CITY COUNCIL AGENDA ITEM
ACTION REQUESTED:
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Approve the award of JOC Procurement NS-004-CY23.A, Mansion Exterior Restoration Entry Porch Repairs, to Robe Construction, Inc. for an amount not to exceed $235,441.92, plus a 5% contingency
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DEPARTMENT: Naper Settlement
SUBMITTED BY: Harriet M. Pistorio, Chief Operating Officer
BOARD/COMMISSION REVIEW:
N/A
BACKGROUND:
Naper Settlement identified a multi-year exterior maintenance restoration project which is the approved CIP NS061, to support exterior infrastructure preservation repairs at the historic Martin Mitchell Mansion. These preservation repairs are part of comprehensive and ongoing cyclical maintenance directives as forecasted by the Settlement's Buildings & Grounds Department.
The NS061, CY 2023 preservation repair scope covers identified essential repairs to exterior porch systems at the front north guest entry porch and the porta cochere staff entry porch systems. An Existing Building Condition Assessment report was completed in June 2023 by the architecture firm Charles Vincent George, identifying the project's current conditions, and defining the preservation repair recommendations and related specification scopes. Charles Vincent George Architects produced the project's construction drawings based of the approved report findings that outlines essential repair scopes and details required for the successful preservation project outcome.
The porch system repair scopes cover carpentry repairs to porch floors, railing, posts, columns, stairs and balustrades, porch painting, minor porch roof maintenances as required, and minimal masonry parge coat repairs directly adjacent to porch column carpentry repairs. Implementing these stabilizing preservation repairs to these daily used porch systems will ensure the longevity of this original historic museum building asset by addressing and resolving these necessary repairs.
DISCUSSION:
Naper Settlement issued BID 23-174, Mansion Exterior Rest...
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