{"id":3633,"date":"2013-11-04T16:28:20","date_gmt":"2013-11-04T16:28:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wbcnet.org\/regional-development-committee-morrison-clark-inn-project\/"},"modified":"2013-11-04T16:28:20","modified_gmt":"2013-11-04T16:28:20","slug":"regional-development-committee-morrison-clark-inn-project","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wbcnet.org\/regional-development-committee-morrison-clark-inn-project\/","title":{"rendered":"Regional Development Committee &#8211; Morrison-Clark Inn Project"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\tWashington, DC &#8211; In the construction trade, some 90% of a project manager&rsquo;s job involves the daily exchange of hundreds of decisions.&nbsp; Perhaps no project better reflects that reality than Morrison-Clark Inn renovation, a Forrester Construction Company project on the corner of L and 11th Streets, NW in the District.&nbsp; Thanks to arrangements by WBC member and Forrester Sr. Procurement Manager Erin Meitzler, the WBC Regional Development Committee toured this project on October 22.<\/p>\n<p>\t<img alt='' src='\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/RDC-Morrison-Clark-Project-img2.jpg' style='width: 200px; height: 150px; float: left;' \/>What a renovation\/infill project!&nbsp; Gone are the days of straightforward &ldquo;greenfield&rdquo; projects.&nbsp; With construction today, the word &ldquo;green&rdquo; is more readily associated with environmental and energy sensitivity than expanses of undeveloped real estate.&nbsp; The Morrison-Clark Inn expansion, started in February 2013, involves a 56-room, 43,000 square foot addition to the Victorian era hotel.&nbsp; The renovation is valued at approximately $14 million.&nbsp; The project team includes owner RB Properties, Inc., core and shell architect Architecture Incorporated, and interior architect Forest Perkins.<\/p>\n<p>\tThe hotel, originally built 1864 and listed on the National Register of Historic Places, will be expanded to incorporate three adjacent parcels: a 1700s carriage house, the facade of a church, and an 1880s rectory.&nbsp; If that doesn&rsquo;t sound challenging enough, add underground parking, tight urban spaces, immediately adjacent condominium neighbors, and on-going operations for guests at the Inn!&nbsp; Impressed yet?&nbsp; If not, there is more: A June 2014 deadline, a strict budget, value engineering, and redesign during construction that mimics a design-build effort.<\/p>\n<p>\tProject manager Paul Grossman and project superintendent Aaron Allen described the importance of excellent face-to-face communications between the owner, architects and engineers as the project took on design-build characteristics.&nbsp; A key<img alt='' src='\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/RDC-Morrison-Clark-Project-img3.jpg' style='width: 200px; height: 150px; float: right;' \/> component underlying many of the challenges was a shift from concrete construction to steel construction &ndash; requiring redesign on the fly.&nbsp; As a result of value engineering, the project shifted from concrete to steel.&nbsp; The team worked to coordinate changes to details and specifications, and minimize impact to architecturally important elements like floor heights.&nbsp; To facilitate such redesign, Forrester employed in-house building information modeling (BIM), which originally wasn&rsquo;t envisioned for the project.&nbsp;&nbsp; Other challenges included asbestos and lead mitigation, archaeological surveying, total redesign of the church facade bracing from interior to exterior, and minimal site access requiring difficult crane logistics and old-fashioned wheelbarrow delivery.&nbsp; During the site tour, WBC members saw how historic fireplaces and stairway treatments were preserved, and how extensive underpinning and shoring were integral to delivery of the project.<\/p>\n<p style='text-align: center;'>\t<img alt='' src='\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/RDC_Morrison-Clark-guest-room-mock.jpg' style='width: 350px; height: 269px;' \/><\/p>\n<p>\tWhen asked at the tour end if he enjoyed the challenges and excitement of such an infill project, project manager Paul Grossman paused for a second and responded, &ldquo;Think I would rather my next project be a big box on a greenfield.&rdquo;&nbsp; Good luck finding such a project in the Washington market!<\/p>\n<p>\t<strong>About the Author<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\t<img alt='' src='\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Rob-Klein-photo.jpg' style='width: 90px; height: 125px; float: left;' \/><a href='mailto:Robkleinindc@gmail.com'>Rob Klein<\/a><br \/>\tWith over 30 years experience in project management, Klein Consulting facilitates redevelopment and entitlements through analysis and outreach. 240-848-4951<br \/>\t&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style='text-align: center;'>\t&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style='text-align: center;'>\t&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style='text-align: center;'>\t&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style='text-align: center;'>\t<span style='color: rgb(105, 105, 105);'>###<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Washington, DC &#8211; In the construction trade, some 90% of a project manager&rsquo;s job involves the daily exchange of hundreds [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3634,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"table_tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Regional Development Committee - Morrison-Clark Inn Project - Washington Building Congress<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wbcnet.org\/regional-development-committee-morrison-clark-inn-project\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Regional Development Committee - Morrison-Clark Inn Project - Washington Building Congress\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Washington, DC &#8211; 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