338.169 - Local government authorized to construct public work by selecting and entering into contracts with construction manager at risk. [Effective through June 30, 2011.]

338.169  Public body authorized to construct public work by selecting and entering into contracts with construction manager at risk. [Effective July 1, 2011.]  A public body may construct a public work by:

      1.  Selecting a construction manager at risk pursuant to the provisions of NRS 338.1691 to 338.1696, inclusive; and

      2.  Entering into separate contracts with a construction manager at risk:

      (a) For preconstruction services, including, without limitation:

             (1) Assisting the public body in determining whether scheduling or design problems exist that would delay the construction of the public work;

             (2) Estimating the cost of the labor and material for the public work; and

             (3) Assisting the public body in determining whether the public work can be constructed within the public body’s budget; and

      (b) To construct the public work.

      (Added to NRS by 2007, 2891; A 2009, 437, effective July 1, 2011)