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Recommendation to Authorize the City Manager to Execute an Agreement with G & G Builders, Inc. for Maintenance Service Center Interior Improvements, No. P.W. 02-21-10, in a Not to Exceed Amount of $402,962, Including a Ten Percent Contingency. (Public Works 603C4100)
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To: Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
The Public Works Maintenance Service Center (MSC) building located at 1616 Fortmann Way was designed and constructed in 1984. The building has had routine maintenance and upkeep, but has not been remodeled or renovated in almost 40 years. MSC was built specifically to serve the operation of Public Works' maintenance service staff, vehicles, and equipment. This project will upgrade the men's locker room/restroom; the women's locker room/restroom; gender neutral restroom; employee lunchroom, and hallway kitchenette to bring these amenities to current Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) standards and overall usability. MSC will be fully staffed and operational during construction with some inconvenience to maintenance staff, but no interruptions in service.
BACKGROUND
The MSC is a 17,000 square foot (sq. ft.), single-story, two building facility, constructed in 1984. The buildings were built specifically to serve Public Works' maintenance service staff, vehicles, and equipment. The MSC supports the City of Alameda's (City) entire maintenance efforts, serves as a first responder facility and operates 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. The interior 4,000 sq. ft. administrative office building, fronting Fortmann Way, is the subject of the proposed interior improvements. The much larger 13,000 sq. ft. 'shop' building located towards the rear of the site is not included in the scope of this project.
Improvements focus on providing enhanced staff function, efficiency, safety, and comfort, with functional modernizations, building code compliancy upgrades, ADA accessibility renovations, and work which includes new in...
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