Surface spaces on streets or parking lots, assigned by the Sergeant at Parking lot: First and D Street, NE., square 723 (used for Senate employees Total Senate spaces on streets and lots__. Total spaces-Senate side_ Total spaces now available: SUMMARY House side_. Senate side_. Grand total, House and Senate sides. Total spaces estimated to be available after completion of additional House garages and parking lot now under construction Total spaces after completion of additional House garages and parking lot now under construction: House side_. Senate side_. Grand total-House and Senate sides (including those now avail able and those under construction) ___. 4.041 1.88 5,929 GAO AUDIT REPORT ON RAYBURN BUILDING Mr. ANDREWS. Mr. Stewart, as you, of course, know, the Comptroller General, on April 7, submitted to the House and to the Senate his comprehensive audit report on the Rayburn Office Building. To which committees did the Speaker and the Vice President refer the report? Mr. STEWART. The Committees on Government Operations of both Houses. Mr. ANDREWS. I believe it has also been printed as a document. Mr. ANDREWS. Copies have been otherwise made available to members of the subcommittee also, and to the press, I believe. I have not had the time to read it. It is 193 pages thick, but I believe the report in no way questions your actions in soliciting bids or in awarding contracts on the project; is that correct? Mr. STEWART. That is correct. Mr. ANDREWS. It does, however, apparently take issue with you, or with the actions taken, in respect to certain contract changes, certain architectural and engineering fees and conformance, or rather, nonconformance with certain contract plans and specifications. Mr. ROOF. That is correct, Mr. Chairman. Mr. ANDREWS. Do you want to make a comment on that criticism? Mr. Roor. As far as the architect engineer's fees are concerned, I don't think they were critical of the manner in which we let the contract, or even the amount of it. They simply are pointing out that there is a difference between our contract and the systems used by GSA. We are using a system of procedure that has been used by the Government for many, many years, that is a percentage of actual construction cost. It is used by private industry almost exclusively. We are advised that some architects have never had any other type of contract; GSA is using a lump-sum-type contract based on the estimated cost, not the actual cost, but the estimated cost that GSA makes of the construction cost. That is the essential difference. Now, as you know, just within the last few days the papers have carried accounts that the Comptroller General has made his final report on what he has found to be the condition with respect to architectural and engineering fees throughout the Government. He, according to a news clipping, has indicated that he feels there should be some type of competition. He calls it competitive negotiation in awarding these contracts. Mr. ANDREWS. How much did the architectural and engineering fees amount to in this case? Mr. Roof. The prime one on the design of the Rayburn Building, which we are discussing here, is just under $4 million. It is based on 5.5 percent of roughly $72 million. Mr. ANDREWS. So the total for the prime contractor's architectural and engineering services was 5.5 percent of $71,149,920, is that right? Mr. ROOF. That is correct; yes, sir. Mr. ANDREWS. Is that the cost of the building, $71 million? Mr. Roof. That is the cost of that portion of the building on which he will get a fee; yes, sir. Mr. ANDREWS. And the fee amounted to $4 million? Mr. ROOF. That is a round figure. I think it would be slightly under that. Mr. Chairman. Mr. ANDREWS. Will there be any more architectural or engineering services paid for? Mr. Roor. No, not on this Rayburn Building. Mr. ANDREWS. On the contract changes, the press noted recently the item of $665,000 additional for the primary purpose of reducing by about 80 feet the walking distance from the Capitol end of the subway to the elevators in the Capitol. Apparently at one time this had been considered but was dropped but later put in as a change. What about that item? Mr. Roof. Mr. Chairman, that was originally dropped as an economy measure. Later in the project Mr. Rayburn became very much concerned about the death of so many Members of the House. He even had Mr. Stewart investigate the possibility of installing a station wagon, a shuttle bus system such as we did once for the Senate, when they were occupying the new building before their subway was finished. He asked Mr. Stewart to check all possibilities for cutting down the walking distance for Members, especially those who had known heart conditions or serious physical conditions. In 1960 and 1961 there were 12 Members of the House who died. One was Speaker Rayburn. As soon as the Congress convened the following year, in 1962, Mr. Stewart took