USF terminates design-build contract for its new football stadium

[Bull Matrix]

45 minutes ago, Cat941 said:

My hope that they have reconsidered the size and are opting for larger capacity is still alive!  

If that is the case then it will be yet another clue to something bigger…

[TBBull717]

Similar to when Suffolk setup in downtown Tampa in hopes of landing Water St projects, it feels the same with Barton Malow.

Their Tampa prime sub base is more than likely non-existent thus having RR Simmons join in on this project. Hell their grand opening of a Tampa office was a few weeks back. Cart before the horse.

 

[usfsig]

Switching from a design build agreement to a construction manager agreement isn’t a huge deal. Especially with a majority of the design already completed. Retaining Populous ensures the design will continue. I said here a while back I felt RR Simmons was involved. My only guess as to them not being the CM is because they don’t build football stadiums.

This allows USF to maintain more control over means and methods, but I don’t think it’ll be a “this could be bigger” thing. 

What concerns me is that this could push completion out a year or so. The new CM may be able to meet those existing deadlines, but they’ll want to either factor the acceleration costs into their bid (which would be an increased cost to USF and with a fixed amount borrowed that may be tough) or USF will have to extend the duration for completion. 

Edited December 1, 2023 by usfsig

[E.T.]

1 hour ago, TallyBull said:

Yes, it appears so. Looks like the purpose of these changes is to give USF more control of what is built, and at what cost. But it's still on schedule - construction starts in 2024 and ends in 2026 in time for the 2026-27 season.

Suppose to open the 2026 season

[Sk00b]

Oof. That's no bueno as far as the timeline goes.

Edited December 1, 2023 by Sk00b

[hm101]

Once again

Lack of transparency is not helping. This weird secret process just breeds speculation and negativity. I've never seen an organization so hell bent on saying so little about something so critical. 

We were told over and over again we were gonna do it right... what happened? 

 

[Sk00b]

1 minute ago, hm101 said:

Once again

Lack of transparency is not helping. This weird secret process just breeds speculation and negativity. I've never seen an organization so hell bent on saying so little about something so critical. 

We were told over and over again we were gonna do it right... what happened? 

 

How do we know they aren't doing it right if they aren't saying much.

[Bull Matrix]

6 minutes ago, Sk00b said:

How do we know they aren't doing it right if they aren't saying much.

Exactly. I’m going to wait until we see what comes out of that 12/5 meeting. 

[Triple B]

1 hour ago, hm101 said:

We were told over and over again we were gonna do it right... what happened? 

 

1 hour ago, Sk00b said:

How do we know they aren't doing it right if they aren't saying much.

But what if saying much is doing it right ..... that means we're not?

[Cat941]

Former sports executive reacts to changes made to USF's on-campus stadium plan

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Earlier this year, the USF Board of Trustees approved a plan for financing an estimated 35,000-seat on-campus facility costing $340 million. Now, that plan is experiencing...

For context about what the project’s changes mean, ABC Action News spoke to former sports executive Pat Williams, who co-founded the Orlando Magic.

According to Williams, losing the construction company originally involved in the project isn’t necessarily a setback for USF since so many others are available.