Host Sloan Simmons joins Lozano Smith partner Arne Sandberg to discuss modular buildings for California school districts, including the basics about modular buildings, procurement alternatives, and new legal developments impacting this area of school construction.

Show Notes & References

1:24 – Modular buildings
2:05 – Modular component buildings vs. modular portables
4:55 – Issue of permanent vs. temporary
6:10 – Modular component building examples
7:15 – Popularity and cost-efficiency
8:16 – Building plans (standard or unique designs)
9:10 – Competitive bidding and modular buildings
10:33 – Delivery methods (competitive bidding, lease-leaseback, design-build)
13:30 – Architect involvement
14:31 – Lease-leaseback method
15:16 – Davis v. Fresno Unified School Dist. (2015) 237 Cal.App.4th 261
18:16 – Lease-leaseback scoring and rating system
19:29 – Design-build vs. lease-leaseback
21:03 – Piggybacking
22:10 – Division of the State Architect (DSA)
22:13 – Office of Public School Construction (OPSC)
22:54 – Public Construction Code section 20118
24:52 – Vendor involvement in piggybacking
26:30 – Modulars and personal property
26:43 – Attorney General opinion: 89 Ops.Cal.Atty.Gen. 1 (#05-405, January 24, 2006)
28:50 – Report of the Executive Officer, State Allocation Board Meeting, December 8, 2004
30:55 – OPSC e-mail to school districts and county offices of education (July 2021)
31:55 – Coalition for Adequate School Housing (CASH)
33:48 – Permanent vs. temporary foundations for modular portables
40:25 – Critical takeaways

 

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