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Design-build projects and achievements
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The Department of Design and Construction highlights its progress and achievements in design-build projects, showcasing time and cost savings.
- The city's first design-build project outside of the borough-based jails program, a parks maintenance facility at Orchard Beach, is nearing completion.
- 22 design-build projects are currently in contract, saving an estimated 45 years of time and $1.3 billion.
- New contracting methods, including Contract Manager Build and Progressive Design Build, have been approved for use in specific project types.
Rachel Laiserin
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Within the coming weeks, we will complete the city's first design build project outside of our borough based jails program.
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It's a new parks maintenance facility at Orchard Beach in the Bronx.
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This project as described in the administration's recent design build progress report that was submitted to the state legislature will be completed two and a half years faster than would have been possible with the lowest bidder contracting and with cost savings of 10% of the budget or around $3,600,000 on a $36,000,000 project.
4:51:00
We currently have 22 design build projects in contract including the borough based jails, public buildings and infrastructure projects.
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Of these 22 projects alone, the city is saving an estimated forty five years of time and $1,300,000,000 using design build.
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Among those projects are contracts for raised crosswalks, ADA compliant pedestrian ramps, deep sewer manholes, and multiple parks restrooms bundled together.
4:51:32
In December, Albany gave us the ability to use contract manager build or Centimeters build for library and cultural projects as well as progressive design build for future resiliency projects.
4:51:45
We have already identified projects where we can apply both of these new contracting methods with procurement of four Centimeters build projects starting next month and progressive design build later this year.