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KANSAS CITY
February 5, 2009
City Manager and
City Commission of the City of Miami
4444 SW 2"" Avenue. 1 O'h Floor
Miami, Florida 33130
RE Construction of the Public Infrastructure that will service the Florida Marlins Baseball Stadium,
the planned parking facilities and anticipated future commercial development (the "Project")
Dear Ladies and Gentlemeni
HOK Sport. Inc. is the architect of record for Florida Martins new Baseball Stadium and the proposed
Project. We recommend that the City Commission of the City of Miami award the contract for
construction management of the Project to Hunt/Moss, a Joint Venture ("Hunt/Moss"). Doing so will be in
the best interest of the City of Miami and the Project for the following reasons:
Hunt/Moss has been selected to be the construction manager for the Baseball Stadium, and, as
such, is in the unique position to assure that these two critically interrelated projects are properly
coordinated. Scheduling, priority of use of areas for construction, efficiencies in project staffing,
coordination of procurement timing and strategy, consistency in workmanship standards and site
safety standards are all elevated when the Baseball Stadium Work and the Public Infrastructure
Work reside with the same construction management firm.
2. Communication between the trades working on the Baseball Stadium and trades working on the
Public Infrastructure Work will also be better coordinated. The finger pointing between separate
contractors on critical project scheduling issues, such as priority of laydown areas, other site
logistics (e.g., storage of materials) and timing of deliveries, is mitigated when both scopes of
work are managed by the same firm, thus increasing the likelihood of timely completion of both
projects.
3. Through its work on the Baseball Stadium, Hunt/Moss is familiar with the site conditions, local
labor market and other factors affecting construction costs, thus increasing the likelihood that they
can establish a guaranteed maximum price for the Project consistent with the Project budget.
City Manager and City Commission of the City of Miami
February 5, 2009
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Through its involvement with the Baseball Stadium, Hunt/Moss is familiar with the procedures ,and
requirements established by Miami -Dade County and the City of Miami for the Project, thus
providing greater assurance that those procedures and requirements will be uniformly enforced
and followed.
For these reasons, we recommend that the City Commission of the City of Miami select HunUMoss as the
construction manager for the Public infrastructure Work.
With best r ards,
Earl E. Santee, AIA
Senior Principal
HOK Sport, Inc.
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Cc; Stewart Ervie — HQK Sport