The City Council is being asked on June 16, 2026 to authorize the City Manager to execute a Construction Manager-at-Risk (CMAR) contract with CORE Construction Services of Texas, LLC for the Public Works & Parks Facility Expansion Project (F01). The agreement includes $30,000 for pre-construction services (including site investigation allowances) and a construction management fee of up to 4.25% of the eventual construction cost, funded by previously approved $7.25 million CO bonds and reflected in the FY26 CIP. The City has already contracted with Parkhill for design services, and Phase 1 will add roughly 6,000 sq.ft. of office space and 9,000 sq.ft. of covered storage, with future phases anticipated to further expand and eventually relocate one of the departments. CORE will provide cost estimating, constructability reviews, scheduling, value engineering, and later submit a Guaranteed Maximum Price (GMP), after which they will manage competitively procured subcontractors. This creates immediate and future opportunities for subcontractors, specialty trades, site work, utilities, equipment suppliers, and professional services firms to team with CORE as the project advances through design and into multiple construction phases.

CORE is selected as CMAR under RSQ #25-305; they must publicly bid and competitively procure subcont...