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Cost Proposal EXAMPLES OF CONTROLLING COSTS NORMANDY AMERICAN CEMETERY Controlling Costs Through the Design Stages Color -Ad teamed with a design firm to provide overall exhibit planning and design, fabrication, transportation, and installation for the exhibit upgrades. Given that the site and exhibition is a focal point for remembrance, material quality was specified to the highest standards during the design stages. Our project manager and estimator worked with the design firm to provide steady feedback on material specifications, fabrication techniques, and cost effective implementation methods to provide a high quality and robust exhibition that could stand up to the high volume of use, while ensuring we were designing to the given budget. For example, our designer provided concept presentations at various levels of development for our review. Based on their concepts, we provided itemized budgets for each exhibit area and element. As the concepts became more refined, we began providing suggestions for material specifications and fabrication techniques that would achieve the design intent yet not exceed the budgets we provided. JIMMY CARTER NATIONAL HISTORIC SITE Achieving the Desired Design Intent Within the Budget The jimmy Carter project was a true working collaboration between Color -Ad and the cllent to achieve outcomes that were either not conveyed in the bidding documents or not fully developed at the time of bid. For example, the bid documents portrayed a solid mass bas relief model of the windmill at Jimmy Carter's boyhood home but the client had intended it to be a wire frame reproduction. Since the budget for the exhibit piece was not sufficient to fabricate a wire frame windmill, our team devised a way to create the windmill as an electronic 3D wire frame model without exceeding the original budget for the bas relief windmill. Our 3D modeler created a digitally sculpted rendition of the windmill and we CNC-milled the objects out of a combination of suitable materials to provide the look desired by the client. ALBUQUERQUE MUSEUM Value Engineering Museum -Quality Case Color -Ad coordinated with the client and designers to provide high quality exhibits that remained within the existing budget. Our estimators, project managers, and fabrication specialists collaborated on the value engineering of 16 glass exhibit cases and 69 wall and base vitrines for a total savings of $90,000 from the original specifications. Our team took special considerations while value engineering the case package to preserve the intended function, durability requirements, and design intent. This included analyzingthe conservation requirements of each case, understanding the access requirements of each case, and studying the display requirements and desired artifact layouts for each case. PR57 Reich&Petch SIGNS ANJ EXHIBITS