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Tushi~ A4onfgom~ry Associates Inco Architects o Landsoalsa Archifecfs Interior Designers o Space Planners 3300 Edinborough Way, #601 Minneapolis, Minnesota 55435 612-830-8208 o Fax: 830-8215 January13,1997 Mr. Pat Klaers City of Elk River 13065 Orono Parkway Elk River, MN 55330 Dear Pat: Attached is a revised proposal for professional construction management services and a revised construction budget for the above referenced project prepared by Greystone Construction Company. We have successfully completed several projects with this company and would highly recommend them as construction managers for this project. Greystone's fee was reduced from 4.5% of construction costs to 3.8%. As we discussed, the advantages of construction management for this project are as follows: · Better coordination between general construction activities and Owner furnished equipment such as coolers, P.O.S. equipment, cash wraps, shelving, racks, etc. · Lowered construction costs because of greater exposure to a larger variety of subcontractors. The construction manager is hired by the city and, as such, is looking out for your interests instead of a general contractors. Because of the small size of this project, if the city did not hire a construction manager, there could be general contractors bidding this project that may not be qualified from a technical or experience standpoint to build this project, and if they were the low bidder and complied with the bidding requirements, the City would have to award them the project. A construction manager would be a member of the design team providing value engineering services during the design and construction document phases assisting the city in making value decisions for the project to keep the project on budget and provide the most "bang for the buck".