SUBJECT: Consent Agenda
Title
A Resolution of the Board of Trustees of the Town of Erie Approving Change Order No. 1 to the Construction Contract with Wagner Construction, Inc. for the Austin Avenue Water Main
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DEPARTMENT: Public Works
PRESENTER/PREPARER: Todd Fessenden, Public Works Director
Wendi Palmer, Civil Engineer
FISCAL SUMMARY:
Cost as Recommended: $171,195
Balance Available: $237,871
Budget Line Item Number: 500-70-110-605000-100091
New Appropriation Required: No
STAFF RECOMMENDATION:
Recommendation
Adopt the resolution approving the change order.
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SUMMARY AND BACKGROUND OF SUBJECT MATTER:
At the June 8, 2021 Board Meeting the Board of Trustees awarded a construction contract to Wager Construction, Inc for the Austin Ave Water Main. The original design proposed an open cut method of installation except where the pipe crosses County Line Road north of Erie Parkway. In this location the design included Horizontal Directional Drilled (HDD) installation. The primary reason HDD was proposed was because of the number of utilities in conflict crossing County Line Road. This method also minimizes traffic impacts during construction.
Due to the long lead time for pipeline materials, the project will not begin construction until September. With school now in session the charter school on Austin Ave would be impacted with the standard open cut pipeline construction methods.
Town staff and Wagner Construction have worked together to come up with a solution to minimize traffic impacts on Austin Ave and Erie Parkway. The change order before you tonight proposes using the more costly HDD method of installing pipe across Erie Parkway and in Austin Ave to a point east of the access to the charter school.
There will be limited lane closures in Erie Parkway to connect the new pipe to the existing pipe in Erie Parkway, but it will be significantly less impactful than utilizing the standard open cut method of installing th...
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