VALLEY YOUTH THEATRE

The City of Phoenix is seeking a qualified Construction Manager at Risk (CMAR) to provide preconstruction services and complete construction services for the Valley Youth Theatre project. The selected CMAR will work as a team with the designer of record and City staff to ensure an efficient design approach for the project. The project site is located at 1st St. and McKinley St, and the estimated construction cost is $12 million. The new Theatre complex is designed to include a 300-seat main theatre and a 99-seat studio theatre for smaller productions. Additional program spaces include offices and meeting rooms, rehearsal and workshop areas, dance studios, and dedicated areas for set construction, costume and prop shops, and storage. • The CMAR will begin with the firm in an agency support role for preconstruction services. • The CMAR will assume the risk of delivering the project through a Guaranteed Maximum Price (GMP) contract. • The CMAR will be responsible for construction means and methods, and will be required to solicit bids from prequalified subcontractors to perform the work using the City’s subcontractor selection process. • The CMAR may also compete to self-perform limited amounts of work.