The Julian Street Inn – Shelter for the Homeless: Standard Form of Agreement Between the Owner and the Contractor

19/11/1987

Contractual, Construction Contract

25-page standard AIA agreement form between the Housing for Independent People and Oliver & Company as Contractor with the Center for Environmental Structure as the architect. Establishing the general conditions of the contract, its requirements, duties and timing for initiating and eventually completing the construction phase. It is accompanied by a transmittal letter .

Authors:

Al DiLudovico, Housing for Independent People Inc., San Jose, CA, U.S.A.
Steven H. Oliver, Oliver & Company, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.
Christopher Alexander, Center for Environmental Structure, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.

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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. ...

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