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REQUEST FOR COUNCIL ACTION <br /> Date: October 6, 2014 <br /> Item No.: 7.f <br />Department Approval City Manager Approval <br />Item Description: Adopt a Resolution to Accept the Work Completed, and Authorize Final <br />Payment on the 2013 Watermain Rehabilitation Project. <br />B <br />ACKGROUND <br />1 <br />On December 10, 2012 the City Council awarded a watermain rehabilitation project to Veit & <br />2 <br />Company, Inc. of Rogers, Minnesota. Work completed under the contract totaled $474,724.90. <br />3 <br />Veit & Company, Inc. completed the work on the project in September 2013. <br />4 <br />The watermain lining project consisted of two segments: Segment 1- Transit Avenue, from <br />5 <br />Western Avenue to Rice Street, and Segment 2- Rice Street, from south of Transit Avenue to <br />6 <br />County Road C-2. The contractor completed the lining on Rice Street. During this process, <br />7 <br />there were some challenges in preparing the pipe prior to lining due to remnant water from some <br />8 <br />of the service connections. Based on the number of services on Transit Avenue, and potential <br />9 <br />for complications, down time, and added costs, Segment 1 was eliminated from the contract. <br />10 <br />Staff is exploring other alternatives to rehabilitate this segment of watermain in the future. <br />11 <br />Because this is a newer technology, 3M provided the City a 15-year product warranty on the <br />12 <br />project. The warranty began on the project start date of July 22, 2013. There is still a one-year <br />13 <br />warranty on all other aspects of the project as defined in the project specifications that begins <br />14 <br />upon approval of the final payment. <br />15 <br />PO <br />OLICYBJECTIVE <br />16 <br />City policy requires that the following items be completed to finalize a construction contract: <br />17 <br />•Certification from the City Engineer verifying that all of the work has been completed in <br />18 <br />accordance with plans and specifications. <br />19 <br />•A resolution by the City Council accepting the contract and beginning the one year <br />20 <br />warranty. <br />21 <br />FI <br />INANCIALMPACTS <br />22 <br />The final contract amount is $474,724.90. The original awarded contract amount was <br />23 <br />$621,886.10. After eliminating Segment 1, the revised amount totaled $478,970.80. The cost <br />24 <br />decrease is the result of actual contract quantities being less than estimated and the elimination <br />25 <br />of the Transit Avenue segment. <br />26 <br />This project was financed using water utility infrastructure funds. <br />27 <br />SR <br />TAFF ECOMMENDATION <br />28 <br />The work that was completed was in accordance with project plans and specifications. Staff <br />29 <br />Page 1 of 2 <br />