It was with much interest that I read "Dispute Mars Historic Renovation" (ENR 3/4 p.10). I compliment you on finding this newsworthy topic, but the Hearst Memorial School of Mining project was not the first time the University of California, Berkeley, used the construction manager-general contractor method of contracting.
My employer, AMEC, introduced CM-CC to UC Berkeley when we were contracted to manage the Walter A. Haas Pavilion project. Completed dispute-free, the Haas project was a thorough CM-CC success in 1999.