Multiple Maintenance and Hurricane Repair Projects, Planning Charette and DB RFP Development

GMHILL prepared Design-Build Solicitation (Request for Proposal) documents for multiple maintenance and repair projects, including facility assessments, planning charrettes, DD1391 submissions, technical requirements, cost estimates, specifications, and design drawings (approximately 35% completion). The scope encompassed the renovation and construction of seven multi-discipline projects. Sustainable design features were integrated to minimize energy consumption, conserve resources, and enhance occupant comfort while reducing total ownership costs. 

Our team first reviewed the statement of work, prior charrette reports, initial parametric estimate, and draft DD1391s provided in the request for proposal. A kickoff meeting was conducted at ANAD to meet project stakeholders, set project expectations, and perform an on-site tour and evaluation of the facilities and manufacturing operations. Additional project information was obtained from multiple charrette questionnaires, site visits, and client interviews prior to three on-site charrettes. With an understanding of the magnitude of the industrial process scope, stakeholders agreed project development efforts would benefit from conducting three separate planning charrettes: one for the industrial processes, one for the facilities, followed by one for the relocation and SRM planning to accommodate relocations.

Before the first charrette for the industrial processes, our industrial engineering team conducted site visits to conduct interviews to gather key data for existing equipment and workflow processes. Then, we analyzed the data gathered and developed the initial program square footage and three proof of concept diagrams using existing building massing. The design team architect and civil engineer developed site concept diagrams on the proposed CRF site to confirm that the site size would accommodate the CRF. Additionally, the design team developed preliminary rough order of magnitude cost estimate ranges and began gathering DD1391 justifications. At the end of the first planning charrette, the stakeholders validated the industrial processes to be included in the CRF, the requirements to support these operations, developed initial industrial process functional relationships and workflow, and identified the total scope of the project, including mission, occupancy, and equipment. The industrial engineering team gathered and analyzed the extensive amount of data to determine the requirements for the most efficient remanufacturing routes.

Prior to the second charrette for the site, facility, and associated utilities, the design team developed initial concepts for:

• Program areas
• Workflow diagrams
• Area comparison analysis
• Updated concept floor plans for industrial areas
• Space adjacency considerations
• Special building details to support production, cranes, lighting, architectural character of the building
• Mechanical considerations.

The phased PCR activities shaped the following key aspects of the concept design:

• Programmatic requirements for direct industrial and non-direct support personnel spaces
• Basis of design for specialized equipment like large cranes
• Flexibility of industrial processes
• Centralized, automated, and streamlined industrial processes
• Regulated environment for optimized machinery and personnel performance
• HVAC system location and performance criteria
• Life cycle cost analysis to determine effectiveness of solar, photovoltaic, hot water, and rainwater collection
• Sustainable design principles to include LEED Silver certification under LEED v4.0.

Additionally, the CRF campus layout effectively used GIS-based planning deliverables and CAD deliverables for the facility concept design.

Services included master planning, architecture, structural mechanical, electrical, plumbing, civil, fire protection, and industrial engineering, comprehensive interior design, communications distribution design, cost engineering, and project programming. Our team also completed ancillary design work to inform the design, including special report preparation for topographical survey, geotechnical data assessment, and utility capacity analysis.