[img]1705|right|Mike Reynolds||no_popup[/img]Figuring out how to spend more than $100 million across the School District naturally is complicated, and movement is the antithesis of swift.
Half a year after Culver City voters overwhelmingly passed a $106 million facilities-improvements bond measure, physical changes remain a long way from visibility.
Twelve years’ worth of improvements will be evenly divided into four segments when $26 million will be invested in upgrades.
The priorities for this long-term undertaking will be decided by the School Board. First, though, a team of overseers and managers is to be chosen.
Mike Reynolds, assistant superintendent for business, explains the next major step:
“We are interviewing several firms to determine who will be program manager,” he said. “Our program manager is a firm that comes in and serves as the owner’s representative.
“They make sure that there is a competitive bidding process among construction management firms for various projects to be funded.
“They keep detailed accounting records of all projects,” Mr. Reynolds said. “And they oversee the progress of all projects.”
“We are looking at companies that have performed these services for other school districts. They specialize in multiple projects within a district that might easily involve multiple construction firms and architectural companies.”
