REPORT TO THE CITY COUNCIL
April 22, 2021
FROM: SCOTT L. MOZIER, PE, Director
Public Works Department
THROUGH: WILLIAM C. HERR, Assistant Director
Public Works Department, Facilities and Construction Management Divisions
BY: KARL LENHOF, Chief Engineering Inspector
Public Works Department, Construction Management Division
SUBJECT
Title
Approve Contract Change Order 07 in the amount of $0.00 and seventy-one (71) additional calendar days for delays of contract time to Klassen Corporation for Fresno Fire Station No. 18, Project ID FS00018 (Council District 1)
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RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends that City Council approve Contract Change Order 07 in the amount of $0.00 to Klassen Corporation on behalf of the City of Fresno to increase Contract Time by seventy-one (71) calendar days for delays in completion of the project due to the COVID 19 Pandemic.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
The COVID-19 Pandemic, which was declared a national emergency by the President of the United States on March 13, 2020, and California local authorities, has caused unanticipated delays to the Fire Station 18 project, specifically to the manufacturing and delivery of concrete masonry unit (CMU) block materials resulting from stay at home orders and business lockdowns. The impacts of these delays resulted in an overall delay in completion of the project by seventy-one (71) calendar days. Klassen Corporation (Klassen), the General Contractor who was awarded the referenced project, submitted a Notice of Claim to the City regarding the delays to the project which Klassen asserts the delays caused as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic were out of their control. City Council approval of Contract Change Order No. 07 allows for resolution of Notice of Claim No. 1, and will not increase the Contract amount.
BACKGROUND
On November 14, 2019, a contract was awarded in the amount of $6,260,000 to Klassen, for the Fresno Fire Station No. 18 Project, and the Notice to Proceed was i...
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