Project Cost Estimates

Title: Revised Plans for Phase 2

Date: April 2004

Author: Seattle Parks Department

Number of pages: 7

Acquired through a Public Disclosure Request, these drawings and construction costs outline three options—2A, 2B, and 2C—for a revised (downscaled) version of Phase 2 of the five phase project. The original plan for Phase 2 (as outlined in the Environmental Impact Statement, and summarized in Construction Phases and Costs), calls for four fields: one full size baseball field, one little league baseball field, one soccer field, and one rugby field. All of the revised Phase 2 options include one full size baseball field, one little league baseball field, and one soccer field. However, only two out of the three options (2A and 2C) include a rugby field and only option 2B includes the partial demolition of the Commissary building.

After adding in industry standard "mark-ups" (i.e., contractor overhead and profit, administrative overhead, design contingencies to cover unseen and unquantifiable items, etc.) the estimated costs for all three revised Phase 2 options exceeds available funds by approximately $500,000 to $1,000,000. Adding in the full costs of a scaled down version of Phase 1 presented by the Parks Department at the April 21, 2004 Seattle City Council Parks Committee meeting, the total cost of a revised Phase 1 and Phase 2 exceeds available funds by at least $4,000,000.

Phase 2A:

• Full-size baseball field with synthetic turf and lights
• Little league baseball field with natural grass and lights
• Soccer field with synthetic turf and lights
• Rugby field with natural grass (no lights)
• Does NOT include demolition of Commissary building

Phase 2B

• Full-size baseball field with synthetic infield / natural grass outfield and lights
• Little league baseball field with natural grass (no lights)
• Soccer field with synthetic turf and lights
• Does NOT include rugby field
• Includes demolition of Commissary building (but not foundation)

Phase 2C

• Full-size baseball field with synthetic infield / natural grass outfield and lights
• Little league baseball field with natural grass (no lights)
• Soccer field with synthetic turf and lights
• Rugby field with natural grass (no lights)
• Does NOT include demolition of Commissary building

Title: Schematic Design Cost Estimate Rephrased, Prepared for the Berger Partnership

Date: September 10, 2003

Author: C3 Management Group, on behalf of Berger Partnership

Number of pages:

This is an updated version of the Feb. 26 2002 cost estimate. Two interesting observations. First, the new cost estimate appears to shove a good chunk of phase 2 out to phase 3. And second, the cost estimate has gone up 10%+. Note that there appears to be pages missing (it is missing a page that matches the last page of Feb02_CostEstimate_A.pdf below).

Title: Schematic Design Cost Estimate, Prepared for the Berger Partnership

Date: February 26, 2002

Author: C3 Management Group, on behalf of Berger Partnership

Number of pages: 40

This cost estimate for the Magnuson Park Sports Fields project is based on the plan as outlined in the Environmental Impact Statement. The project is divided into five phases, as outlined in Construction Phases and Costs brief. The cost for each of the five phases is outlined on the last page of Feb02_CostEstimate_A.pdf document. The total project cost is estimated at $59.3 million. However, this figure does not appear to include the demolition of the Commissary Building, which is estimated to cost approximately $2 million.