620-334-Pre Bid Presentation20240109.pdf

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PROJECT 620-334

New Community Living Center

Pre-Bid Site Walk

AGENDA

Introductions

Overview of Project

Items needing Special Attention

Contractors' Laydown Area / Contractor's Route

Bid Documents Available for use

Bidding Procedures & Close Date

Site Walk

INTRODUCTIONS

PROJECT TEAM

VA TEAM

Kara Evert – Contract Specialist Primary Contact

6100 Oak Tree Blvd Suite 490

Independence, OH, 44131 kara.evert@va.gov

Don Marsh – Contracting Officer donald.marsh2@va.gov

Erik Anderson - Planning & Design – Primary COR

VA Hudson Valley Healthcare System - FDR Campus

2094 Albany Post Rd

Montrose, NY 10548

Phone: (914) 737-4400 X20-2163 erik.anderson@va.gov

TRIPLE C TEAM

Mat Perkins, AIA – Vice President

Kevin Luke, PE - Engineering Group Leader

Chad Raynes, RA - Project Architect

Nicole Blanchard - Interior Designer

OVERVIEW OF PROJECT

Project Introduction The Montrose VAMC, as part of the campus masterplan, has determined that additional space to meet veteran care needs is required. Growth of

25,000 SF to support the CLC service line is required.

A summary of the intended scope of this project is as follows:

• CLC shall consist of (1) single story CLC Resident

House with shared CLC Neighborhood Center amenities.

• CLC shall provide 25,000±SF of usable space for

28 Veteran Residents (14 residents per CLC

House)

• This project must be CERNER compliant. All cabling will be Cat6a or better. The IT closet will be Cerner compliant per the EHRM program directive.

• CLC is located on 12.5-acre site formerly occupied by buildings 8,9,10 & 25. CLC will connect to main hospital via sidewalks & covered walkways. The design provides site access, covered drop-off, parking, entries, way-finding signage, landscape features, accessible trails & walkways, setbacks, landscape buffers and utility access.

• CLC shall have a fully accessible utility support space in the basement level. This shall house steam and other utility lines.

• Design includes all utility, physical security, and IT infrastructures adequately sized for reasonably anticipated future requirements. Work includes all necessary excavation for new underground utility, and security/ IT services.

• Renovation of the existing B6 connecting corridor has been included so that integrated access to the CLC is provided.

• ACM abatement is required in the area of the B6

Corridor renovation and pipe basement as shown on the drawings and specifications and requires third party oversight throughout the abatement process.

• The cost of which is part of the contractor's scope.

• An abatement plan shall be submitted prior to mobilization.

• Third party inspections are required as stated in specification 01 00 00 general requirements.

• The cost of which is part of the contractor’s scope.

• All deductive alternates shall be a separate CLIN as identified in specification 01 00 00 general requirements.

• The contractor shall adhere to all phasing and ICRA/ILSM requirements and shall submit plans prior to mobilization.

• All site activities shall be coordinated with the COR throughout the duration of the project.

Commissioning

• The commissioning agent (CxA) shall be a third-party

Entity, shall be a professional engineer (PE) experienced, certified and approved by the VA COR. All costs associated with commissioning shall be borne by the Contractor.

• Systems requiring commissioning are detailed in division 01 91 00 General Commissioning

Requirements

• The contractor shall conduct a commissioning plan review at the construction kick off meeting and shall identify roles and responsibilities of all individuals.

• All contact information shall be provided at that time. A red team review shall be conducted a minimum of 6 weeks prior to the start of commissioning to ensure all requirements for pre-commissioning services have been completed.

Items needing Special Attention

• Project work shall be completed in a maximum of 730 calendar days

• Asbestos Abatement in Building 6 corridor and basement.

• Installation of Chillers in Chiller Yard/Roof Well will require specific coordination and heavy equipment, alternative install phasing approaches may be considered.

• Stormwater Pollution Prevention Plan developed and reviewed by qualified persons shall be in the contractor’s scope of work.

• Clerestory windows in corridors and rated ceiling separation protecting roof structure/attic limit mechanical ductwork routing options to plenum only with specific corridor crossing locations. Contractor to provide coordination drawings to ensure no conflicts will occur.

• Blast design – Contractor will be responsible to ensure and provide calculations that prove that provided materials for load-bearing wall studs and metal trusses meet minimum blast design requirements.

• Site preparation operations are anticipated to include rock removal, the area of which will overlap footprints of previously removed buildings. This is shown on the civil plans. Estimated rock removal amounts have been provided and all excavation shall be performed per 31

20 00 – Earthwork. Extensive fill will be required, and anticipated quantities have been provided.

• New Electrical utility connection requires careful phasing in order to limit shutdown period to two days or less.

• A written plan shall be provided by the contractor prior to shutdown. Any shutdown will be coordinated 3 months in advance.

• Electrical services to existing buildings 6 and 7 will be maintained operational during shutdown with contractor-provided generators, fuel and operating staff.

• Special Systems require pulling lines to rooms in existing buildings on campus.

• New telephone service being pulled back to telephone switchgear in Building 2.

• Fire Alarm service fiber to be pulled back to

Building 6. New annunciator Panels in Building 19 and 20

• Data pulled back to Building 3.

• Surrounding existing building and campus operations will remain continuously occupied and VA campus traffic and operations will remain unimpeded by construction work during construction period.

• 3rd party inspections shall be submitted to COR/AE for validation that all pre-commissioning benchmarks have been met.

• A complete CPM schedule shall be submitted and accepted prior to mobilization and weekly updates shall provide a three week look ahead and CPM schedule updates simultaneously.

Contractors’ Lay Down Area / Contractors’ Route

Contractors’ Lay Down Area / Access Route

Links to Lidar files/Photographs

Download Jetstream Viewer from website- (bottom of page – software tab – install Leica TruView (formerly Jetstream viewer)

• https://leica-geosystems.com/products/laser-scanners/software/leica-truview/leica-truview-live?gclid=CjwKCAjwur-SBhB6EiwA5sKtjse9SSZb_mT4c0jFMpoo-

CGeWqbZkWk55IBFs0raw0oItMx3meVavBoC41gQAvD_BwE

Download LIDAR point cloud files to view site:

Exterior of Building 6 and Interior of Renovation Corridor: (620.20.105.MCLC.Exterior.B6.jsv)

• https://a360.co/3uRzYUX

Boundary of Cleared Site for New CLC: (620.20.105.MCLC.Site_Boundaries.jsv)

• https://a360.co/3o7cK9v

Download Photograph files for additional reference information:

Basement of Building 6 – Steam/Tunnel connection

• https://a360.co/3uUrXi1

Building 6 Connecting Corridor

• https://a360.co/3PvFfcD

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