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Resolution Approving Change Order in the Amount of $55,000 to Contract 2015-0790 with Arcadis G&M of North Carolina, Inc. for Mitchell Water Treatment Plant (WTP) Major Electrical Improvements
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Department: Water Resources
Council District: 3
Public Hearing: N/A
Advertising Date/By: N/A
Contact 1 and Phone: Steven Drew, 373-7893
Contact 2 and Phone: Virginia Spillman, 373-3260
PURPOSE:
Water Resources is requesting approval of change order to contract 2015-0790 related to the Mitchell WTP Major Electrical Improvements project to provide bidding and additional design services tied to the construction of electrical improvements and upgrades at the Mitchell WTP. In order to provide adequate design services, approval of contract change order is requested.
BACKGROUND:
The City authorized professional services contract 2015-0790 with Arcadis G&M Of North Carolina, Inc. in the amount of $1,170,000 on October 20, 2015 to provide design services for Mitchell WTP Major Electrical Improvement project. The purpose of the project is to address aging and deteriorating electrical infrastructure at the Mitchell WTP, improve high service pumping capabilities, and provide for the warehousing of critical parts. A second important aspect to this project is aimed at improving "redundancy and resiliency" of the systems targeted for the design improvements.
Change Order No. 1 approved by City Council on February 21, 2017 included additional efforts and engineering design work associated with the major electrical improvements and the high service pumping improvements. The scope of work was expanded by the need of further analysis and evaluation of auxiliary power options for the plant, efforts associated with developing resilience requirements to strengthen the ability of the city to provide service under catastrophic circumstances and Hydraulic and Physical modeling for the high service pumping improvements. Change Order No. 2 includes bidding phase efforts and the ...
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