The St. Vincent’s Guest House Renovation project involves a renovation of a 150-year-old historic property in the New Orleans lower garden district located at 1507 Magazine Street. The existing property is being renovated and converted into a 75-room high-end boutique hotel. The $20 million construction cost will also include a new event building, a restaurant with a speakeasy bar, and a bakery. The Architect of Record is Metro Studio and the General Contractor is Palmisano Construction. The project completion is expected in January 2021.
VGP was contracted by the Owner/Developer Zach Kupperman to provide Pre-construction and Construction management services. During the Pre-construction phase, VGP assisted with preparation of the solicitation documents for a General Contractor, oversaw the bidding process, and conducted the bid analysis to select the Design-Build Contractor. VGP was also instrumental in assisting the Owner with negotiations of the Guaranteed Maximum Price (GMP). VGP worked very closely with the Design team, Ownership and the General Contractor on developing a value engineering and constructability review process in order to meet the Ownership’s budget expectations and the project’s objectives. VGP was involved in the initial Pre-construction phase. VGP continued through the balance of Pre-construction phase and transitioned into the Construction phase as well.
VGP’s duties, as the Owner’s Representative, include ongoing coordination with the Ownership, the Architect of Record and their subconsultants, and the General Contractor; organizing and supervising the Owner-required testing services; attendance of weekly OAC meetings, as well as site visits to monitor construction activities, review of RFI’s, submittals, change orders, schedule updates and pay applications.