Welcome to the Taunton Public Safety
Project Newsletters
The purpose and intention of these newsletters is to keep the public informed of the progress being made on the Public Safety Complex.
Massachusetts is unique in how public construction projects are executed. Massachusetts requires an Owner's Project Manager (OPM) to guide projects with an estimated construction cost of $1.5M or more. An Owner's Project Manager is a person or firm with professional experience in construction and the role they play is as a representative of the Owner. They act solely in the best interest and at the direction of the Owner (in this instance, the City of Taunton) to protect the Owner during the Design and Construction process.
The Designer is hired after the OPM and they lead the Owner and stakeholders through the pre-design and then the design phases. Like the OPM, they work intimately with the Owner to determine the needs and wants of the Owner and then take that information to create a building design that works best for the City.
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