United States Courthouse Renovation and Historic Restoration
Value study on the proposed $8 million renovation and historic restoration of a 1930’s Federal courthouse. The renovation will realign various court functions, increase security, and add two new courtrooms. The historic restoration focused on the ornate ceiling and light fixtures. In addition, this project will add a new underground parking structure to include security measures for the U.S. Marshall. The study resulted in changes that improved functionality at a reduced capital and operational cost while maintaining the required atmosphere and purpose of the federal facility. SVS led the value team consisting of the tenant agencies, design team, GSA project team, construction management team, and GSA maintenance staff through development of over $3.7 million in savings.
Museum of the US Army
SVS facilitated the Museum stakeholders through a strategic planning workshop for the National Museum of the US Army. This four day workshop developed a project management plan and obtained consensus from the Project Team members on the functional program elements. The Project Management Plan consisted of a resource management plan, communications management plan, and risk management plan. The resource management plan aided the team in understanding the team’s organization, roles and responsibilities, and decision-making process. The communications plan developed rules and guidelines to improve the performance of the team and to prevent the overload of email and other communications. The risk management plan provided an approach for managing the uncertainties in the project. This study also conducted a program review with the architect engineer and created a list of action items that had been identified.
Hospital Renovation
This $400 million capital project to reconstruct a deteriorating hostpital in New York City including the construction of a new 200-bed hospital and the renovation of the existing hospital into an ambulatory care facility. The VE study was conducted at the concept level, which allowed the VE team to make recommendations relative to space allocation and configuration within the new hospital. It also allowed reconfiguring the clinics in the ambulatory care portion of the project. These changes resulted in a more functional and economical project design.
Forest Products Laboratory
SVS conducted a value planning study to improve the functionality of the five laboratories of a Forest Products Laboratory Complex. This study also included an analysis of the HVAC system for the administration building. The laboratories selected for improvements were the: engineering mechanics, composites, wood preservation, fire research, and advanced fiber. The team developed concepts which resulted in savings of over 35%.
Skyscraper Maintenance Structure
Five-day value planning study to identify new project scenarios for a building maintenance structure that meet the required performance functions for the life of the building at a reasonable cost. The structure that had been installed on one of the tallest towers in Seattle, WA was not functional and required a retrofit. The value team was to find one option out of six alternatives that would meet the challenge of constructability, structural feasibility as well as address all the present and future needs of building maintenance, and to determine the necessary costs to build and maintain the system. The project budget had not been established and part of the study was to determine the should-cost of the project. The team was able to clearly identify the best option and assign costs to the life cycle of the system.
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