Schools Hire Firm to Manage $240-Million Repair Project
Pasadena school officials have approved a three-year contract for a Sacramento management company with local partners to manage a $240-million districtwide campus improvement project.
The contract for Vanir Construction Management and its partners, Clarence J. Broussard & Associates of Irwindale and Pacifica Services of Pasadena, is worth $3.5 million.
Vanir has managed 400 other projects in 47 school districts, officials said.
The firm was ranked second by a district review panel but was the unanimous choice of the school board. The review panel selected the firm PCM3 of Montrose as its top choice. Vanir also submitted a higher estimate of fee schedules for an alternative 15-year project--$15.3 million compared to PCM3’s estimate of $10.5 million.
But the contract for Vanir approved by the school board Tuesday only runs for three years, after which officials can renew the contract or get another firm.
Vanir also managed the construction of the Pasadena Police Department building. The city of Pasadena sued Vanir because of cost overruns in the construction of the police building. The suit was resolved and terms of the agreement remain confidential.
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