Common use of Consultant Selection Clause in Contracts

Consultant Selection. If requested by the Project Manager, Construction Manager must assist the Project Manager and the Judicial Council with the process of identifying, soliciting proposals from, and negotiating contracts and/or amendments to contracts with consultants necessary for the completion of the Project. If requested by the Project Manager, Construction Manager must advise Judicial Council and make recommendations concerning the scope of services, the fees and the administration of consultants. Best Judgment. Evaluations of the DBE’s estimates must represent the Construction Manager’s best judgment as a professional familiar with the construction industry. Constructability Review(s). Construction Manager shall perform constructability reviews and site verification of the Project as set forth in the Pre-GMP Phase section below. The Construction Manager shall review the design documents for clarity, consistency, constructability and coordination. The results of the review shall be provided in writing and as notations on the documents to the Judicial Council and uploaded to JPIC. The Construction Manager shall also make recommendations to the Judicial Council with respect to constructability, construction cost sequence of construction, construction duration and separation of the contracts for the Project into categories of the work and separate bid trade packages. The Construction Manager, however, shall not perform and is not responsible for any design or architectural services. The Construction Manager’s actions in reviewing the Project design and design documents and in making recommendations as provided herein are advisory only to the Judicial Council. The DBE members are not third party beneficiaries of the Construction Manager’s work described in this paragraph and the DBE remains solely responsible for the contents of design drawings and design documents. Upon Judicial Council’s request, and without considering it an Extra Service, Construction Manager shall, provide value engineering at the 100% Design Development Phase and the 50% Construction Document Phase. This evaluation will consist of a review of the proposed materials, equipment, systems and other items depicted in the design documents and shall be coordinated with the Judicial Council’s design guidelines, Performance Criteria, the Criteria Architect, and the DBE. The Construction Manager shall prepare a value engineering report that will document the results of the evaluation (uploaded to JPIC) and shall make recommendations to the Judicial Council with respect to alternatives, deletions, or amendments of such proposed items that pertain to the anticipated construction costs, useful life, maintenance and operational costs and efficiencies. The Construction Manager shall provide to the Judicial Council value engineering recommendations and cost/benefit analysis of those recommendations. At the Judicial Council’s request, and without considering it an Extra Service, the Construction Manager shall organize and conduct a value engineering workshop for the Project. The Construction Manager shall invite the Judicial Council, DBE, and Criteria Architect to participate in the workshop. Prior to the value engineering workshop, the Construction Manager, the Judicial Council, DBE, and Criteria Architect shall provide all participants with a preliminary list of value engineering items for discussion and order of magnitude estimates of cost both for design and construction. The workshop shall consist of an initial Project design review, research of alternative solutions, and evaluations of alternatives. The workshop shall conclude with a review of design and construction costs, benefits of various items selected, and selection of items to be incorporated into the Project design. The Construction Manager will incorporate the workshop findings into one complete report for submittal to the Judicial Council, DBE, and Criteria Architect and shall upload it to JPIC. Value engineering is expected to be an ongoing process to determine ways to build a more efficient and economical Project without reducing its quality and meet its goals and objectives.