Paredes Design Consultants Corporation has assisted Orange County Public Schools since 1999 by providing Owners Representation, Planning and Design Management Services. The county's $2.1 Billion Dollar School Construction Program is one of the most aggressive construction programs in the nation. In the past thirteen years, we have successfully opened 67 New and Replacement  Schools, all on schedule and within budget. The total budget for these Schools was over $1.5 Billion. The State has awarded the School District $21 million for constructing these Schools for less than State mandated cost per student station. This was achieved through our development of prototype designs and value engineering efforts. Our future is equally challenging with plans for 11 additional Schools and 66 campus renovation projects by 2020.

Paredes Design Consultants Responsibilities:          

·        Manage the Architectural/Engineering Consultants

·        Develop project milestone schedules and checklists including planning and infrastructure issues.

·         Assist OCPS Real Estate Acquisitions in negotiations with landowners, developers.

·        Assist with refinement of real estate agreements to legally bind landowners and developers to timely fulfillment of OCPS requirements, with explicit penalties for failure to fulfill contractual obligations. 

·        Coordinate with Local Authorities and Utility Companies for infrastructure requirements.

·        Assist OCPS Governmental Relations and Pupil Assignment in obtaining local planning commission approvals.

·        Verify Educational Specifications Program, Master Plan, Facilities Assessment Reports and Project Budgets

·        Monitor and align Scope of Work with available Budget.

·        Point of communications contact for School Administrators during program verification and design implementation.

·        Maintain equity in the new facilities provided throughout the District.

·        Develop OCPS Prototype “Standards and insure that new Schools and renovations are in compliance.

·        Coordinate with OCPS Standards, Code Compliance, Maintenance, Food Service and other Departments.

·        Conduct construction document quality control reviews for construct-ability, code compliance and coordination of disciplines.

·        Provide value engineering analysis to maximize value of dollars spent.

·        Monitor Construction Managers deliverables; construction estimates, project schedules and bid documentation.

·        Assist the Project Managers during construction and warranty period with all design issues.

·        Perform Post Occupancy Evaluations with End Users to identify the need for future design improvements.

·        Tabulate historical data pertaining to Schools Construction costs, size, programs, educational specifications, etc....

·        Maintain up to date design files and construction document record sets including Addenda and Change Orders.