BILL NUMBER: AB 1120ENROLLED BILL TEXT PASSED THE SENATE SEPTEMBER 2, 2009 PASSED THE ASSEMBLY SEPTEMBER 8, 2009 AMENDED IN SENATE JULY 15, 2009 AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY MAY 6, 2009 AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY APRIL 23, 2009 AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY APRIL 14, 2009 INTRODUCED BY Assembly Member Niello FEBRUARY 27, 2009 An act to add Section 17269 to the Education Code, relating to school facilities. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST AB 1120, Niello. School facilities: constructability reviews. Existing law, the Field Act, requires the Department of General Services under the police power of the state to supervise the design and construction of a school building or the reconstruction or alteration of, or addition to, a school building, if not exempted under specified law, to ensure that plans and specifications comply with adopted rules and regulations and building standards published in regulations, and to ensure that the work of construction is performed in accordance with the approved plans and specifications for the protection of life and property. This bill would require the department to distribute information on the use of constructability reviews of plans and specifications used for the construction of school facilities and the potential for cost savings that may be realized by the use of a constructability review. The bill would state the intent of the Legislature that the department incorporate this information into existing venues and schedules of communication that the department has established with school districts as a result of its role in the review and approval of school construction plans. The bill would define "constructability review" as a cost control technique by which the project plans and specifications are reviewed to identify potential claim or problem areas and deficiencies in the plans and specifications that may occur as a result of errors, ambiguities, omissions, discrepancies, and conflicts in the plans and specifications. One or more professionals, including, but not limited to, mechanical, electrical, structural, or construction professionals would be authorized to conduct a constructability review. THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1. The Legislature finds and declares that there is a benefit to performing a constructability review of plans and specifications used for the construction of school facilities because those reviews anticipate errors or omissions in the design documents and, thus, reduce the number of change orders made during the construction phase of school construction projects. SEC. 2. Section 17269 is added to the Education Code, to read: 17269. (a) The Department of General Services shall distribute information on the use of constructability reviews of plans and specifications used for the construction of school facilities and the potential for cost savings that may be realized by the use of a constructability review. (b) It is the intent of the Legislature that the Department of General Services incorporate the information required to be distributed pursuant to subdivision (a) into existing venues and schedules of communication that the department has established with school districts as a result of its role in the review and approval of school construction plans. (c) For purposes of this section, "constructability review" means a cost control technique by which the project plans and specifications are reviewed to identify potential claim or problem areas and deficiencies in the plans and specifications that may occur as a result of errors, ambiguities, omissions, discrepancies, and conflicts in the plans and specifications. A constructability review may be conducted by one or more professionals, including, but not limited to, mechanical, electrical, structural, or construction professionals.