this matter up with the House Office Building Commission, then headed by Speaker McCormack, and they authorized him to go ahead and extend this 80 feet toward the Capitol Building. This was done and that was the reason for the change. Mr. ANDREWS. Also, the GAO report questions whether the fee for landscaping was excessive in relation to representative rates furnished by the American Society of Landscaping Architects. Was that also a negotiated fee? Mr. Roof. Yes, sir; it was. Mr. ANDREWs. What was the amount of it? Mr. ROOF. It was originally negotiated at $178,000. It seemed to us as the project went forward and we scaled down the cost, some of the costs of the actual landscape work, under the project, by putting in smaller material than the landscape architect originally recommended and not going ahead with certain areas that were included in the contract, that the original fee was somewhat high. We negotiated it downward to $150,000. Mr. Stewart considers this a reasonable figure. Mr. ANDREWS. Were all of these negotiated contracts approved by the House Office Building Commission? Mr. RooF. Yes, sir; they were. Mr. ANDREWS. In other words, I assume that before you took any action or incurred any liability, Mr. Architect, you conferred with the House Office Building Commission? Mr. RooF. Yes, sir; and obtained their approval. COST OF RAYBURN BUILDING AND ASSOCIATED ITEMS Mr. ANDREWs. I note here that this sheet shows the total cost of the Rayburn Building, and associated items. It includes the acquisition of site, the preparation of site, construction and equipment of building, and related items. A few of the latter are completion of undeveloped areas in the building as such areas are assigned by the House Office Building Commission, street lighting and traffic signals, television antenna system for building, electrical birdproofing, inspection of stone offsite, sculptured Rayburn plaque, main entrance, paper baling equipment, providing sinks for Members' suites, and miscellaneous items. There are architectural and engineering services, furniture and furnishings, and administration and other costs. All of this totals $87,358,953, is that correct? Mr. STEWART. Yes, Mr. Chairman. Mr. ANDREWS. I would like to place this cost breakdown in the record at this point. (The document follows:) Cost breakdown RAYBURN BUILDING AND ASSOCIATED ITEMS Acquisition of site: Acquisition of land, including appraisals, title search, clearing of site, and protection of property---. Preparation of site: Rebuilding Tiber Creek sewer. Soils engineering-. Changes in water and sewer lines, streets, and curbings__ Total_____ Construction and equipment of building: Furnishing and erection of structural steel___ Excavation, excavation bracing, foundation piles, and pile caps_ Total____ Related items: Completion of undeveloped areas in the building, as such areas are assigned by the House Office Building Commission______ Occupancy changes__. Landscaping.. Materials tests (by Bureau of Standards and District of Colum bia government)_. Street lighting and traffic signals___ Television antenna system for building Electrical birdproofing Inspection of stone offsite_ Sculptured Rayburn plaque, main entrance_ Paper baling equipment_ Providing sinks for Members' suites-- Total Architectural and engineering services: Architectural and engineering fees (51⁄2 percent of cost of work for which services are performed). Furniture and furnishings.. Administration and other costs: Administration, supervision, inspection on site, drawings, blueprints, travel, advertising, stenographic reporting services for contract appeals board, and other miscellaneous costs--- Total estimated final cost of Rayburn Building as now occu- 1, 221, 677 4, 000, 000 3, 299, 891 3,500,000 87,358, 953 Reserve for completion of undeveloped space in the Rayburn Building, left unfinished for expansion purposes when building was designed and constructed-to be completed when assigned by the House Office Building Commission for use as committee, subcommittee, or office rooms or other purposes and for occupany changes SUBWAY FROM CAPITOL TO BAYBURN BUILDING Subway tunnel, terminals, cars, and other necessary mechanical and electrical work, underpinning of southwest section of Capitol Building, and installation of four new elevators, two escalators in this section of Capitol, and subway maintenance shop--- ACQUISITION OF OTHER PROPERTIES Acquisition of properties to the south of the Rayburn, Longworth and Cannon Buildings, and east of the Cannon Building, demolition of old structures, protection and maintenance of such property, including square 639 acquired in February 1965-.. UNDERGROUND GARAGES Construction of underground garages and maintenance shops in squares 637 and 691_. Test borings---. Material testing-- Architectural and engineering fee (51⁄2 percent of cost of work for Total 13, 455, 703 REMODELING OF CANNON BUILDING |