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Update and projected projects
Updates generally are posted following our monthly Governing Board meeting when official awards are made. These
meetings are the fourth Tuesday of each month except December when it is the second Tuesday of the month.
End of January updates in glowing fireplace ORANGE
End of February updates in PURPLE
Listed below are the larger general funded and bond funded project awards and projects that we
anticipate may be approved by our Governing Board in the next four to six months. Also shown
are projected bids and requests for proposals (RFP’s). Colleges must develop and submit education
specs for their major new construction and remodeling projects prior to Board action, and this
activity is initiated by the colleges. Following Board approval, RFP’s will be issued for design teams
and for the larger projects, CMARs.
Projects awarded to consultants under Annual Services agreements or to contractors under Job Order
Contracting purchase orders are not listed.
Our capital development policy requires that we have operating money available to open and support
new facilities before we can start any portion of the project, including the original project approval
by our Board, consultant or CMAR selection.
RFP’s and other bid or proposal opportunities are listed on the Purchasing website:
https://business.maricopa.edu/purchasing/for-vendors#bidopportunities
Vendor registration for all of our bids and proposals can be obtained at
https://business.maricopa.edu/sites/default/files/vrf_1.pdf
If you have general questions about our projects, program or the District, please send me an e-mail
at: arlen.solochek@domail.maricopa.edu. Our department website is
https://business.maricopa.edu/facilities-planning-development
Project managers are listed for each project and can be contacted by e-mail for specific updates or
information. We may not have much more information (size, cost, content or timing) than what is
listed below until the colleges submit a first draft of their education specs.
Thanks for your continued interest and supporting our bond and capital programs.
Arlen Solochek, FAIA
Associate Vice Chancellor for Capital Planning and Special Projects
Facilities Planning and Development
Recent medium/large project consultant and contractor Awards- Congratulations!
Governing Board and Capital Development Advisory Council meetings are held the fourth Tuesday
of each month. Awards over $50,000 are made at these meetings. Only open CMAR and consultant
selection, or competitive bid results are listed below. Information on awards and amounts made for
annual services consultant agreements, open purchasing agreements with other public agencies or
JOC awards can be obtained by contacting Facilities Planning.
None this month
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Project Awards and Recognitions:
GateWay Community College’s Integrated
Education Building was recognized for it’s
USGBC LEED Certification. Attending the event
were (left to right) Katie Stachler RA Smithgroup,
Dr. Steven R. Gonzales, president of GateWay
Community College, Randy Rossow of the District’s
Facilities Planning group, and Carrie Perrone, also an
architect with SmithGroup.
Mesa Community College’s new Performing Arts
Center received the RED Award for Best Redevelopment
Project in 2014. The RED Awards, Real Estate and
Development Awards, are provided for the biggest, best
and most notable commercial real estate projects and
transactions for the previous year. Awards are given to
developer, general contractor, architect and broker/teams.
The project team is Jones Studio, architects; Layton
Construction, contractor: and Ross Bern, Facilities
Planning project manager.
This project started with the purchase of the Fiesta Five Harkins movie theater building at Fiesta
Mall. The original building was gutted and provides rehearsal rooms, lobby space, Music
Department offices and practice space and theater support. A new 425 seat proscenium stage theater
building was added to the original building.
Original theater exterior
Original theater lobby and refreshment area
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New theater exterior addition
New exterior entry between the new
theater/house (left) and original Harkins
theater building (to the right)
New Lobby in the original theater lobby
and refreshment area
New theater addition performing house and stage
Upcoming Projects:
Please do not contact colleges directly for any of the following projects. In fairness to everyone
who may propose on our projects, neither we nor the college should provide individual
consultant or contractor tours or meetings for a specific project in advance of the RFP being
issued. The colleges will refer you to our project manager anyway. Please honor this request
so that we will know that you really will be listening later on to what we want. Thanks in
advance for your cooperation!
District-wide work
Annual Services for consultants RFP (“on-call” services). RFP #3299-2 is available now,
and is due Wednesday, March 25, 2015.. The District maintains annual services consultants in
the following areas: Acoustical Engineering, Air/Water Test & Balance, Architectural Services,
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Audio Visual System Design, Building and Building Systems Commissioning, Building Code
Review, Civil Engineering (including surveying and pavement maintenance), Cost Estimating,
Electrical Engineering, Energy Conservation, Forensic Analysis, Geotechnical Engineering,
Hazardous Materials and Air Quality Consulting and Testing, Interior Design, Landscape
Architecture, Mechanical Engineering, Roofing and Waterproofing, Structural Engineering and
Utility Mapping
Annual contract amounts per firm will not exceed $350,000 per year within a single category,
with a $150,000 maximum for a single project purchase order. Each contract may be renewed
annually for a total maximum term of five years. There is no guaranteed minimum amount of
work in any year. Purchase orders for consultant work are funded from the specific projects.
Contact: Gary Eberhard gary.eberhard@domail.maricopa.edu
Annual Roofing Contractors
The District will solicit multiple roofing contractors to assist with the District-wide annual
roofing maintenance program. Selected roofing contractors will be available to the District
for a one-year maintenance agreement, renewable up to 4 additional years. There is no
guaranteed amount of roofing maintenance each year. The scope of services may include
preventative maintenance, localized patching/repairs (including flashing materials), and
smaller roofing replacements. Roofing types currently used throughout the District include
urethane foam with acrylic top coating, TPO, asphalt built-up, and R-Mer-Lite (light gauge
metal roofing on channel strips). The RFQ will be released approximately March 2015 for
implementation as of July 2015.
