City Council Meeting Date: October 1, 2019
To: Mayor and City Council
City Administrator
From: Sean Simonson, Engineering Manager
Dave Bennett, Public Works Director/City Engineer
Title
Consider Approval of Change Order No. 14 for the Division and Seventh Street Reconstruction Project, Washington Street Mill and Overlay and Various Parking Lot Rehabilitations Project.
Body
Action Requested:
The Northfield City Council approves a Motion authorizing Change Order No. 14 (Attachment 1) for the Division and Seventh Street Reconstruction Project, Washington Street Mill and Overlay and Various Parking Lot Rehabilitations Project, City Project No. 2018 STRT A37 with Swenke Ims Contracting, LLC, for $28,971.00.
Summary Report:
On April 17, 2018, City Council accepted bids and awarded the Division and Seventh Street Reconstruction Project, Washington Street Mill and Overlay and Various Parking Lot Rehabilitations Project to Swenke Ims Contracting, LLC. Construction on the Project commenced in May 2018. As construction has progressed, some unforeseen additions have been encountered which is not uncommon for a reconstruction project of this magnitude.
At the intersection of Division Street and Eighth Street, with the roadway modification, the ride northbound and southbound on Division has a bump/dip and it is necessary to lengthen the grade transition to remove this bump. The contractor was committed to other work throughout the summer and is now back on site completing outstanding items and this proposed Change Order to regrade the Eighth Street intersection.
As the project wraps up, there were issues with some of the concrete work that was completed in 2018. This mainly impacts portions of the parking bay on Seventh Street. The Contractor is replacing the defective concrete at their expense. There is a backlog of rebar on order. When it arrives, hopefully before winter sets in, the parking bay on north side of Seventh Street by Family Fare will ...
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