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-274- <br /> <br />Essentially, the needs study in 1999 concluded that the City Hall is currently being <br />utilized to its maximum and because of a lack of useable space and the inflexibility of the <br />configuration of that space, no solutions are available that will fundamentally alleviate <br />this situation except for facility expansion. <br /> <br />Based on Council direction, Staff recently met with Barry Badinger, E&V Consultants <br />and Construction Managers. Mr. Badinger was hired through a formal selection process <br />to assist Staff in securing architectural services to review the needs assessment study and <br />assist the City in planning, design and construction of the expansion and renovation of the <br />existing city hall. Mr. Badinger was directed by Staff to identify several architectural <br />firms that had experience in designing and renovating public sector buildings and send <br />them a letter inviting them to submit proposals for this project. Four architectural firms <br />submitted proposals for the project and three were interviewed by a panel consisting of <br />Mr. Badinger, the Assistant City Administrator and the Fire Chief. <br /> <br />Observations: <br />The three architectural firms that were interviewed included Wold Architects <br />Engineers; Buetow and Associates; and Boarman Kroos Vogel Group (BKV). <br /> <br />and <br /> <br />Boarman Kroos Vogel, Group Inc. (BKV): $297,500 (8.5% of ~stimated costs - <br />$3.5 million) <br /> A Minnesota corporation since 1978. <br /> 50-person, multi-disciplinary firm providing in-house architectural, <br /> interior design, structural, mechanical and electrical engineering and <br /> construction administration services <br /> Effectively and efficiently deals with coordination issues using in-house <br /> computerized networking system where communication and coordination <br /> occur on a minute by minute basis <br /> 50% of BKV's practice is for governmental clients <br /> Responsible to clients to design buildings that satisfy the needs of <br /> program, schedule and budget <br /> 20 years experience in designing energy conservation and natural energy <br /> systems into building design solutions <br /> Important to design the architectural, mechanical and electrical <br /> components to be efficient and cost effective <br /> Provide design solutions with the client always at the center of the process <br /> <br />Recent Projects: <br /> Melrose City Center (new) <br /> Minnetrista City Hall (new) <br /> Chanhassen City Hall (new) <br /> Osseo City Hall (handicap accessibility remodeling) <br /> Eagan Municipal Center (addition/remodeling) <br /> New Prague City Hall (addition/remodeling) <br /> <br />I <br /> <br /> <br />