Title
Resolution Authorizing Award of the Downtown Greenway Phase 2e/3a/3c Construction Engineering and Inspections Contract to Michael Baker Engineering, Inc.
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Department: Engineering & Inspections
Council District: 3
Public Hearing: N/A
Advertising Date/By N/A:
Contact 1 and Phone: Kenney McDowell 373-2302
Contact 2 and Phone: Ted Partrick 373-2308
PURPOSE:
Michael Baker Engineering, Inc. was selected to provide construction engineering and inspections services for the construction of Downtown Greenway Phases 2e, 3a and 3c. City Council approval of the professional services contract with Michael Baker Engineering, Inc., in the amount of $577,662.66 is requested.
BACKGROUND:
Construction of the next phase of the Downtown Greenway was advertised on March 26, 2015, under contract 2011-003 (EL-5101DO), with construction starting in July 2015 and finishing in September 2016. This phase includes the greenway sections on Fisher Avenue from Greene to Eugene (Phase 2e), on Eugene Street from Fisher to Battleground to Smith (3a), and on Smith Street from Spring to the Tradition Cornerstone at Prescott (3c). A section on Smith Street from Eugene to Spring was previously completed during construction of the new Greenway at Fisher Park apartments (3b).
Roadway reconstruction, intersection changes, new signals and lighting, and the new trail and landscaping for this construction is a technical challenge that requires an unusually high level of engineering and inspection involvement. Considering the documentation and oversight required to meet the grant fund conditions and the NCDOT procedures, in addition to the engineering and inspection demands, the Engineering & Inspections Department and the Transportation Department accepted funding for a consultant to provide those services. That funding, which is 80% federal and 20% local match, is included in the municipal agreement with the NCDOT for the project.
Michael Baker Engineering was s...
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