Dutch Bros Coffee’s fifth Albuquerque location is scheduled for construction in February.
In an invitation to bid for subcontractors released Monday, Dutch Bros Coffee posted a work schedule stating that White Sands Construction Inc. is to start construction on February 10th, 2022 at 220 98th St. NW in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
The plans obtained by The Built Environment state that the location will include both a drive-thru and walk-up window service. The plans are marked as “for review only”.
Gnich Architectural Studio LLC, grouped with Barghausen Consulting Engineers, Inc. and Case Engineering, Inc., are the design team according to the plan set.
Dutch Bros Coffee’s Construction Manager John Caglia declined to disclose both the estimated cost of the project and the contract amount for the general contractor, White Sands Construction, Inc.
The invitation to bid said that the construction schedule for the fifth location is based on a 90 Calendar Day Build. Caglia said that generally that is how long it would take to complete a single location, but these timelines have extended.
“Because of the environment, of the lack of subs, GCs and material shortages, our projects are taking longer now, about 120 days,” said Caglia.
Within the parcel located East of 98th St. and North of Volcano Road, the coffee drive thru should be open for business 150 days after the start of construction, said Caglia.
Madison Fahey, a public relations specialist for Dutch Bros Coffee said in an email response,”we don’t have a specific date for the opening at 220 98th St. but we’re hoping to open mid-late next year.”
According to Caglia, the building will be 950 square feet with the total project square footage at 33,000 square feet. The cover sheet of the plan set lists the total parcel area as 30,056 square feet.
Caglia said that the building permit was submitted to the City of Albuquerque. Upon searching building permits in the past two months, The Built Environment could not locate the permit for the project on the city’s website.
In October, Albuquerque Business First reported that the fourth location was under construction at 3615 New Mexico 528 NW.
White Sands Construction Inc. is native to New Mexico and has completed several fast-food projects including eight Burger Kings, two Dunkin’ Donuts, two Arby’s and two Carl’s Junior locations.
A pre-bid conference call for the project will be held on December 12th, 2022 and the bid submission deadline for subcontractors will be January 10th, 2023.
IMAGE CAPTION: Image for general illustrative purposes only – actual building design may differ.
By Dane Vaughn
