The City of Davenport is in the process of selecting a qualified design firm to develop design standards in the preparation of future riverfront improvements.
The public is invited to attend a consultant selection meeting to learn more about the upcoming project as well as provide feedback on the consultant team interviews for consideration among the review panel members. Design standards serve as a framework for the eventual construction of the Riverfront and includes the material palette like lights, paving materials, building material and plant palettes that serve as a thematic umbrella for the project during design and construction.
Presentations will be made by four design firms selected as finalists as part of the Riverfront Design Guidelines consultant selection process. The presentations and final interviews will be held on Tuesday, August 8th from 8am to 2:30 p.m. in the 3rd Floor Studio Space of the Figge Art Museum, located at 226 W 2nd St.
Doors will open at 8 a.m.; presentations will begin at 8:30 a.m., with Shive-Hattery of Moline, followed by RDG of Dubuque, Iowa, at 9:30 a.m., and Hitchcock Design Group of Naperville, Ill., at 10:30 a.m. The selection committee will break for lunch at 11:30 a.m. and return at 1:30 p.m. for the final presentation of the day, SEH of Madison, Wisc. Following the fourth presentation the committee will break for debriefing and consultant selection at 2:30 p.m.
Consultants will be provided 30 minutes to present their concept, followed by 15 minutes of questions and answers.
Consultants will be evaluated on: their background, qualifications, experience with similar projects, approach/methodology for a successful project outcome, proposed project scope, capacity and confidence to complete the work proposed.
Questions may be directed to Zach Peterson, Landscape Design Architect - Engineering Division, Department of Public Works, 328-6709.