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Resolution Approving Extension of Professional Services Contract 2005-009 with US Infrastructure, Inc. for the Thoroughfare Sidewalks Project
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Department: Engineering & Inspections
Council District: All
Public Hearing: N/A
Advertising Date/By: N/A
Contact 1 and Phone: Ted Partrick, 373 2308
Contact 2 and Phone: Adam Fischer, 373-2861
PURPOSE:
US Infrastructure, Inc., is being requested to provide additional engineering design services during the construction phases of various sidewalk projects they designed for the 2005 Thoroughfare Sidewalks Design project. City Council approval of a change order to the professional services contract with US Infrastructure in the amount of $21,890.00 is requested.
BACKGROUND:
US Infrastructure, Inc., is being requested to provide additional engineering design services during the construction phases of various sidewalk projects they designed for the 2005 Thoroughfare Sidewalks Design project. City Council approval of a change order to the professional services contract with US Infrastructure in the amount of $21,890.00 is requested.
BACKGROUND:
On January 14, 2005, City Council approved award of a design contract to US Infrastructure, Inc., for $545,812. US Infrastructure has an engineering design office in Greensboro. The design of the original projects, with the addition of the Bessemer Avenue project, was completed by October 2006. Four change orders to the original contract have been approved. The current contract total including the four change orders is $687,094. The new total contract amount will be $708,984.
This design contract is for the construction of 13 sidewalk projects with a total of 78,600 feet (14.9 miles) of sidewalks along Bessemer Avenue, Cornwallis Drive, Cone Boulevard, Florida Street, O'Conner Street, Lawndale Avenue, Market Street, Vandalia Road, and Wendover Avenue.
Change Order #5 is necessary to fund the remaining work on the contract. Nine of the eleven projects still require the preparation of record drawings. The two projects still under review will require plan revisions for new NCDOT and NCDENR requirements, and new construction cost estimates. The cost of the change order is based on an estimate of the time and materials needed to complete the work.
The original design contract and the first change order (a new project was added) were funded appropriately for the scope of work at the time of the agreement. The design work was completed by October 2006 within the contract budget, but funding for the construction was not available and the projects were delayed. Transportation successfully obtained federal funding and construction began on the first projects in 2011. Additional costs were incurred on all the projects as a result of changes required to make the projects compliant with new NCDOT specifications, revised NCDENR regulations and permits, updated ADA compliance measures, and improved driveway slope limits. Change orders 2-5 are the results of those additional costs.
BUDGET IMPACT:
The design contract change order will be funded by the Sidewalk Improvements account 471-4502-15.5410 in the amount of $21,890.00.
RECOMMENDATION / ACTION REQUESTED:
The Engineering & Inspections Department recommends approval of the contract change order for the Thoroughfare Sidewalk Design Contract 2005-009 in the amount of $21,890.00.