Education

WT provided Cost Management on a 65,000 SF new elementary school, as part of a larger bond development program. Working directly for the owner/school district, WT was able to meet all project deadlines and operated in a flexible and dynamic role, which extended beyond milestone estimating, beginning at inception (bond planning) to project delivery, providing cost planning, cost control and independent cost negotiation services. Early stage planning made extensive use of advanced cost planning techniques for all building systems and interrogation of potential unique site cost characteristics.

WT provided Cost Management on a 65,000 SF new elementary school, as part of a larger bond development program. Working directly for the owner/school district, WT was able to meet all project deadlines and operated in a flexible and dynamic role, which extended beyond milestone estimating, beginning at inception (bond planning) to project delivery, providing cost planning, cost control and independent cost negotiation services. Early stage planning made extensive use of advanced cost planning techniques for all building systems and interrogation of potential unique site cost characteristics.

The successful April 2016 bond measure achieved by the Lake Washington School District secured payment for the most urgent projects that were recommended by the District’s Long-Term Facilities Planning Task Force. The Task Force identified projects’ matters deemed to be pressing and are to be addressed by the School District by 2030. Following this analysis, WT was engaged in 2017 by OAC to provide cost management, modeling and bond planning on this 78,000 SF new elementary school.

The successful April 2016 bond measure achieved by the Lake Washington School District secured payment for the most urgent projects that were recommended by the District’s Long-Term Facilities Planning Task Force. The Task Force identified projects’ matters deemed to be pressing and are to be addressed by the School District by 2030. Following this analysis, WT was engaged in 2017 by OAC to provide cost management, modeling and bond planning on the 79,000 SF new Margaret Mead Elementary school.

The successful April 2016 bond measure achieved by the Lake Washington School District secured payment for the most urgent projects that were recommended by the District’s Long-Term Facilities Planning Task Force. The Task Force identified projects’ matters deemed to be pressing and are to be addressed by the School District by 2030. Following this analysis, WT was engaged in 2017 by OAC to provide cost management, modeling and bond planning on a a 237,000 SF phased expansion/replacement of Juanita High School.

The Merced 2020 Project will see the Merced campus expanded to support a significant increase in student intake including enhancements to academic, administrative, research, recreational, student residence and student services buildings, utilities and infrastructure, outdoor recreation and open space areas, and associated roadways, parking and landscaping. The project is intended to be completed in phases and is slated by UC to cost circa USD 1bn.

UC Santa Cruz is undertaking a major housing initiative. The Student Housing West project is part of President Napolitano’s system-wide initiative to build 14,000 beds across the UC by 2020. The UCSC initiative was announced in December 2016.

The Merced 2020 Project will see the Merced campus expanded to support a significant increase in student intake including enhancements to academic, administrative, research, recreational, student residence and student services buildings, utilities and infrastructure, outdoor recreation and open space areas, and associated roadways, parking and landscaping. The project is intended to be completed in phases and is slated by UC to cost circa USD 1bn.

WT provided P3 Advisory, Cost Consulting Program Management, Transaction Management, Project Management and Stakeholder Management services to UTSA.

WT Partnership provided Employer’s Agent, CDM-Coordinator and Quantity Surveying services and was involved from site acquisition pre-planning through to final account.