HIBSER YAMAUCHI HY Architects Request for Proposal RFP 2016-17.03 Architectural Services Pleasanton Unified School District October 7, 2016 OAKLAND DAVIS LOS ANGELES 300 - 27th Street 2121 - 2nd. Street, Suite C108 7740 West Manchester Avenue, Suite 205 Oakland, CA 94612 Davis, CA 95618 Playa Del Rey, CA 90293 phone: 510.446.2222 phone: 530.758.1270 phone: 310.821.4500 fax: 510.446.2211 fax: 530.758.4789 fax: 310.306.9072 www.hy-arch.com 11.9 Attachment D hy-arch.com 1 of 86 October 7, 2016 Ms. Myla Y. Grasso, Purchasing Coordinator Pleasanton Unified School District 4750 First Street Pleasanton CA 94566 Dear Ms. Grasso: Thank you for the opportunity to submit our proposal in response to Pleasanton Unified School District’s Request for Proposals for Architectural Services – RFP 2016-17.03. As you will see demonstrated in our submittal, we have assembled a highly qualified team experienced in virtually all types of K-12 facilities. HY Architects’ team offers you some specific advantages, which are detailed in the Executive Summary. As the individual authorized to bind the firm by contract, and firm Principal, I am pleased to present to you the following submittal. I, and the team, stand ready to answer any questions that you may have and to further present our expertise to you and your District through an interview. Thank you for your consideration. Truly yours, Marcus Hibser, Principal [email protected] www.hy-arch.com 11.9 Attachment D 2 of 86 Tab 1 Executive Summary 11.9 Attachment D 3 of 86 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Brief Description of the firm Legal Name Hibser Yamauchi Architect, Inc. (HY Architects), established in 1977, has been Hibser Yamauchi Architects, Inc. providing planning and design services to K-12 districts throughout California for 28 years. During this time, we have provided turn-key A/E services for virtually Type of Firm every type of project – from new campus construction to additions and HY Architects is a privately held modernizations. Our firm also provides campus master planning and facilities corporation, 51% owned by Ken assessments. We fully understand the importance of being prepared and Yamauchi and 49% by Marcus Hibser, and is a Minority Business Enterprise equipped to provide our services in a timely manner and on relatively short notice (MBE). to enable Districts to meet critical, and at times unpredictable, time deadlines and schedules. Number of Employees 59 Company-Wide HY Architects and our project team believe strongly that the facilities in which 25 in the SF Bay Area learning occurs matter significantly in relation to the overall outcomes for both Date Firm Established academic and social success. For this reason, all schools require extreme care in 1977 their planning, design, and development. CA Business License HY Architects is a certified CA Corporation. Our City of Oakland Business License number is 1709925. Architectural License No. C27362 exp. 1/31/2017 M. Hibser Tax Identification Number 94-3170987 District’s Project Contact Marcus Hibser, Principal [email protected] Jorge Rico, Project Architect [email protected] Office to Provide Services 300 27th Street Oakland, CA 94612 T: 510.446.2222; F: 510.446.2211 Our belief is that collaboration holds the key to good planning and design. We Agreement for Architectural relish the opportunity to work with District staff, site committees and community Services Hibser Yamauchi Architects (“HY groups to identify all opportunities that each project may have to offer. We also Architects”) received a copy of the function this way internally. HY Architects has unmatched expertise in standardized Agreement For development master plans for K-12 campuses/districts. We have been responsible Architectural Services used by the for all work for particular Districts and these plans and projects have ranged in size Pleasanton Unified School District, including the indemnity provisions and from small to extremely large. We know how to work with the District, teachers, professional liability insurance parents and community members to understand the unique needs of a campus provisions contained therein. If given and couple those needs with the needs of the District as a whole. the opportunity to contract with the District, Hibser Yamauchi Architects has no objections to the use of this HY Architects has a total staff of 59, including licensed architects with a number agreement. By virtue of submission, certified in other areas of expertise, including: ADA specialists (CASp), funding Hibser Yamauchi Architects declares specialists, LEED® Accredited Professionals, construction administrators, that all information provided is true contractors, and administrative support. and correct. 