RJM, serving as the city's Construction Manager as Agent, is recommending that the city award the contract for the Aquatics portion of the redevelopment project to Global Specialty Contractors, Inc. in the amount of $2,534,792.  RJM has worked with the contractor and the pool designer to bring the project in at the budgeted amount.

Base Bid Above Includes:

• New liner and sand installed over the top of existing liner 
• Regrade and top dress beach sand 
• New center structure and surge tank 
• New main drains and associated piping 
• Existing perimeter gutter to remain with new rim flow gutter system at boardwalk
• New shallow play area and water features 
• New 8ft plunge area between flume slide outlet and diving well 
• New boardwalk structure
• Deep end climbing/diving structure/platform/access stairs

Items that are not included in the base theme are any theming (pirates?), shade structures on the boardwalk or the net obstacle course.  Those items may be brought back to council once the overall budget is complete.

Global is Eagan based and is licensed in 15 states with a strong focus in the Midwest and Pacific-Hawaii regions.  Founded in 1990, their aquatics division focuses on commercial and municipal pool construction and renovation, pool mechanicals and equipment.  Global rebuilt the wave pool at the Bunker Beach Water Park in Coon Rapids.  

The SandVenture pool work needs to begin in September so that the pool can open by June 1, 2024.

RJM currently has bids out for the demolition of the existing structures and construction of the footings and foundations for the new buildings.  These tasks need to happen before winter so that the new building can be weathered in over the winter and the inside completed by Spring for up fit.  These items will be brought to council on September 5, 2023. 

 The building and site work bids will be brought to council on October 3, 2023.

RJM's only concern on pricing and timing has been the pool because of lead times on materials and that there were only a handful of pool contractors willing to take on the sand, and ultimately only one was willing to submit a bid.  The remaining parts of the redevelopment are common elements where there will be a larger bidding pool to draw competitive pricing from to keep the construction at or below the $7 million amount.

RJM's construction scheduled is attached.