The administrative offices and customer service center for the Zeeland Board of Public Works at 350 E. Washington will undergo an expansion and renovation later this year. The project will nearly double the size of the building from 2,300 to 4,500 square feet.
By Greg Chandler
Zeeland Record
The administrative offices and customer service center for the Zeeland Board of Public Works will undergo a makeover later this year.
The City Council on April 7 approved a general contracting services contract for the expansion and renovation of the utility offices at 350 E. Washington Ave. to Lakewood Construction. Two companies responded to a request for proposals from BPW for the project, with Lakewood proposing a construction budget of $1,727,864.
“We’ve worked with Lakewood on three previous projects. They’ve done very (well) for us. We’re happy with them,” BPW Power Supply and Market Operations Manager Robert Mulder told the council.
BPW has set a total budget of $2.5 million for the project, with 75 percent of the cost coming from its electric utility and 25 percent from the water utility. The BPW Board of Directors had approved the contract award March 11.
The project is expected to get underway in September and take about nine months to complete, Mulder said.
BPW set its budget based on expected construction costs along with architectural and engineering fees, allowances for the purchase of new office furniture, technology improvements and construction contingency costs, Mulder said.
The project will renovate the existing 2,300-square-foot offices that were built in 1993 and add another 2,200 square feet to the building. One of the major issues the project is expected to address is the need for additional conference space. The BPW board has been holding its meetings at the water warehouse because of the lack of adequate conference space, Mulder said.
Because of the upcoming construction, BPW plans to relocate its customer service team and other office staff to the basement of the Howard Miller Community Center for 6-9 months.
“If we can turn the building over to the contactor and say ‘it’s yours, our credit people are out of here, you don’t have to worry about temporary walls (or) barricades … you won’t have to deal with (us) trying to maintain business operations,’” Mulder said. “There’s some savings cost-wise and schedule-wise, and we think it’s a better way to operate.”
Zeeland Record
The administrative offices and customer service center for the Zeeland Board of Public Works will undergo a makeover later this year.
The City Council on April 7 approved a general contracting services contract for the expansion and renovation of the utility offices at 350 E. Washington Ave. to Lakewood Construction. Two companies responded to a request for proposals from BPW for the project, with Lakewood proposing a construction budget of $1,727,864.
“We’ve worked with Lakewood on three previous projects. They’ve done very (well) for us. We’re happy with them,” BPW Power Supply and Market Operations Manager Robert Mulder told the council.
BPW has set a total budget of $2.5 million for the project, with 75 percent of the cost coming from its electric utility and 25 percent from the water utility. The BPW Board of Directors had approved the contract award March 11.
The project is expected to get underway in September and take about nine months to complete, Mulder said.
BPW set its budget based on expected construction costs along with architectural and engineering fees, allowances for the purchase of new office furniture, technology improvements and construction contingency costs, Mulder said.
The project will renovate the existing 2,300-square-foot offices that were built in 1993 and add another 2,200 square feet to the building. One of the major issues the project is expected to address is the need for additional conference space. The BPW board has been holding its meetings at the water warehouse because of the lack of adequate conference space, Mulder said.
Because of the upcoming construction, BPW plans to relocate its customer service team and other office staff to the basement of the Howard Miller Community Center for 6-9 months.
“If we can turn the building over to the contactor and say ‘it’s yours, our credit people are out of here, you don’t have to worry about temporary walls (or) barricades … you won’t have to deal with (us) trying to maintain business operations,’” Mulder said. “There’s some savings cost-wise and schedule-wise, and we think it’s a better way to operate.”
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