Fort Collins Utilities Alternative Product Delivery System APDS

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Fort Collins UtilitiesAlternative Product
Delivery System(APDS)

• Owen L. Randall, P.E.
• Senior Utility Engineer
• City of Fort Collins Utilities

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Fort Collins Utilities Alternative Product
Delivery System

• CAPITAL PROJECTS
• Water
• Wastewater
• Stormwater

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Fort Collins Utilities Alternative Product
Delivery SystemAPDS

• Takes the Engineering QBS process to next level
• Greater Value because more dollars at risk
• Qualifications based construction contractor
  selection
• Selection process similar to Engineering process
• Team based approach - design and construction
• Built on TRUST
• Long Term Relationship not project based

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Selection Process

• Specific Selection Criteria
• Selection based on approach to a specific project
• Cost factors design phase and construction cost
  factors
• Proposed team is critical
• RFP issued and selection team reads and scores
• Interviews of short listed firms
• Negotiated Master Agreement

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Advantages of APDS

• Input during design
• Active vital role in design process
• Scheduling
• Cost Estimating
• Address Risk in design - Reduction
• Goals

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Advantages of APDS

• Quality of Design
• Budget addressed throughout design no surprises
• Constructibility input during design
• Best value in materials / equipment
• Flexibility always looking for a better way

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Advantages of APDS

• Projects with critical schedule
• Ideal for high visibility projects w/ need to
  limit public impact
• Costing scheduling
• Safety

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Challenges of APDS

• More work
• Requires an owner that holds everyone accountable
• Building a true committed team
• Longer APDS is used the greater the benefits
• Owner has to be involved

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Advantages of APDS

• Better quality projects
• Design and built on time
• Built under budget
• Built faster
• Claims and change orders no!
• Work is more fun
• Pride in what team accomplishes

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PROOF IT WORKS???
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PROOF

• Used for nearly 15 years by Fort Collins
  Utilities
• Excess of 140 million dollars of work performed
• No Claims
• No Lawsuits
• Every job done on time
• Total Change Orders Negative 3,000,000

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