This Juvenile Camp facility was a remodel of an abandoned pilot’s dormitory located adjacent to the Camarillo Airport. The two-story, 11,686 square foot building had been built around the time of World War II. The scope of work required major structural upgrades in order to comply with current seismic codes including the addition of a new foundation system. Steel columns and beams were fitted to supplement the framing system which originally consisted of light timber.
Since the original structure was erected over 50 years ago, it contained an antiquated electrical system and had no mechanical system at all. The remodeling also called for the installation of an elevator, security systems, kitchen and laundry facilities, classrooms and offices, and an emergency power system. The work also included a series of retrofits designed to make the juvenile camp American Disabilities Act (ADA) compliant.
As part of its services for Mackone Development, Inc, DACM Project Management prepared a number of highly detailed baseline schedule scenarios to test overall phasing options for the facility to allow for the construction to be completed in an accelerated manner. The initial schedule developed for the project showed the work requiring just over 12 months to complete. This duration did not meet the County’s needs which called for speedy resolve of the overcrowding problem at the other County juvenile facilities. The County determined that a fast-track schedule should be developed even if a construction cost increase was the result. As such, a series of exhaustive reviews of the Contract Documents performed for the purpose of identifying the logistical and constraining issues affecting the work. We researched various approaches to the work to identify the most efficient manner in which to proceed. The result of DACM Project Management’s diligent efforts was a construction duration that was reduced from 12 months to just over 6 utilizing highly accelerated and coordinated phasing.
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