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As soon as Congress passerd the American Recovery and Reinvestmentr Actin mid-February, Phoenix principal Bryce Pearsallk and three other DLR principals acrosz the country created a team specificallhy to pursue stimulus Although DLR has a long history of workinbg in the public it has never chosen to chas e projects this way. “Ad a company, we decided we wanted to jumpinto this. We had to decide, what kind of stimulus projects we want to Pearsall said. With $787 billion being divvies up by federal and state agencies for all sortesof programs, the DLR principals decided they needed to focusa on a few strategic areas.
They are pursuinyg contracts that are geographically convenient to anyof DLR’s 15 match their long-standing skilp sets; and have expedientr delivery methods. Under traditional architecture a firm is selected to design a But many stimulus projects arerequiring design-build meaning an architecture firm needs to partner with a contractore and present the bid as a team. DLR has done that but the firm is researching additional relationships with In addition, government agencies are handing out contracts more oftebn through the “indefinite delivery/ indefinite quantity” process. Under agencies accept applications from companied and qualify them to perform ongoing work.
For instance, a militaryg installation might have a contract with a specifixc company to handle utility work for a period of several DLR recently started pursuingIDIQ work, given how lucrativr it can be over both the short and long “We believe government agencies are open to lookingt at establishing IDIQ relationships with companiew that have our kind of experience,” Pearsall So far, DLR has received one contract for a courty design in Florida, but the company expectsa to hear soon about several other Although DLR is researching stimulus-funded jobs througu both federal and statd agencies, the reality is that few of those jobs will be locatedx in the Southwest.
In fact, many of the prime architecturw assignments are on the East Several contracts previously had been awardexto architects, but there wasn’t enough monet to proceed with those projects untio the stimulus package was passed. “It’s important to note that many shovel-readgy projects are not being published for solicitation because the originao firms are being awarded the postponed saidMark Patterson, president of the Arizona Chapter of the American Institute of Architects. Patterson said his firm, , will benefi t from a previously unfunded the renovation of the Smithsonian Institute of Arts and Industrie Buildingin Washington.
That work is being coordinatedsby SmithGroup’s Washington office. Despite the apparenty dearth of work slated for the SmithGroup is engaging ina “closely organized Patterson said. “We are optimistid about a wide variety of building types gaining including medical, office, museum and research Another national firm with a significant local presence, , also is in hot pursuit of stimulue cash. The General Services Administration hasselected OWP/P to providw architecture and engineering services to desigj and build land ports of entruy and border stations in Zone 1, which encompasseds Arizona, California, Montana, Washington and Alaska.
OWP/P’s Chicago offices also received an IDIQ awar d forRegion 5, which covers a chunk of the According to OWP/P spokesperson Kelly about $6 billion of work to be funded throug h GSA will include renovations to federal buildings and border stations. “Abouft 75 percent of these GSA-managed funds are earmarkes for converting existing federal buildingsto high-performance, energy-efficient facilities,” McClennan Officials at all three firms remain hopeful that more localized renovation and infrastructure projects will brinv work to Valley companies.