York Fire Station No. 2 - Capstone Defense Flashcards

Vocabulary practice cards for the York Fire Station No. 2 Capstone project, covering financials, team, schedule, and contract details.

Stipulated Contract Sum

$$2,328,284.75$$

Cost per square foot

$269.07$ per SF

Total building size

$8,635\,SF$ ($4,400\,SF$ living quarters + $4,253\,SF$ apparatus bay)

Site location and size

$2.2\,acres$ on the Old York Road corridor, off SC-5 / SC-161, York, SC

Direct cost subtotal

$$2,014,673$$

Labor burden amount

$$247,726$$

Sales tax amount

$$35,665$$

P&P bond cost

$30,220$ ($1.5\%$ of contract price)

Project duration

$252\,working\,days$ / $362\,calendar\,days$ (NTP to turnover)

Notice to Proceed date

July 27, 2026

Dry-in milestone date

March 11, 2027

Turnover date

July 23, 2027

Retainage percentage

$5\%$ on completed work AND stored materials

Liquidated damages

$500$ per calendar day late

Extended General Conditions cost

Approximately $\$2,300$ per workday delay

Total Value Engineering savings

$119,236$ ($107,743$ CMU + $11,493$ sealer)

Contract backloading

Approximately $76\%$ of the contract value is backloaded into the final 8 months

Project Owner

City of York, South Carolina

Architect

Palmetto Architecture Group, LLC - J. Randall Pruitt, AIA, Principal

Apparatus bay oil/water separator capacity

$$1,000\,gallons$$

Roof structural components

59 open-web steel joists with a maximum span up to $46\,feet$ and $8,433\,SF$ of metal roof deck

Maximum wall height

$$20\,feet\,8\,inches$$

Delivery method

Single prime contractor

Burks Construction Company

Founded 2002, headquartered in Atlanta; self-performs concrete, masonry, metals, finishes, and sitework

Brenan Burks (Project Manager)

7 years experience, B.S. Construction Management from Kennesaw State, OSHA 30, PMP

Tim Wattley (Superintendent)

18 years experience, B.S. CM Georgia Southern, OSHA 30, NPDES 1A, STS-C; designated competent person for excavation, scaffolds, and fall protection

Lesley Chow (Field Engineer)

3 years experience, B.S. Building Science from Auburn; serves as SSHO (Site Safety & Health Officer) and is CHST-certified

Division 01 General Conditions

$550,800$ ($63.65/SF$); comprises $23.7\%$ of the contract

Division 09 Finishes

$321,334$ ($37.14/SF$)

Division 32 Site Improvements

$192,233$ ($22.22/SF$)

Division 05 Metals

$190,070$ ($21.97/SF$)

Division 04 Masonry

$158,918$ ($18.37/SF$)

Estimating pricing sources

Quantity takeoffs priced with RSMeans, company historical cost records, and current market prices

Plumbing scope distribution

$45K$ subcontracted plus $\$14.9K$ self-performed

VE Item 1

12-inch reinforced CMU replaced 12-inch cast-in-place concrete ($28.50/SF$ over $7,793\,SF$), saving $107,743$

VE Item 2

SpecChem All Shield WB liquid densifier/sealer replaced multi-coat epoxy, saving $11,493$

VE Item 3

$5.0\,mm$ commercial-grade LVT with $20-mil$ wear layer (Mohawk Hot & Heavy II) replaced engineered hardwood

Schedule WBS Phases

9 phases: Preconstruction, Sitework, Foundations, Structure, Building Envelope, MEP Rough-In, Interior Finishes, Site Improvements, Closeout

Critical path chain

42 workdays of masonry -> single crane mobilization for steel -> dry-in (overhead doors and storefront glazing) -> finish phase

Masonry logic tie

$SS+6$ (Start-to-Start plus 6 days) for bond beams/grout lifts relative to CMU

Long-lead items

Roof joists, roof deck, and apparatus bay overhead doors

Primary Contract Forms

AIA A101 (Agreement) and AIA A201-2007 (General Conditions)

Substantial Completion requirement

Within $340\,calendar\,days$ of commencement (July 2, 2027)

Dispute resolution path

Mediation first, then litigation

Insurance Limits (CGL)

$1M$ each occurrence / $2M$ general aggregate / $2M$ products-completed operations

Subcontractor Contract Form

AIA A401 (flow-down obligations, pay-when-paid, matching $5\%$ retainage)

Monthly billing forms

G702/G703 AIA pay-application forms

Pay App 4 (Nov 2026) status

$114,591$ billed, $24.0\%$ cumulative complete; concrete $100\%$ done, CMU at $8\%$

S-curve spending peaks

February 2027 (~$\$357K$) and June 2027 (~$\$342K$)

Risk scoring formula

$Probability \times Impact$ on $1-5$ scales (max score $25$)

Risk #1

Winter weather halting critical-path masonry (score 16)

OSHA regulations

$29\text{ CFR Parts } 1904$ (recordkeeping), $1910$ (general industry), and $1926$ (construction)

Activity Hazard Analysis (AHA)

Required for structural steel erection, designated the highest-risk operation