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Subcommittee meeting and times are as follows:
SF 183
A bill for an act relating to a construction manager-at-risk commercial construction alternative delivery method and prohibiting certain other alternative delivery methods in the public sector and including effective date and applicability provisions. (Formerly SSB 1018.) Effective date: 07/01/2022, 06/14/2022.
Subcommittee members: Kaufmann-CH, Bloomingdale, Bossman, Gjerde, Hunter
Date: Thursday, February 11, 2021
Time: 8:30 AM - 9:00 AM
Location: RM 103, Sup. Ct. Chamber
Names and comments are public records. Remaining information is considered a confidential record.
Comments Submitted:

02-10-2021
mike shive [Modern Companies]
I've been in construction for 33 years. Traditional DesignBidBuild delivery does not allow utilization of technology. Its a broken construction delivery process. Todays technology is applied thru early delivery, design build, collaborative construction. Why are we performing public construction the same way we did it 40 years ago? To eliminate the opportunity top improve construction delivery is crazy. We should be looking at how to improve efficiently spending tax payers dollars. This chart should be a wake up call. Lets demand alternative construction delivery, at risk, design build, IPD, not eliminate. Thanks for listening
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02-10-2021
Gary Edgington [BAKER ELECTRIC]
This bill is bad for Iowa. It is being sold as alternative delivery, but prohibits the best part of alternative delivery, Design Build! It is a divisive attempt by AGC and Iowa Road Builders to protect their lucrative business from change that would force them to adopt a new and more efficient way to do work. Design Build has proven effective in 48 other states, particularly in the DOTs of the other states. This bill bans design build for everyone including a successful program for board of Regents. It also excludes the road and bridge builders from the provisions it outlines. This is nothing more than a one sided compromise by a powerful association to protect it's own members from progressive legislation that could benefit all of Iowa. If passed, it will lock us down and push us back years in alternative project deliveries. There are times when a person has to say NO to their hardline lobbyists and their "pay for it" PAC money. Kill this bill before it causes irreparable damage to our state.
02-11-2021
William Dikis [Architectural Strategies LLC]
As an architect, I favor SF 183 Just for discussion, I dont believe it is currently legal for the Regents to currently use Construction Manager at Risk (CMR) and DesignBuild (DB); their rationale is a stretch. I favor legalizing CMR for the Regents, but not DB in part because CMR maintains the longheld state goal of 100% competitive bidding of all labor and materials, while DB does not. As well, CMR brings a very valuable construction expert forward in the design process to collaborate with the architect and owner during design, offering constructability, cost estimating, and scheduling expertise.