Contact: Gary Eberhard gary.eberhard@domail.maricopa.edu
Annual Summer Pavement Maintenance
Bid documents are being prepared for the District’s annual summer asphalt paving
maintenance work. Separate packages may be created that include sealcoat, local partial
and full depth pavement patches, and crack seal/restripe package for multiple District’s
locations, and a second package will provide paving milling and/or substantial
replacements at additional locations. The issue date for bids still in in discussion.
Contact: Randy Rossow at randy.rossow@domail.maricopa.edu or
Ted Dick at ted.dick@domail.maricopa.edu
Chandler Gilbert Community College
Early discussion and project development to partially renovate portions of Bluford Hall at the
Williams site. No other details, schedule or budget is available at this time.
Estrella Mountain Community College
No major new projects identified with any certainty at this time.
Glendale Community College
No major new projects identified with any certainty at this time.
GateWay Community College
No major new projects identified with any certainty at this time.
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Mesa Community College
Mesa will be replacing the roof on the Student Services Building and associated work to change
the exhaust hood and air make up for the hood in the building’s commercial kitchen. The
roofing replacement will be the District’s standard urethane foam system. The estimated cost for
the combined project (roofing replacement and the mechanical system) is about $400,000 to
$600,000 and will be issued in a single bid to simplify coordination of work. Bids will be
issued and received in March or April, with work to be completed in Summer 2015.
Contact for roofing work: Gary Eberhard gary.eberhard@domail.maricopa.edu
Contact for mechanical work: Ken Calteux ken.calteux@domail.maricopa.edu
Maricopa Corporate College
A new entity within the District, Corporate College will manage and create executive training
and workforce solutions for the entire District. Corporate College currently is in early discussion
to provide its first permanent home, perhaps in partnership with another entity or local
government. Current program needs are estimated at about 35,000 – 40,000 gsf. No other details,
schedule or budget is available at this time.
Maricopa Skill Center
No major new projects identified with any certainty at this time
Phoenix College
Early discussion and project development to remodel Building C top to bottom. Building C
previously housed Nursing and currently houses Allied Health and physical sciences. Allied
Health will leave for a new building by summer 2015. The balance of the 44,000 gsf building,
including the science labs, will be renovated and in portions, significantly remodeled. No other
details, schedule or budget is available at this time.
Paradise Valley Community College
No major new projects identified with any certainty at this time.
Rio Salado College
No major new projects identified with any certainty at this time
Scottsdale Community College
The College is working on the education specs for two buildings to complete their bond program.
One will be a student center east, about 32,000 to 35,000 gsf, containing an institutional kitchen,
dining area, large meeting room and smaller break out rooms and the second is a classroom
building for the Business program, containing 10-11 classrooms, computer labs and faculty
offices. The projects may be combined into a single building or done as two separated buildings,
but using a single design and construction firm for either choice. Project details, ed specs, timing
and budgets are in development now. The combined construction budget may be in the $10
million range.
Contact: Arlen Solochek arlen.solochek@domail.maricopa.edu
Early discussion and project development to remodel SCC’s original Nursing building including
partially or fully enclosing a connecting breezeway. The building will be re-functioned due to the
relocation of the Nursing program to another recently remodeled building. No other details,
schedule or budget is available at this time.
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South Mountain Community College
Security Card Access System/Door locks and door replacements: SMCC will upgrade
and/or standardize all of the existing doors on campus to receive new electronic locking
devices, most tied to a card access system. The work also will include replacement of a
number of existing doors in poor condition with new doors. The general scope will cover
exterior and classroom doors only. The initial budget value is approximately $400,000500,000. Bids will be solicited in May-June 2015, with phase 1 of access control work to
commence Summer 2015.
Contact: Ted Dick ted.dick@domail.maricopa.edu
District Office/District Support Services Center
No new major projects identified with any certainty at this time
CURRENT WORK IN PROGRESS
We receive information requests regarding which firm is designing or constructing a project that
already has been awarded. Materials suppliers, product representatives and subcontractors may
contact the architects or contractors directly who listed below.
*below for consultants, indicates a selection through annual services; for contractors, * indicates a
JOC award. All open RFP and bid results are shown; only annual services or JOC awards over
$500,000 are shown.
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MCC Student Portal: (A/E-Marlene Imerzian Architects; CMAR- SDB Crane/CORE
joint venture)
MCC Art Gallery: (A/E-DWL Architects + Planners*; Contractor- has been assumed
by the surety)
SCC Library remodel: (A/E- DLR Group*; Contractor- has been assumed by the
surety)
EMCC Performing Arts Center: (A/E- Orcutt Winslow Partnership; CMARAdolphson and Peterson )
SCC Xeriscape, Music Amphitheater cover and PAC Storage Building and Yard:
(A/E- SPS+; Contractor- has been assumed by the surety for xeriscape and PAC
storage building, Hatfield Construction, LLC for canopy)
PC Allied Health and Dental Remodel, 7th Avenue: (A/E- DLR Group; CMAR- Okland
Construction)
PVCC Black Mountain Phase II: (A/E- Dick and Fritsche Design Group; CMARAustin Commercial)
CGCC Agave Hall Remodeling: (A/E- Dick and Fritsche Design Group with Opsis;
CMAR- Okland Construction)
GCC T3 Remodel: (A/E- Holly Street Studio Architects; CMAR- Adolfson & Peterson)
In design or consultant/contractor selection
 PC John Paul Theater remodel and expansion: (A/E- SPS+ Architects; ContractorJOC to be selected)
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