Salt Lake City Public Library
Marmalade Branch Construction Project
Monthly Project Report
July 2014
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Salt Lake City Public Library
Table of Contents
1. Executive Summary
2. Project Photographs
3. Budget/Cost Summary
4. Schedule Summary
5. Next Month “Look-ahead”
Attachment “A” – Project Budget Tracking Log
Attachment “B” – Contractor’s Schedule
Marmalade Branch Construction Project
Monthly Project Report
July 2014
Salt Lake City Public Library
Marmalade Branch Construction Project
Monthly Project Report
July 2014
1. Executive Summary
After a lot of work in the programming, design, bidding and pre-construction phases
of the Marmalade Branch Library project the construction has officially begun.
Ascent Construction was selected as the contractor and awarded the contract to
construct the Library. The ceremonial ground breaking event was held on May 29,
2014 which was attended by representatives of Salt Lake City including the Salt City
Mayor, the Salt Lake City Counsel, the Salt Lake City Public Library, Salt Lake City
Engineering, the Redevelopment Agency of Salt Lake City, local students,
community members, MOCA, Blalock and Partners, Ascent Construction and
others.
A formal Notice to Proceed (NTP) effective July 11, 2014 was issued to Ascent
Construction requiring a Substantial Completion of the project by August 10, 2015.
Ascent mobilized to the site, set up temporary facilities/site fencing and began
excavation/rough grading operations required for site preparation.
Not unexpectedly, water has been encountered in the building excavation for which
Ascent is making accommodations to address. The onsite conditions have been
reviewed with the geotechnical engineer (AGEC) and design team for confirmation
of the construction approach. Per the recommendation of AGEC, following the start
of site dewatering Ascent will construct a test pad for final review and approval by
AGEC. Since the RDA’s “dewatering” system for the entire site has not yet been
installed it is very likely that a temporary solution addressing groundwater will need
to be implemented by the Ascent team, for an extended period of time, in order to
address groundwater issues until the new system is installed and brought online.
The RDA’s Site Design Team and the Library Design Team are working with RMP
to finalize a solution for providing permanent power to the Library as well as the
entire RDA development. We are anticipating resolution of this issue next month.
Submission of contract submittals by Ascent to Blalock and Partners for review and
comment as well as submission of requests for information (RFI’s) to Blalock and
Partners for general clarification of drawings and specifications is underway.
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2. Project Photographs
2.1. Preparation for the Groundbreaking Ceremony in May.
2.2. SLC Mayor Becker speaking at the Groundbreaking Ceremony.
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2.3. Construction access into the site from 300 North.
2.4. Excavation underway.
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2.5. Site excavation as seen from the east.
2.6. Site office in the foreground and delivery of the frac tank required for the
construction dewatering operations in the background.
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Marmalade Branch Construction Project
Monthly Project Report
July 2014
3. Budget/Cost Summary
As noted in the Executive Summary, Ascent Construction was awarded the contract
for the construction of this Branch Library. After a bit of value engineering, through
which Ascent was very helpful in navigating, a contract price was established within
an acceptable budget for this project.
Attachment “A” illustrates the overall budget and its distribution into specific line
items. As contracts are awarded, the award amounts are entered into the
“Contracted” column. At that point, any budget adjustments (either up or down –
budget is moved either from or to “Owner Project Contingency” to account for the
delta between the “Contracted” total and the “Budgeted” total) are made. Invoices
for services performed are entered, as they are validated and approved, into the
“Paid to Date” column.
Due to some “coordination” issues between the SDT and LDT designs we are
anticipating encountering possible scope gaps in the Library design that may lead to
contractor change orders. We are also anticipating some additional costs due to the
delay in the installation of the RDA’s site dewatering system. We will continue to
work through these issues and have further conversations with the RDA in regard to
“distribution” of costs incurred due to the delay in the installation of the site
dewatering system. Ultimately, any costs not already included within the contracted
totals or the other individual line items shown on the budget sheet will be accounted
for in our pre-established “Owner Project Contingency” budget.
4. Schedule Summary
The contractually required Substantial Completion date is currently 08/10/15.
Ascent submitted an initial schedule (Attachment “B”) demonstrating their
preliminary plan for completing the project within the contractually required duration.
The attached schedule indicates a Substantial Completion date of 8/7/15 simply
because it was prepared in anticipation of receiving a Notice to Proceed earlier than
it was actually issued. Progress against this schedule as well as the requirement for
further schedule definition will be reviewed and evaluated on a monthly basis.
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5. Next Month “Look-ahead”
Activities anticipated to occur next month include:

