REPORT TO THE CITY COUNCIL
April 21, 2016
FROM: THOMAS C. ESQUEDA, Director
Department of Public Utilities
BY: KEVIN L. NORGAARD, PE, Supervising Professional Engineer
Department of Public Utilities -Wastewater Management Division
SUBJECT
Title
Approve a contract change order in the amount of $262,730 for change order work associated with the Recycled Water Transmission Main, Southwest Quadrant, Project SW1A (BF3410) (Council District 3 and Fresno County)
Body
RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends that City Council approve the contract change order for the Recycled Water Transmission Main, Southwest Quadrant Project (Project).
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
The DPU-Wastewater Management Division is currently managing a $7,877,153.25 project for the first section of the recycled water transmission system. During the course of construction four unforeseen conditions have caused changes in the originally bid scope of work. There are three relatively minor changes and one major change. The largest change, $237,940, was caused by unforeseen deteriorated road bed conditions and excess moisture. Staff recommends that the City Council approve a contract change order in the amount of 3.3% or $262,730 to the Floyd Johnston Construction Company of Clovis.
BACKGROUND
The Project was awarded by Council for construction on September 10, 2015. Construction began in December 2015 with an expected completion date of August 8, 2016. The Construction Management Act enacted May 20, 2015 requires change orders in excess of 1% on projects which exceed $10M to be approved by the Council.
The Project has four changes causing unforeseen work for the construction contractor. The first item was an unidentified telephone line which was only identified when the contract requested all utilities be potholed prior to construction. Second, was an undocumented electrical duct bank that required bore and jack of additional length of 72" diameter steel casing. Third, was the additi...
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