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12/14/2012

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Sarasota News Leader December 14, 2012 Page 38 ���They���re using it without any problems,��� he Commissioner Nora Patterson made the monoted. tion to proceed with the contract. Vice Chairwoman Carolyn Mason seconded the motion. Ajax was ranked the top choice out of 11 respondents to the Sarasota County EOC proj- Tobias��� Dec. 11 memo notes that the pre-conect through two different assessments, Stuck- struction services Ajax and Tandem will be ey added. undertaking include ���design coordination and constructability reviews, value engineering, After Robinson clarified that Tandem Conpreparation of project estimates, schedule restruction of Sarasota would be working with Ajax on the county���s new EOC/911 center, finement, bidding phase services and preparaStuckey responded that both Ajax and Tan- tion of a Guaranteed Maximum Price (GMP) dem had more than 40 years of experience for all Construction Phase Services.��� with projects such as the EOC. ���Tandem has an amazing reputation here,��� Robinson said. When Commissioner Joe Barbetta pointed out that ���this is only the first section of this job,��� Stuckey concurred: ���No dirt [will be] turned on this particular process.��� Stuckey also took the opportunity during his remarks to point out that the county���s public safety team had been able to talk with other emergency management and 911 center directors about plans for Sarasota County���s new EOC. ���What we learned from all of them was that we are on the right track ��� as far as size, functionality and adjacency,��� he added. The Emergency Management Services team planned to be back before the board in late summer or the fall of 2013 to give the commissioners an opportunity to vote on the next phase of the EOC construction, Stuckey added. The EOC will be constructed on a parcel the county owns on Cattlemen Road at the Porter Way intersection. The cost of the project has been estimated at $14,269,279. The County Commission voted May 22 to proceed with the construction. It is to be completed before ���Tandem gives me a high level of confidence the start of the 2014 hurricane season, which officially begins June 1 each year. % in this one,��� Robinson said. QUICK TIP For the best viewing experience on a computer click the menubar to zoom to fullscreen mode. icon in the

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