Title
Approval of a Resolution Authorizing an Amendment to the Design/Build Agreement with Forma Construction Company for the Hands On Children’s Museum Expansion Project
Recommended Action
Committee Recommendation:
Not referred to a committee.
City Manager Recommendation:
Move to approve a Resolution authorizing an amendment to the design/build agreement with Forma Construction Company for the Hands On Children’s Museum expansion project.
Report
Issue:
Whether to approve a Resolution authorizing an amendment to the design/build agreement with Forma Construction Company for the Hands On Children’s Museum expansion project.
Staff Contact:
Jim Rioux, Project Manager, Public Works Engineering, 360.753.8484
Presenter(s):
None - Consent Calendar Item.
Background and Analysis:
The Project
Olympia’s Hands On Children’s Museum (HOCM) is the most visited children’s museum in the Pacific Northwest. The current facility serves over 300,000 annual visitors in a space that was designed for 212,000 visitors. The main building, constructed in 2011 and opened in 2012, encompasses 28,000 square feet across three stories including 12,000 square feet of exhibit space. The Outdoor Discovery Center consists of interactive outdoor exhibits on approximately a half-acre of site.
This project will increase the facility’s existing indoor square footage to accommodate more guests, add exhibits and outdoor learning experiences, make critical facility improvements to meet community needs, enhance early learning, attract more out-of-town visitors, improve the museum layout and flow for a better visitor experience, and align with best practices per square foot. Plans include a new arrival plaza, increasing outdoor exhibit space, a culinary classroom, a flexible event space and traveling exhibit gallery, additional preschool /daycare space and 55 new parking stalls.
The expansion consists of an approximately 18,000 square foot, two-story mass timber and timber-steel addition nort...
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