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The scope of the impending Portland Building project could narrow as it progresses, according to city Auditor Mary Hull Caballero, who recently released the results of her first planned audit of the ongoing effort to reconstruct the maligned structure.

The comes at the close of the project’s planning stage.

Caballero wrote in the report that the city has prioritized flexibility in project scope, because of limits placed on timeline and budget 鈥� leaving scope the only project element remaining to adjust.

Other findings include:

• The city is employing multiple project approaches it has no prior experience with, such as Building Information Modeling, Integrated Project Design and Target Value Design;
• The city presented the project budget in a way that makes tracking difficult;
• The city completed planning activities on schedule, with the exception of final determination of 鈥�community benefits鈥� like minority participation, which was postponed by Mayor Charlie Hales;
• Though the city advanced equity in some areas, stakeholder criticisms remain.

鈥淲hile the city is years away from completing the reconstruction project, we conducted this audit now because of the project’s high-profile nature, complexity and cost,鈥� the audit reads.

Opened in 1982, the 15-story Portland Building, which opened in 1982, was designed by renowned architect Michael Graves. Consultants with FFA Architecture and Interiors in 2008 identified chronic water infiltration and deterioration, and insufficient efforts to repair 鈥渙verarching systemic issues.鈥� Also, the building is expected to perform 鈥減oorly鈥� in a sizable earthquake.

Adding to the complexity of the reconstruction project are directives to preserve the historically-significant exterior and relocate city operations and the 1,300 city employees who work in the building.

In June, a partnership of DLR Group and the local office of Howard S. Wright won the bid for the construction manager-general contractor project. The contract commits the project team to a cost of $195 million and a completion deadline of December 2020.

The next scheduled audit will occur in one year.