11.9 Attachment D 4 of 86 Executive Summary Over the past 28 years our firm has established a specialty in public school design and construction. The first step in the process is to identify specific needs and assist in creating a strategy/plan. This involves not only examining the facilities, but also interacting with the district, campus staff, students and even parents. HY Architects has a proven ability to gain consensus among various stakeholders. Key to our approach for any district is to understand the basic needs of an educational environment and designing spaces/buildings that are: 1. Flexible: Allow for change of educational use, change in methodology of teaching, and/or adaptation to technology advancement. 2. Durable: Building materials that are consistent with Facility standards but withstand abuse and maximize lifecycle costs. 3. Positive: Design aesthetics that are inspiring and appropriate provide a positive and enthusiastic attitude by both the students and faculty. 4. Engineered: Design educational spaces and/or buildings, which are engineered appropriately, such as designing classroom spaces with sufficient natural and artificial lighting, acoustically balanced, and well ventilated / HVAC controlled. 5. Sustainable: Many of our staff, including our consultants, are LEED Accredited Personnel. Although we may not be designing your project to be officially LEED certified, we will recommend products and building systems that conserve energy, recyclable, and durable. Also, provide landscape design with durable to extreme weather conditions, including snow/frost and drought tolerant. We are familiar with the Natural light in classroom requirements/standards to meet the criteria of California High Performance Schools (CHPS) program. 6. Functional: We pride ourselves in listening to faculty and understanding their specific needs, yet assisting the school facilities in maintaining standards. We are confident in our abilities in working with general classroom spaces as well as special educational spaces such as shops, theaters, music & art rooms, kitchens, computer labs, wet/dry laboratories, gymnasiums, student centers, and administration / counseling. 7. Advanced Technology: Provide start-of-the-art teaching facilities for both students and faculty. 8. Safe & Secure: We are very conscious designers when it comes to designing spaces and buildings that are safe and secure. Ample night lighting, well designed/engineered traffic flow and parking, and vandal conscious building design. Also, we would incorporate specific design issues to your site as safe & sheltered walkways (consider frozen walkway hazard) and structural snow load design and/or retrofitting. 11.9 Attachment D 5 of 86 9. Accessible: As Access Compliance reviewers for the Department of the State Architect (DSA), we are very familiar with barrier free design to provide equal access to all students, parents and staff. 10. Comfortable: We strive to provide well designed, climate controlled indoor environments, including sun protecting sun shade areas. HY Architects has experience in virtually every project types and space on a K-12 campus. We have vast experience in classrooms, science labs, multipurpose spaces, STEAM, gymnasiums, technology upgrades, computer labs and CTE spaces. Since we have been responsible for minor and major modernizations as well as campus additions and campus replacement projects, we employ efficient infrastructure and building system upgrades and replacements. We partner with districts to help them stretch every dollar that they have to put forth in a facilities related project. We do this through developing dual purpose solutions to campus issues, evaluating traditional built vs. modular building possibilities and examining construction alternative delivery options. Our strategies have saved districts significant funding that can then be applied to other Campus addition facility needs tin the district. HY Architects has completed hundreds of modernizations, additions, new building designs as well as complete campus replacements for our K-12 clients. We believe in using a collaborative approach to design and planning, partnering with districts to deliver projects on time and budget. In the past three years alone, we have completed over 50 K-12 modernizations and/or new construction projects. Stakeholder Involvement Our design philosophy and process is all about partnering with the Pleasanton Unified School District to understand your specific needs, and fulfills your goal. Our entire approach is centered on addressing your needs and delivering an end . product that exceeds expectations HY Architects has a very community-based approach to our design, which we believe will fit very well within the context of the Pleasanton USD. What this means is that our team considers it essential