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BUILDING
DEDICATION

were ready to go to bid for the contractor, Huffman identified five In the end, Huffman worked well with BCMS to recommend a
general contractor candidates who were given the opportunity to quality construction team which successfully completed the Society’s
bid the work and to provide value engineering ideas which would Class A, award-winning building. The competitive bid process led
later be incorporated into the drawings. Through this competitive by Huffman resulted in a value-engineered monument to medicine
bid process, RC Page Construction was ultimately selected as the at a savings of nearly 15 percent of the originally estimated construc-
general contractor. While not as well known as the other GCs who tion costs. The project was in fact delivered on time and on budget,
bid the job, a thorough vetting process, including interviews with which in the world of construction is a big success.
owner clients, subcontractors, and lenders, gave Huffman and the
Real Estate Committee confidence in hiring them for the job. Their
experience in concrete tilt-wall construction was another factor along
with the thoroughness with which they provided value engineering
options.

Huffman served as the project manager for about one year and
three months. As with any project of this magnitude, constructing
a unique building in look and function, there were many surprises
and complications to be dealt with. Huffman worked closely with
members of the BCMS Real Estate Committee, including Dr. Swift,
Steve Fitzer, Melody Newsom, Al Ortiz, Mark Lachenauer, and later
Alice Sutton. The result was a building that was built on-time and
within 3 percent of the contract budget.

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