On January 13, 2009, (M&C C-23281) the City Council authorized the execution of a construction contract in the amount of $1,173,000.00 with AUI Constructors, Inc., for the Wholesale Water Metering Station Rehabilitations for Forest Hill, Trophy Club, Hurst No. 1 and Hurst No. 2.
On February 17, 2009, (M&C C-23349) the City Council approved the correction of M&C C-23281 to correctly change the contractor's name from AUI Constructors, Inc., to AUI Contractors, Inc.
Change Order No. 1 items were identified during construction and are necessitated due to field and site conditions. At the Trophy Club meter station the site plans indicated an existing 10 inch water line running through the vault. It was subsequently discovered to be 16 inch concrete pipe, requiring the revision of fitting connections. For Hurst No. 1 and Hurst No. 2 piping changes were done so as not to compromise accuracy of the new meter. For accurate meter reading, the reducer must be located farther away from the meter, which was not achievable given the sizes of meter vaults. Hence, changes were required to place the reducer outside vaults, which resulted in extra excavation, material, labor, equipments and subcontractor services. The installation of fire hydrant at Hurst No. 1 and Hurst No. 2 was requested by staff to accurately test and maintain the meters, as required by the wholesale contracts.
Staff has reviewed this change order and is in agreement with the scope of work and costs associated with the work.
A waiver of the goal for M/WBE subcontracting requirements was approved by the M/WBE Office because the purchase of goods or services is from sources where subcontracting or supplier opportunities are negligible.
The four sites for this project are located outside the City Limits, Mapsco 92Q, 52Z and 10H. |
