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City of Sunny Isles Beach: Special Inspection Services RFO No. 11-07-11 C CM Proiect #5. Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performinq Arts of Miami-Dade County, Miami. FL URS provided program management and construction administration services on the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts of Miami-Dade County project. The Arsht Center is a state-of-the-art complex designed by the world-renowned architect Cesar Pelli, and is comprised of five buildings sited on 5.9 acres. The two featured theatres are the 2,400-seat Sanford and Dolores Ziff Ballet Opera House and the 2,200- seat Knight Concert Hall. A 200-seat black box Studio Theatre, the Peacock Education Center, and a restored Art Deco Tower are united with the other two buildings by a Plaza for the Arts across Biscayne Boulevard. In the fall of 2003, approximately two years after the start of construction and 30% completed, URS was retained by Miami-Dade County to assess and make recommendations on restructuring the contractual and working relationships of the various project participants. The key project members had ceased communications with each other, the project was 600 days behind schedule, and over $100 million in claims had been generated. The County needed to effectively bring this high- profile project back on track by regaining budget and schedule controls. URS assisted the County in restructuring, creating new contractual relationships - most notably, changing the agreement with the contractor from CM-at-risk to agency CM, re-baselining the project schedule, and revising the project completion budget. This effort benefited all parties, avoiding a project stoppage, averting major contractual disputes, and restoring public confidence in the investment of County funds. The project had no litigation. .:. .' . .,!.~ -~1:!'. ,.. '-t., ',' .~-:"~:. " ',' . :-;. - ~~ .' '~, ~.. '., ..... M1': ," ~.~ ' > - . ,.!ll';~,", I '. "" ", · ~> .51?_. ~" ... ..,"~~~~~~~- :~'rl~~'~~'1 "'''',,'' '. "-'.., / /,-~ ,.~ ~,.., ........~. ~ . ,'.. . - ~ ...-.... ;- . ---. - - . .. ~\" J ~'_.-:~. ~--..: . .. ~ . ..,.,::-.."",- ".. " ~-:;" "~~ 0, -~ . .. ../~..... c , e Performi~g Arts ht Center for th Adrienne Ars Major activities of the URS program management team included: . Change and schedule management . Design analysis . Monitoring of field activities . Contract compliance . Dispute resolution . Close-out coordination r' '--" ""... :..~~ .. ~ . ;; ..". Owner: Miami-Dade County URS Role: Construction Program Management, Dispute Resolution Services Project Type: New performing arts center Total Construction Value: $450 Million Project Start: 2003 Completion: 2006 2-10 I p 2 g E URS