REPORT TO THE CITY COUNCIL
September 15, 2016
FROM: THOMAS C. ESQUEDA, Director
Department of Public Utilities
THROUGH: MICHAEL CARBAJAL, Planning Manager
Department of Public Utilities - Water Division
BY: GLENN A. KNAPP, Professional Engineer
Department of Public Utilities - Water Division
SUBJECT
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Approve Contract Change Order No. 1 to the contract to reduce the original contract price by $11,442 for a final contract price of $10,077,577 with Mountain Cascade Inc. for the T4 3 million gallon water storage tank and booster pump station project. (Council District 3)
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RECOMMENDATIONS
Staff recommends that Council approve Contract Change Order No. 1 to the Contract with Mountain Cascade Inc. (MCI) for the T4 3 Million Gallon Water Storage Tank and Booster Pump Station project to add 195 calendar days to the Contract Time resulting in a revised Substantial Completion Date of May 10, 2016, and to reduce the Original Contract Price by $11,442 for a Final Contract Price of $10,077,577.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
The downtown area requires additional drinking water supplies and fire suppression capability to support current and planned occupancy. The T4 3 Million Gallon Water Storage Tank and Booster Pump Station will operate in conjunction with transmission mains to import water supply from west Fresno, including the South East Surface Water Treatment Facility, into downtown. The City entered into a contract with MCI on July 9, 2014 to build the project for a contract price of $10,089,000 with a Substantial Completion date of October 28, 2015. Early in construction, an undocumented underground storage tank was found on the project site. Removal and remediation activities resulted in a 163 calendar day delay to construction completion. This delay, plus the approved 32 Adverse Weather Days, results in a revised Substantially Completion date of May 10, 2016. The facility was placed in service prior to the revised Substantially Completion date, s...
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