September LMS Delves into APDM Contracts
By Rebekah Morris for AZBEX On Wednesday, September 30th, 2020, more than 100 people logged on to the most recent Leading Market Series (LMS) event presented by BEX, which explored the topic of Alternative Project Delivery Methods (APDM) contract usage by public owners. Since 2000, HB2340 enabled the usage of APDM, including Design–Build, Construction Manager at Risk (CMAR) and Job Order Contract (JOC). Given these new tools […]
Flagstaff Requests DB Firm for Overpass Project
By Tasha Anderson for AZBEX The City of Flagstaff has issued a Request for Qualifications for a firm to provide Design-Build services for the design and construction of an overpass in central Flagstaff. According to the issued RFQ, the city is looking for services including, project design, agency/public coordination, budget control/value engineering and construction services. […]
DB Firm Wanted for Tucson Readiness Center
By Tasha Anderson for AZBEX The Arizona Department of Emergency and Military Affairs is looking for a firm to provide design-build services for the 70KSF Rita Road Readiness Center to be located at 7901 S. Rita Road in Tucson. A Request for Qualifications was recently issued for the design, permitting, site preparation and construction of the new facility for the Arizona […]
Clock Ticking on Yuma Transportation Center
Source: Yuma Sun With the clock ticking on dedicated grant funds, Yuma officials are moving forward with plans to design the long-planned multi-modal transportation center inside the historic Hotel Del Sol. The city has initiated a process to hire a design-build team. The design does not necessarily mean the facility will be built. The project will not be constructed unless […]
DB Firm Requested for Goodyear Civic Square
By Tasha Anderson for AZBEX The City of Goodyear and Globe Land Investors, LLC (Globe Corporation) have recently issued a Request for Qualifications for a Design-Build firm for the development of the City Hall portion of the Goodyear Civic Square at Estrella Falls project. The project, located Adjacent to Bullard Wash, west of 150th Dr, […]
Is Lack of Oversight at Alhambra Leading to Wasteful Contracts?
By Rebekah Morris for Arizona Builder’s Exchange Inefficient contracts… Lack of oversight and documentation… Resistance to market trends… These are a few of the issues plaguing one of the poorest public school districts in a state that Governing.com has ranked 49th in per pupil funding as recently as June 2018. Forty-five million dollars in bond […]
Goodyear Wants DB for Water Treatment Plant
By Roland Murphy for Arizona Builder’s Exchange Goodyear plans to build a $114M water treatment facility with an initial capacity of eight million gallons per day, and it’s looking for a design-build team to make that happen. In an RFQ published this week, the City’s procurement office announced it is seeking statements of qualification for […]