Pleasanton Unified School District Proposal to Provide Architectural Services 10.07.16
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11.10 Attachment D 1 of 44 PLEASANTON UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT PROPOSAL TO PROVIDE ARCHITECTURAL SERVICES 10.07.16 five years of construction. For the Lafayette School District, COVER LETTER we are designing modernization upgrades and new custom Myla Y. Grasso modular classrooms for five (5) school sites. The emphasis of Purchasing Coordinator the work is 21st Century classrooms to support their evolving Pleasanton Unified School District teaching practices and each classroom is being designed to 4750 First Street support 3 monitors and wrap around whiteboards to support Pleasanton, CA 94566 small group learning. Our work with Fremont USD has been ongoing for more than 20 years and has included a variety HKIT Architects is pleased to present our interest, enthusiasm of modernization projects from ADA upgrades and outdoor and qualifications to the Pleasanton Unified School District dining canopies to new dining facility and library/media arts in response to your RFP No. 2016-17.03 for Architectural buildings. For the Dublin USD, we recently completed an all Services. We are a firm of 40 professionals that has been new elementary school serving 950 students in the expanding in continuous practice for 68 years in the Bay Area. HKIT eastern edge of the City. We would love to tour any of these has successfully created new schools, transformed existing facilities with you to begin the dialog of how we can best facilities, and blended new and old buildings to create serve your District and use our design experience to fulfill your vibrant, functional, and cohesive campus environments for project and educational goals. many school districts throughout the Bay Area. One of HKIT’s great strengths is our attention to client service; Our work is centered on the design of schools that promote we give our full attention and commitment to each project, a sense of pride, identity, and community connection. We large or small. Our proven design team will be fully involved are aware of the pitfalls of infill construction on an existing from project inception through construction and project campus – underground site utility defects, ADA access closeout; we are committed to keeping a team in place for compliance shortcomings as well as neighbors who resist the life of the project. Our pleasure is meeting client goals change because they are used to a particular aesthetic and and getting projects built; this is a direct result of our ability building massing configuration. As such, we will approach to interpret and translate program requirements effectively, each of your campuses with the goal of enhancing the assess existing facilities, make prudent design decisions inherent strengths of that particular site and neighborhood, throughout the process and manage the team well. Our reinforcing the identity of the school in the community passion is creating great environments for students, staff and and suitable functionality. Our approach will incorporate the community. sustainable design practices and employ materials that support long term environmental stewardship. Our work There is nothing that our firm enjoys more than designing incorporates CHPS and LEED best practices; we are in the inspirational educational spaces and transforming existing construction phase of a new elementary school for Oakland campuses to meet emerging student and staff needs. We are USD with a goal of achieving a Net Zero Energy (NZE) committed to a collaborative process and look forward to campus. presenting our qualifications in more detail. We bring directly applicable experience to your District and your bond projects. Specifically, our current work Sincerely, with San Ramon Valley Unified School District where we have completed the design of a science, arts and standard classroom infill building for the San Ramon Valley High School and a science, media arts and standard classroom infill Dara Youngdale, AIA, LEED AP, Principal building at Stone Valley Middle School. Both projects include HKIT Architects major site utility upgrades, interim housing and the design 538 Ninth Street, Suite 240, Oakland, CA 94607 of new site circulation, student quads, outdoor furnishings T. 510.625.9800 F. 510.625.9801 and landscaping. Also, the Antioch High School which www.hkit.com includes new and renovated classrooms to accommodate [email protected] linked learning academies, an upgraded athletic stadium, a new campus gateway and administration/library building and expanded cafeteria/dining facility. Multi-phased construction projects are well underway, orchestrated to keep school in session and students safe throughout the - 1 - 11.10 Attachment D 2 of 44 “In working with the staff of HKIT, I have found them sincerely interested in meeting my needs as a client and producing the best possible product for the users. Their diligence and attention to project details, especially attention to budget and schedule concerns, has led to the successful completion of the numerous projects to which they were assigned.” -Therese Gain, AIA, Director of Facilities Fremont Unified School District 11.10 Attachment D 3 of 44 PLEASANTON UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT PROPOSAL TO PROVIDE ARCHITECTURAL SERVICES 10.07.16 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY among our staff – and abilities that span from old-school hand drawn renderings to the most current 3D computer modeling. We center our architectural practice on a deep 1LEGAL NAME OF THE ARCHITECTURAL FIRM commitment to responsive client service. The single factor HKIT Architects that best distinguishes us as a firm is our record for attentive, thoughtful, consistent responsiveness to the needs of our TYPE OF FIRM clients, large or small. We are particularly proud of our Business Structure: Corporation strong staff and client relationships. DESCRIPTION OF FIRM YEARS IN BUSINESS HKIT has built a reputation as one of Northern California’s HKIT has been in continuous practice since 1948 (68 years). most respected school architects. In our more than 60 years of continuous practice our firm has designed elementary NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES (COMPANY-WIDE) schools, secondary schools and higher education facilities all Licensed Architects 19 over the region; this involvement continues actively into the Technical Support 14 present. We have designed more than 100 projects for some Administration 7 20 school districts and private school clients. Total Staff 40 We are currently working with eleven school districts on NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES (SF Bay Area) a variety of K-12 educational facilities in the Bay Area. In We have one office located in Oakland, CA with a total of addition to educational facilities, the firm is known for forty (40) employees. its depth of experience with affordable family and senior housing and municipal facilities. DATE FIRM ESTABLISHED 1948 The size and structure of our firm allows for a level of specialization and client attentiveness characteristic of smaller firms, while affording a broad range of talent CALIFORNIA BUSINESS LICENSE NUMBER and expertise among our staff. We benefit from both #CA18083 (Dara Youngdale, Arch License #) formal and informal sharing of resources and knowledge - 3 - 11.10 Attachment D 4 of 44 PLEASANTON UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT PROPOSAL TO PROVIDE ARCHITECTURAL SERVICES 10.07.16 TAX IDENTIFICATION NUMBER STANDARDIZED AGREEMENT Tax ID 94-1585540 HKIT Architects received a copy of the standardized Agreement for Architectural Services used by the Pleasanton PROJECT CONTACT INFORMATION Unified School District, including the indemnity provisions and Dara Youngdale, AIA, Principal professional liability insurance provisions contained therein. [email protected] If given the opportunity to contract with the District, HKIT #CA18083 (Dara Youngdale, Arch License #) Architects has no objections to the use of this agreement. By virtue of submission, HKIT Architects declares that all information provided is true and correct. OFFICE CONTACT INFORMATION HKIT Architects 538 Ninth Street, Suite 240 Oakland, CA 94607 T. 510-625-9800 F. 510-625-9801 www.hkit.com San Ramon Valley High School New Classroom Building San Ramon Valley Unified School District - 4 - 11.10 Attachment D 5 of 44 PLEASANTON UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT PROPOSAL TO PROVIDE ARCHITECTURAL SERVICES 10.07.16 TABLE OF CONTENTS 2 Cover Letter .............................................................................................1 1. Executive Summary .............................................................................3 2. Table of Contents ................................................................................5 3. Staffing Resources ..............................................................................7 Resumes .................................................................................8 5. Project Experience and References .................................................12 Project Pages ........................................................................14 6. Legal Issues/Litigation ......................................................................25 7. Technical Competence .....................................................................26 8. Fee Estimate Range/Terms ..............................................................37 Appendix ..............................................................................................39 Exhibits and Forms ................................................................40 - 5 - 11.10 Attachment D 6 of 44 “It all looks so beautiful, not just the new building itself, but the way its colors, the outdoor