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Approval of Change Order to DOWL in the Amount of $74,356.96 for Construction Administration and Inspection Services on the 2016 City Streets Project
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SUBMITTED BY: Jason Miles, PE, Capital Facilities Director
FISCAL NOTES:
Expenditure Required: $74,356.96
Unencumbered Balance: $690,025.31
Funding Source: 310-1150-58000 33% Egan Drive Beautification
310-1140-58000 33% East Pioneer Drive
310-9195-58000 33% Hospital Parking Lot Improvements
RECOMMENDATION:
Approve a change order to DOWL in the amount of $74,356.96 for construction administration and inspection services on the 2016 City Streets project...rec
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SUMMARY STATEMENT:
DOWL was contracted to provide construction administration and inspection services for the 2016 City Streets project. The construction contract was originally scheduled to be complete by September 1, 2016. The City's agreement with DOWL was to run until the middle of August assuming the project would be substantially complete by that time and their services would no longer be required. However, due to numerous design errors and Owner-directed changes, project completion was delayed. DOWL's schedule was dependent on the contractor's construction schedule, and critical remaining inspections extended beyond September 1st, particularly for the arch. It is important to note that DOWL began to reduce expenses wherever possible without sacrificing service to the City when they recognized that completion of construction would be extended. It was not until 39 days after the original completion date that DOWL demobilized from Valdez following final inspection of the arch foundations on October 10th. Still required of DOWL was review and verification of numerous Time and Materials reports for additional work that was performed by the contractor. Submittal of these reports was substantially delayed by the contractor as most of them were not submitted until December 2016 for work that had been done months befo...
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