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Monthly Progress Report for August 2011 Monthly Progress Report for August 2011 Issued: September 20, 2011 Monthly Progress Report for August 2011 TABLE OF CONTENTS • Section 1: Executive Summary • Section 2: Schedule • Section 3: Development Manager’s Review • Section 4: Budget • Section 5: Economic Inclusion • Section 6: Construction Manager’s Report • Section 7: Cincinnati Park Board Report • Section 8: Communications • Appendices ⋅ A—Project Scope & Description ⋅ B—Designer’s Report ⋅ C—Budget Detail ⋅ D—Economic Inclusion Detail ⋅ E—Glossary of Acronyms ⋅ F—Distribution Issued: September 20, 2011 Page 1 Monthly Progress Report for August 2011 Section 1: Executive Summary Issued: September 20, 2011 Monthly Progress Report for August 2011 Section 1: Executive Summary During August, Phase 2a of The Banks Project continued on track to reach its critical schedule milestones while remaining within budget. Bid Package #9 Trade Contractor completed the installation of the new retaining wall at Rosa Parks Street and Theodore M. Berry Way. Trade contractor completed the Lot D parking lot extension within the old Theodore M. Berry Way footprint. This lot was ready for the first Cincinnati Bengals pre-season home game on August 25 to meet the County’s contractual requirement and prepare the site for future development. Bid Package #11 Trade contractor installed perimeter swales to transition drainage between the Lot 2 parking facility and the surface lots. Contractor also began the trench drain installation at the Pete Rose Way entrance to the Central Riverfront Garage. Trade contractor installed the louvers to regulate the air flow to the new exhaust fans in the Lot 2 parking facility. Trade contractor installed the carbon monoxide monitoring system for the parking facility. Trade contractor installed the decorative metal panels on the faces of the Second Street head houses. Trade contractor reworked the drainage and waterproofing around the Freedom Way East head houses. The August Monthly Report cover photo at top left shows work being done to join Freedom Way West and Race Street, and install the expansion joint on the western portion of Freedom Way. Freedom Way (East to West) is The Banks neighborhood street, forming the connector between the Great American Ball Park and Paul Brown Stadium. To the right, the small photo shows the completed paved parking Lot D. The main cover photo this month is an aerial shot facing west, showing completed Phase 1 and progress on the Phase 2a Lot 2 parking facility. Page 1 Issued: September 20, 2011 Monthly Progress Report for August 2011 Developer Update Remaining scope of work items for Bid Package #9 includes only a handful of items—water line installation, wall and intersection work at Theodore M. Berry Way and Rosa Parks Street, the Elm Street moment slab (constructed to tie the two sections of the Elm Street wall together after removal of Theodore M. Berry Way) and related sidewalk, and the installation of guardrails at Mehring Way and Elm Street. On the Bid Package #11, the parking facility is starting to take its final shape. All concrete and masonry work is complete. Installation, start-up and testing of mechanical, electrical and plumbing systems is underway and will continue as subcontractors approach their final inspection; installation of the elevators continues. Sidewalks and roadway on the new Freedom Way area have been poured; waterproofing of Race Street has been completed. Expansion joints are being installed at the Freedom Way and Race Street intersections prior to the placement of the Race Street surface course. Residential occupancy at Current At The Banks exceeded 85%. Holy Grail Tavern & Grille is working to expand their footprint to incorporate additional outdoor seating, storage and rest room space. The Police Welcome Center opened, with a ribbon cutting scheduled for early September. Construction on Toby Keith’s and Johnny Rockets is underway, while The Doyle Group is finalizing design and pricing of three venues. Parks Monarch Construction continued fountain pump installation and began waterproofing the grand stairway at the Phyllis W. Smale Riverfront Park. Construction of the Bike Center Storefront and for the plaza elevator also began in August. Megen Construction began installation of granite wall panels on the Main Street ramp and Mehring Way walls to the Schmidlapp Event Lawn and Stage. Safety A total of 1,766 trade workers have attended safety orientations. The Project logged 384,612 work hours without a lost-time accident through August 31. Page 2 Issued: September 20, 2011 Monthly Progress Report for August 2011 Economic Inclusion As of July 25, Small Business Enterprise (SBE) participation was 36.1%. Minority Business Enterprise (MBE) participation totaled 16.0% and Women Business Enterprise (WBE) participation remains at 2.8%. There are no MBE and/or WBE participation goals. Combined minority and female workforce participation is 17.92%. Of the production workers active on the Project between June 26 and July 25, 2011, those living within the 