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1/6 October 18, 2005 CONSTRUCTION F OCUS.J INc~ Cost Estimating and Consulting Services Jonah Cohen Thomas Hacker Architects, Inc. 733 SW Oak Street Suite 100 Portland, OR 97205 RE: Eugene City Hall Complex Cost Estimate Mr. Cohen: For certain construction projects a cost estimate may be developed by carefully identifying and analyzing all of the construction work items, defining and quantifying the work scope and assigning costs to each work item. For the current assessment phase of the Eugene City Hall project this type of cost model is not appropriate. Not enough information is known about the scope of the work to adequately itemize, much less assign cost information to each item. For this reason the design team determined that the most appropriate method for developing a cost analysis for the project would be to investigate work that has been done on other city hall projects in other cities and try to learn about the major factors that guided the decision making processes for these other communities. If the community decided to save and renovate their city hall, what were the underlying reasons? If not, what were the factors that led to a decision to vacate or to demolish existing structures? Were these decisions based on cost savings, historical status, or other reasons? An internet search provided names of cities which led to phone call interviews of a person who was knowledgeable about the project and a follow up email message that asked for a review of the summary of the conversation. It is important to note that this report strives to be entirely impartial. All the individuals who were contacted, interviewed, and responded to the request for clarifications are listed here in this report. No editing was done by the authors of this report. Each of the following paragraphs were reviewed, edited, and approved by the interviewee. V:541-686-2031 P.O. Box 24705 Eugene, OR 97402 Fax: 541-686-3392