Our firm provided construction management at-risk (CMAR) services for the new construction of the School of Public Policy building at UMCP. This project constructed a new 77,000 gross square foot building that will provide offices to house 109 full-time and 30 part-time faculty and staff and 65 graduate/teaching/research assistants, five state of-the-art instructional rooms ranging in sizes from 25 to 150 seats, computer labs, a library/study room, and lounge space. Despite the delays due to funding and the pandemic supply chain, we have managed to keep the project on schedule. Managing the owner’s changes throughout this project has been challenging to keep in budget. Our estimator has been put to the test with value engineering options since this project’s inception. Students have already started using the building and a ribbon cutting is set for October 26th.
