BUILDING REPAIR AND FLOOD RESILIENCY

The City of Montpelier, Vermont invites qualified professional services (architecture and engineering) firms to develop plans to repair and incorporate building resiliency for flood damage to three (3) City owned properties caused by the July 10, 2023 flood event (DR-4720). The focus of this work will be to provide alterative options and cost estimates to retrofit, renovate, and mitigate future damage within historic buildings. All repairs will be to bring the buildings back to pre-flood condition, meet flood hazard mitigation standards, and provide options to prevent future events. The successful bidder shall furnish all tools, labor, materials services, insurance, notifications, and licenses/certificates. SCOPE OF WORK: The scope of work for this project is to evaluate and provide flood resilient options for significantly damaged City buildings. Successful bidders will demonstrate three “alternatives” of work along with specialized studies (i.e., hydrological study, historic preservation, and architectural design): Repair and return to pre-flood condition:The consultant shall provide an itemized list of all work and associated costs to restore City Hall, the Fire Station and the Police Department buildings to the condition they were in before the flood. Elevate critical equipment, wet proofing areas below the Design Flood Elevation (DFE) and relocation of basement offices: The consultant shall provide an itemized list to elevate all critical equipment a minimum of two feet (2ft) above the base flood elevation (DFE) and the estimated costs of the constructing new office space for the displaced offices within City Hall and the Fire Station.Assumptions: Elevated critical infrastructure will be placed on the first floor on eastern side of the building referred to as the Memorial Room for the purposes of estimating. Four displaced public works offices will be constructed within the cold storage space at the public works garage and the eight planning and community justice offices will be constructed within the memorial room / City Council Chambers. Three displaced offices within the Fire Station will be relocated to the training room on the 2nd floor. Consultant will provide a recommendation and estimates for the most cost-effective alternatives to protect the City Hall boilers and the emergency backup generator from future flooding damage. Alternatives may include but are not limited to elevating equipment, flood proofing the rooms where the equipment is housed, or constructing an elevated addition on the building. Repair, mitigate, and improve the existing facilities. The consultant will provide a preliminary analysis on the feasibility of flood proofing each of the three buildings. Analysis should include establishment of the DFE, capacity of the existing building walls to withstand hydrostatic forces, evaluation of modifications to existing windows below the DFE to withstand hydrostatic forces, flood gates, evaluating entryways, and structural modifications to prevent flood waters from entering the buildings. DELIVERABLES: Provide separate itemized cost estimates for the three alternatives, along with a narrative describing the approach to each alternative.Provide preliminary layout plans for proposed office space relocations described in alternative 2 as well as preliminary layout plans for any proposed additions.Provide narrative on barriers to construction alternatives associated with historic preservation or potential permits.Provide a recommendation on the preferred approach to reconstructing each building. The following buildings included in this evaluation are (including building age and square footage): City Hall – 39 Main Street (built in 1909; 40,040 SF) – Damage was sustained to the main level, Finance Office, and to the lower level of City Hall. The elevator, heating, plumbing, electrical service and generator were significantly damaged. Fire Station – 61 Main Street (built in 1924; 12,003 SF) – The main level and basement were significantly damaged along with the walkway entrance to the basement. Police Department – 1 Pitkin Court (built in 2000; 10,276 SF) – The basement and communication infrastructure were damaged.