The Owner’s PerspectiveJoel Swift, Architect, AIA, LEED AP

Manager, Facilities Design and Construction

UC Davis Health System•County of Placer (‘92-’98,’07-’13)

•UC Davis Architects & Engineers (‘98-’07)

•UC Davis Health System (‘13-present)

The Owner’s Perspective

South Placer Adult Correctional Facility

The Owner’s Perspective

The Owner’s Perspective•Multiple delivery methods: Design-Bid-

Build, CM advisor, CM at Risk, Design Build, Job Order Contracting, Lease/Lease buyback, in house workforce, volunteers…

•Opportunity to work on teams that drafted master documents for both the UC and counties

•D/B is a major topic in both subsectors – different agencies are at different levels

•UCD Health System – assess best delivery method for project

*What can owner do to help insure a competitive bid?(Actually, more than a bid, a Best Value

Proposal)

*What can owner do to help insure a competitive bid?(Actually, more than a bid, a Best Value

Proposal)

•Start early

•Understand your project

•Communicate

•Build a team

*What can owner do to help insure a competitive bid?

Manage your team

*What can owner do to help insure a competitive bid?

Provide and Maintain Vision

*Use of Prescriptive vs. Performance standards?

*Use of Prescriptive vs. Performance standards?The Short Answer:

Both

*Use of Prescriptive vs. Performance standards?The Long Answer:•What is right for the project?

•Gauge the best documents for the specific parts of the project scope

•Start with as much Performance criteria as possible

•Prescriptive where necessary to maintain project vision

*Use of Prescriptive vs. Performance standards?•Related topic: How far do you take the proposal documents?

•From criteria to bridging documents

•How far is too far?

*Use of Prescriptive vs. Performance standards?

How clear are your program documents?

*Use of Prescriptive vs. Performance standards?

How far is too far?

*Can I Make Changes?

*Can I Make Changes?

Of course, I am the owner

*Can I Make Changes?

But perhaps the real question should be:

How dearly do I want to pay for it?

*Can I Make Changes?

Change Management

•Post Award – Owner v Contractor changes

•Post Award – Timing of owner’s changes

•Post design - degree of owner involvement

*What is most important? Cost or Final Product?

*What is most important? Cost or Final Product?Short Answer:

Yes

*What is most important? Cost or Final Product?

Long Answer:

It’s really about Cost, Scope and Schedule

*What is most important? Cost or Final Product?

Scope, Budget and Time

My time is up

Thank you