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will obtain to the extent possible existing aerial photographs, county maps, legal description, and surveys to assist in documenting <br />the size and the location of primary features, such as buildings, paved areas, major landscape elements, easements, environmental <br />jurisdictional limits, and other physical aspects that potentially affect or impact upon the proposed development and future expansion <br />of the facilities. The team will obtain documentation through the city’s land development ordinance relative to codes and / or <br />development requirements including criteria relative to buildable area, height limitations, parking requirements, provision of utilities, <br />storm water retention and disposal, environmental issues, soil contamination, landscape requirements, setbacks, and similar factors <br />which may potentially impact upon expansion capability and land usage. <br />PRELIMINARY MASTER PLANNING / ADJACENCY STUDIES / RENDERINGS <br />As each of the three site options are on the existing municipal campus, some conceptual master planning will be required to fully <br />understand the site capabilities. As square footage is always at a premium, one of our team’s greatest abilities is to program a <br />building to maximize operational efficiency. Operational adjacency studies are a critical part of developing the full program and design <br />documents in this phase. During this task, our team can create detailed internal division adjacencies, overall building adjacencies, <br />and site adjacencies. We have also found 3D renderings as a useful tool in relaying how the building will look and fit into the existing <br />campus. These can be presented to not only the user groups, but to the city commission and the community to garner their support. <br />ADG uses the latest render software to create highly realistic imagery of what the inside and outside of the new facility can look like. <br />OPINION OF PROBABLE COSTS <br />Key decisions made at the start of a project have the greatest impact on the ultimate success of the project. Good decisions are a <br />product of thorough analysis of appropriate and accurate data. During the early phases of the project, accurate budgeting is necessary. <br />Our team has an excellent history of accurate cost estimating, specifically for public safety projects. The design team will work with <br />our team’s cost estimator during this phase. For the purpose of accurate project cost projecting, ADG maintains an extensive database <br />of public safety projects on a national scale. This is a very important contributing factor in our success of designing to the budget in <br />order to prevent value engineering at the end of the design process. The database is populated with the following project components: <br />project location (and specific regional issues that may need to be mitigated), wind speed requirements for the building envelope, <br />impact level required, project size, number of stories, construction cost and construction delivery method, cost per square foot with <br />and without site development costs, and population served. <br />Our team’s cost estimator, Dan Jeffreys, with CMS, will work with our team to analyze the information prepared in the needs assessment <br />and feasibility study documents, and determine the potential costs for the various development options. The opinion of probable costs <br />for each option will include scope of work narrative, cost-related assumptions, anticipated land acquisition costs, construction scope <br />items, FF&E estimates, project soft costs, and contingencies. <br />FINAL REPORT / IMPLEMENTATION PLAN <br />All of the information outlined above will result in a detailed report that will contain recommendations and options for the public safety <br />department. The final report will include: <br /> ●Final spatial needs assessment with 2042 space projections. <br /> ●Report of existing conditions and life-cycle costs. <br />9