Title
Charlotte Vehicle Operations Center Architectural and Engineering Design Services
Action
Action:
Approve a contract in the amount of $266,420 with ALR Architecture, PC for architectural and engineering design services for the Charlotte Vehicle Operations Center, Phase 2.
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Staff Resource(s):
Mike Davis, Engineering and Property Management
William Haas, Engineering and Property Management
Dan Pliszka, Management and Financial Services
Steve Norman, Management and Financial Services
Explanation
* The Charlotte Vehicle Operations Center (CVOC) is a driver training facility where City employees receive safe and defensive driver training with a goal of reducing accident-related claims and downtime involving City vehicles and employees.
* Management and Financial Services compares City employee miles driven, number of accidents, and financial impacts of those accidents annually.
* Comparing that data to the same information from 2003, which was the year the CVOC opened, the training provided at this facility has saved the City an estimated $7,000,000 and prevented an estimated 2,400 vehicle claims.
* The current CVOC facility is undersized to meet the City's need for driver training.
* This contract will provide engineering design services to extend the driving course and provide architectural services to add an additional training classroom facility to support operations.
* This expansion will provide capacity to conduct training for two to three City departments simultaneously and allow for the implementation of annual in-service/driver refresher training. Under the current size, a department the size of the Charlotte Mecklenburg Police Department will occupy the facility for up to three months at a time which prevents any other department from using the facility for training during that time.
* By providing training to more employees more frequently, staff anticipates the accident rate for City employees will be reduced and, in turn, reduce the ...
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