Lesser, & Associates Inc.

           KVA Associates

           PMA Construction Services

           RF Walsh

           SBS (Strategic Building Solutions, LLC)

           Turner Construction Co.

           URS Corporation

 

The committee then rated the eight respondents on a scale of 1 (weak) to 5 (strong) on the weighted evaluation criteria:

 

Steve Breit recorded and tallied the results.  The firms’ scores were ordered as follows:

            1.  RF Walsh

            2.  Turner Construction Co.

            3.  Daedalus Projects Inc.

            4.  KVA Associates

            5.  PMA Construction Services

            6.  Joslin, Lesser, & Associates Inc.

            7.  URS Corporation

     SBS was disqualified for failing to meet minimum standards.

 

Short List – The OPM Selection Committee agreed to interview a short list of the first four firms.  References will be checked as follows:

            RF Walsh         Mary Lentz

            Turner              Lea Anderson

            Daedalus          Eric Sheffels

            KVA                Joe Lewin

 

Interviews will be set up for Monday, July 21 and Tuesday, July 22 starting at 7:30 pm.  Joy will contact the short list to set up interviews and notify the other four firms of the committee’s decision.

The entire HSBC will meet on Wednesday, July 23 to consider the selection committee’s recommendation.

 

Adjournment – The HSBC OPM selection committee adjourned at 10:45 p.m.

Observers:  Harvey Montague, Lisa Valone