Continued dewatering operations

Completion of excavation and backfill

Begin excavation of footings

Begin footing formwork

Finalize the location of RMP permanent power routing

Submission and review of project required submittals
END OF REPORT
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Attachment "A"
Salt Lake City Public Library
Marmalade Branch Construction Project
Budget Tracking Log ‐ July 2014
Cost Category
Construction Costs*
Total Construction Costs
FF&E
Shelving/Componentry
Technology
Art*
Total FF&E,tech,phone,etc.
Architectural & Programming
Special Inspection
Commissioning
Geotech Analysis
Survey
Public Utilities/Connection Fees
Permits
Plan Review
Development Fee
Impact Fees
LEED Silver Fees
City Engineering Fees
Misc. Owner costs
PM Services
Total Owner Fees
Owner Const. Contingency
Total Project Costs
Collections Owner Start up
Land GRAND TOTALS:
Budgeted
Contracted
$5,095,686.00 $ 5,119,986.00
$5,095,686.00 $5,119,986.00
$350,000.00
$0.00
$230,000.00
$0.00
$420,000.00
$0.00
$46,527.00
$90,000.00
$1,046,527.00
$90,000.00
$440,945.00
$437,200.00
$50,000.00
$0.00
$50,000.00
$38,000.00
$20,000.00
$5,733.00
$2,000.00
$0.00
$14,942.00
$0.00
$27,317.44
$27,034.27
$17,756.33
$17,572.28
$500.00
$270.34
$50,116.00
$6,543.60
$4,400.00
$0.00
$47,000.00
$0.00
$22,500.00
$3,871.00
$140,000.00
$140,000.00
$887,476.77
$676,224.49
$466,679.23
$0.00
$7,496,369.00 $5,886,210.49
$800,000.00
$0.00
$476,000.00
$476,000.00
$8,772,369.00 $6,362,210.49
Library budget
Delta
$8,772,369.00
$0.00
Remaining Budget
($24,300.00)
($24,300.00)
$350,000.00
$230,000.00
$420,000.00
($43,473.00)
$956,527.00
$3,745.00
$50,000.00
$12,000.00
$14,267.00
$2,000.00
$14,942.00
$283.17
$184.05
$229.66
$43,572.40
$4,400.00
$47,000.00
$18,629.00
$0.00
$211,252.28
$466,679.23
$1,610,158.51
$800,000.00
$0.00
$2,410,158.51
Paid to Date
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$45,000.00
$45,000.00
$334,806.33
$0.00
$2,660.00
$5,733.00
$0.00
$0.00
$27,034.27
$17,572.28
$270.34
$6,543.60
$0.00
$0.00
$3,871.00
$56,852.25
$455,343.07
$0.00
$500,343.07
$0.00
$476,000.00
$976,343.07
Percent of Contracted Spent
0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
50%
50%
77%
0%
7%
100%
0%
0%
100%
100%
100%
100%
0%
0%
100%
41%
67%
0%
9%
0%
100%
15%
Remaining to Complete Contract
$5,119,986.00
$5,119,986.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$45,000.00
$45,000.00
$102,393.67
$0.00
$35,340.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$83,147.75
$220,881.42
$0.00
$5,385,867.42
$0.00
$0.00
$5,385,867.42
* The negative "Remaining Balance" figures for both "Construction Costs" and "Art" represent amounts that are being
reimbursed by the RDA.
10:30 AM 8/8/2014
ATTACHMENT "B" - Contractor's Schedule