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The costs related to the renovation projects of the Montreal City Hall and Verdun Auditorium have more than doubled since the first estimate of the work. The architects fees for these projects will therefore have to be increased, an unexpected expense of $ 2 million, which was approved by the executive committee on Wednesday morning. A text by Jérôme Labbé First estimated at $ 53 million, the heritage restoration, upgrading and LEED certification project at the city hall is now around 140 million . However, the professional fees for the basic services of architects and engineers are remunerated according to the percentage method, which involves the payment of an amount based on a percentage of the estimated cost of the work, in the design phase, perhaps read in the executive summary submitted to the members of the executive committee. Thus, the sum of $ 7.34 million granted to firms Beaupré Michaud and Associates, NCK and Martin Roy and Associates will be increased by 1.27 million, or 17.3%, to reach $ 8.62 million, taxes, contingencies and included impacts. A possible delay in obtaining authorization for the increase in professional fees [...] could delay the delivery of plans and specifications, and the award of contracts for project work, warns the City. The renovations are expected to begin in June 2019 and end three years later, in the early summer of 2022 - all under the supervision of the firm Pomerleau, which the City has recently designated as Construction Manager . The official opposition has also been concerned about this transfer of responsibilities, which could in its view lead to cost overruns . Same thing in Verdun A similar situation in the borough of Verdun also increased the fees of three architectural firms. Because the major transformation of Verdun Auditorium will also cost more than expected. The project, valued at $ 18.8 million in 2014, has been revised upwards several times since. The increase in project costs is mainly attributable to the sites contamination conditions, the heritage interest of the Auditorium and the continued maintenance of its vocation for the years to come, factors that have all been underestimated. Says the city in this other decision summary. Considering this discrepancy, it was understood between the parties that the cost of professional fees for basic services would not be paid on the basis of the actual cost of the work [...], but rather on the value of the estimate of The call for tenders. Last April, the contract of upgrading work was finally granted by the Axino Group City Council in the amount of $ 40.8 million, contingencies and taxes included. For example, FABG, Tetra Tech QB and Petropoulos, Bomis and Associates, who had already spent $ 2.41 million, will ultimately receive $ 3.28 million - an increase of $ 865,000 or 36%. Built in 1939, the Verdun Auditorium is home to the Denis-Savard arena, which, at the end of construction, will become the home of the Montreal women . |
