Record

The Julian Street Inn – Shelter for the Homeless: Notes on assumptions

01/01/1988

Financial, Notes

List of ten bullet points referring to assumptions made by the contractor in estimating the cost of a job with actions to be taken.

Authors:

Christopher Alexander, Center for Environmental Structure, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.

Content of

Project

Julian Street Inn - Shelter for the Homeless 1986 to 1990

Julian St. & Montgomery St., San Jose, CA, U.S.A.

Civic, Realized , Construction completed in 1989; final interior painting in 1990

Client:

Housing for Independent People - Al DiLudovico, Executive Director

C.E.S. staff:

Christopher Alexander, Gary Black, Artemis Anninou, Carl Lindberg, James Maguire, Eleni Coromvli, Kleoniki Tsotropoulou

Contractor:

Oliver and Company, with Center for Environmetal Structure as major specialty subcontractor

Project cost:

$1,700,000

Project stages:

Pattern language for project by clients and C.E.S. Layout by clients and C.E.S. Use of full scale mock-ups Design Development and Building Permit drawings Direct Construction management and on-site design decisions Budget and subcontractors under C.E

Design and construction of a shelter for homeless people, to serve 50 to 100 people, on a site of 13,000 sf. The building of 15,000 square feet includes offices, living areas with a dining hall, sleeping rooms, courtyards and gardens. ...

References

Records

The Julian Street Inn - Shelter for the Homeless: Wood roof & floor framing quotation 27/03/1988

Project, Construction Works, Subcontracting Services

Authors:

Jack Colliau, Hubbard Structures Inc., Redwood City, CA, U.S.A.

2-page proposal for cost reduction on furnishing and installing wooden roof and floor framing systems as per C.E.S. plans and specifications; includes notes and exclusions.