Alhambra Unified School District

Straight Forward Program Management

BRJ laid out a program management plan that would provide straightforward program management services to facilitate the Bond projects. As an agent of the District, BRJ provided each component of management from planning through construction.

Description

Under the Measure C Bond program, BRJ managed the Alhambra Unified School District’s capital improvement program. With revenues from general obligation Bonds, state capital improvement funds, and other district capital funds, the District expanded and improved facilities on four campuses, projects included: a sports complex, five new buildings, and significant modernization of existing buildings.

Challenges

Campus logistics: coordinating contract scope of work with occupancy of teachers and students; softball field redesign after award of contract; science wing modernization and teacher relocation into new buildings; state budget creating constraints; soil remediation; “Engineering” our Adherence to Budgets; using established priorities to choose project components; using bid alternatives to provide “awardable” projects; and understanding every possible existing condition – Fewer Surprises!