A Joint Venture of Brailsford & Dunlavey and CSRS Selected as Project Advisor for University Lakes Project

LSU Lakes01/21/2020
BATON ROUGE – The LSU Real Estate and Facilities Foundation, an affiliate of the LSU Foundation, has selected a joint venture of Brailsford & Dunlavey and CSRS as the project advisor for the University Lakes Project.

The selection was made through the University Lakes Project Management Committee following in-person presentations delivered this morning by the two finalists: a joint venture of Brailsford & Dunlavey and CSRS and a joint venture of Stantec and KPMG LLP. The Project Management Committee includes representatives from the LSU REFF, the agencies providing the project funding and the community.

Following the finalization of a contract with Brailsford & Dunlavey and CSRS to serve as project advisor, the University Lakes Project Management Committee anticipates engaging a designer in spring 2020 and engaging a contractor for dredging and construction by January 2021.

As was announced Jan. 8, the finalists were invited to present from a pool of six highly qualified local and national firms that responded to the LSU REFF’s request for proposals issued Dec. 9, 2019. Other responders to the RFP were a joint venture of Ankura Consulting Group, LLC, Commonwealth James LLC, Sherman Strategies LLC, and Miles Granderson LLC; Bob Jacobsen PE LLC; Jones Lang LaSalle Americas Inc.; and a joint venture of Partners in Energy LLC and Providence Engineering and Environmental Group LLC. Full responses from all six responders and the evaluation team’s scoring of these responses will be posted online at lsufoundation.org/reffprojects.

The project advisor’s responsibilities will extend through the duration of the project, focused on assisting with rehabilitation and improvement of the six lakes adjacent to the LSU campus and City-Brooks Community Park. Responsibilities will include providing financial analysis; assisting with solicitation and selection of a design firm, a contractor and other vendors for design and performance of dredging, excavation and other improvements to the lakes; and assisting with compliance with the restrictions attached to the anticipated funding sources for the project.

 

 

 

Contact Ernie Ballard
LSU Media Relations
225-578-5685
eballa1@lsu.edu 

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Sara Whittaker
LSU Foundation
225-578-8164
swhittaker@lsufoundation.org 

 

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