15-county Cincinnati Middletown MSA represented 73.9% of the workforce. Budget Construction expenditures are within approved targets. Phase 1 approved construction budget expended through August 31 is 93.45%. Phase 2a approved construction budget is 52.86%% expended through August 31. Schedule Phase 2a construction remains on schedule to meet critical Project milestone dates. All parties continue to coordinate their respective project construction schedules successfully. See Section 3 for the Master Project Schedule and Section 6 for Phase 2a Construction Schedule. Page 3 Issued: September 20, 2011 Monthly Progress Report for August 2011 Section 2: Schedule Issued: September 20, 2011 Monthly Progress Report for August 2011 Section 2: Schedule During August, Phase 2a infrastructure work continued on schedule. There were no major issues impacting completion by deadline. • See Section 6: Construction Manager’s Report for details, photos and schedule. In August, Phase 1 site continued its transition to an operating neighborhood, with work by the private Developer nearing completion. Occupancy of residential portion of the Project is exceeding 85%. Holy Grail Tavern & Grille is working on expanding, while Toby Keith’s and Johnny Rockets are under construction. The Doyle Group continues to make progress on finalizing plans, pricing and permitting. • See Section 3: Development Manager’s Review for details and Master Project Schedule. Progress continued on the construction of the Phyllis W. Smale Riverfront Park. • See Section 7: Cincinnati Park Board report. Issued: September 20, 2011 Page 1 Monthly Progress Report for August 2011 Section 3: Development Manager’s Review Issued: September 20, 2011 Monthly Progress Report for August 2011 Section 3: Development Manager’s Review Master Schedule: Included at the end of this Section. Progress Update on Public Parties Work Phase 1 All Phase 1 work has been completed, with the exception of the Bid Package #10 signage that is being installed in the Lot 2 parking facility. The team is working to time the completion of this scope with the completion of the Phase 2 work. At the Freedom Way East elevator and head houses, the additional trim piece at the elevator requested by the inspector has been installed, as has the heat detector. The sidewalk and waterproofing around the headhouse have been reworked to address the waterproofing concerns. The replacement glass for the damaged panels in the headhouse structure have arrived on site and Messer is coordinating with Baker on the installation. As the last of these work items are completed, the final inspection for the Freedom Way East elevator will occur. This, in turn, will allow for the final building Certificate of Occupancy. Removal and replacement of Freedom Way West where silica fume pop-outs were encountered is nearing completion. The sidewalk and street areas where the issue occurred have been removed. The sidewalks have been poured back. All that remains is the final street paving pour currently scheduled for September 9, 2011. An eleven-month walk-through was performed on the facility in May, prior to the expiration of the one-year warranty period. The majority of items on the list have been completed. Feedback from the walk-through resulted in additional heaters are being added at some of the core rooms. The design information has been transmitted to the team. Baker is working to price this work. Phase 2a Prus continues to push the team towards completion for the Bid Package #9 work. They reached two significant milestones over the past month: completion of the soil tieback wall at the intersection of Theodore M. Berry Way and Rosa Parks Street, and the removal of Theodore M. Berry Way and corresponding Lot D expansion. Completion of these items ensured that the required counts for the first Cincinnati Bengals pre-season home date. Issued: September 20, 2011 Page 1 Monthly Progress Report for August 2011 The remaining scope of work items for Bid Package #9 include only a handful of items: the water line installation at the east end of the site, the wall and intersection work at Theodore M. Berry Way and Rosa Parks, the Elm Street moment slab and related sidewalk, and the installation of guardrails at Mehring Way and Elm Street. All work, with the exception of the guardrails, is tracking to be completed in the coming weeks. The guardrail work is dependent on material lead times, which Messer is working with Prus to expedite. As cited in previous month’s report, challenges arose at the onset of installation of the tieback wall. The issues flagged by the contractor related to the soil and existing obstruction conditions. The design and construction teams worked to review the conditions and determine the appropriate direction for the installation. Although the obstacles were overcome, communications were received from Prus requesting additional time and reimbursement for these conditions. The County reviewed these requests and promptly denied them. Prus has since indicated that they will continue to pursue their claim requests.
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