Remodeling

Planning

• Our Program -- What we want in a house - draft 1 dated October 23, 1998.
  • den
  • guestroom
  • kitchen
• Property Survey -- property line, existing house, trees, elevations dated December, 1998.
• Historic Review Process
  • Historic Review application -- required because our house was built before 1940
  • Historic Resource Board staff report dated March 3, 1999
• The Plans are the copyright of our architect, Robert Wylie
  • Draft for review dated March 9, 1999.
  • Construction Documentation submitted for bid and to City of Palo Alto building department dated May 12, 1999.
  • Plan Check comments from City of Palo Alto, dated June 24, 1999
  • Structural calculations performed by AC&H Civil Engineers, Inc.
  • Approved Plans dated June 29, 1999, incorporating comments from the City.
• Our landscape program -- what we want the yard to look like - draft 1 dated July 5, 2000.

Bidding

• Bid solicitation
• Bid clarification
• Bid evaluation
• Negotiation
• Contract &emdash; signed with Gravelle Construction Inc. on September 7, 1999.
• Schedule: Gantt chart updated 1/26/00

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