Resolutions - Jersey City

May 2,2011, Rev. 5: 06/24/11 .
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THE .GOLDSTEIN PARTNERSHIP
CORPORATE, INSTITUTIONAL & GOVERNMENTAL
FOUNDED IN 1953
ARCHITECTS
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EXPERTS
CONSULTANTS
THE MAP BUILDING, 515 VALLEY ST., SUITE 110, MAPLEWOOD, NJ 07040 (973) 761-4550.FAX: (973) 761-4588 GOLDSTEIN-ARCHITECTS.COM
(Our Fee for this category of work also includes the many hours of work we have performed since the second
. biddmg. We have sent or received over 350 e-mails on ths project since that tie.)
. 3. Update Documents as Requested: During our recent meetig, YOQ requested that we remove all references to
prior biddings from our docuents, and Ultimately sign and seal thee setaof the revised Drawings and
Specifications for the Building Deparbnent. Removing from all of the nearly lOÚ drawings all of the clouds that
had been added, to change the issue date on all of the drawings, and then to sign and seal all of the revised
drawings, wil take a number of hours of time from each member of the Design Team.
4. Replace the City's Bidding Docients: As a result of the recent Couri: ruling, we understand that the City wil
be modifing orreplacigvariousofits BiddingDocuments. We wil incorporate those replacement documents .
into Volume lof the Specifications. We have allowed several hours to review your new documents, especially the
revised Inormation for Bidders,. against the prior version, to make sure that differences (such as the LEED
penalty language previously requested by the City) are resolved.
5. Bring the project into compliance with IBC 2009: The editions of each of the numerous Codes which. apply to
ths project have all changed since the project was first bid. In addition, the transition periods to the new editions
have passed, so that there is no choice but to comply with the new editions. Efforts in this category wil therefore
be required n~t only of our offce, as the Architects, but also of the offices of our various engieering' consultants.
6. Replace outC:ated specifcations for architectural, strctural, mechanical, electrical, and technology work: The
Specifications for this project were written nearly thee years ago, which means that they wil be roughly 4.5 .years
old by the tie the building is occupied. For electronic systems and equipment, sucJ as the project's Building
Management System ("BMS") and its techology inastructure, a time interval of that duration represents several
generations of techology.It makes no sense to bid equipment that is already obsolete or which wil be obsolete
by the tie you move in. For that reåson, We have asked our various Engineering Consultants to modify their
drawings and specifcations as required to replace outdated systems and equipment. .
7.. Increase Reimbursable Expense Allowance: We understand that the City wil handle the printig of all Contract
Docuinents,Jncluding suffcíentcopies for our offce and for each of our Engineering Consultants, plus 3 sets of prints for
theDesign Team to sign and seaL As a result, we anticipate that the additional Reimbursable Expenses associated
with ths rebidding wil not exceed $2,500. Virtually all of this wil be for printig 1 set of approximately 90 new
"origial" Workig Drawings (tiom which the City wil make the referenced copies), plus 1 set of approximately
.800 pages of Specifications (from which the City wil make the referenced copies of the Spec book), plus the costs
of shipping the various documents among the Design Team members so thatthey can be si&1ed and sealed.
We understand that the City has decided to leaye the underslab drainage system as currently designed. In the event that
. groundwater conditions encountered during constructon justify the addition of underslab waterproofing and / or other
such measures, you wil authorie us, thoúgh an amendment to the Owner / Architect Agreemei1, to modify the
constrction documents accordingly. In addition, the Municipal Utilities Authority would rather that the footing drain be
pumped to the storm sewers rather than flow by gravity. We wil therefore leave ths aspect as currently shown. However,.
we wi adet the various notes described in my May 4,2011 e-mail to you, to clarify the "hand-off" between the
Mechanical and Civi. Engieering aspects of the building's drainage systems.
(g 2011 The Goldstein Parership