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File #: 2024-318    Version: 1 Name:
Type: Resolution Status: Passed
File created: 9/26/2024 In control: Board of Directors
On agenda: 10/23/2024 Final action: 10/23/2024
Title: Proposed Change Order No. 1 Contract No. 2103688/SCN-0000204 Rehabilitation of Connors Creek Sewer System CIP# 260204/BCE Score: 78.3
Sponsors: Navid Mehram
Indexes: Wastewater Operations

Title

Proposed Change Order No. 1

Contract No. 2103688/SCN-0000204

Rehabilitation of Connors Creek Sewer System                     

CIP# 260204/BCE Score: 78.3

 

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Agenda of:                     October 23, 2024

Item No.:                     2024-318

Amount:                     Original Contract Amount                                          $49,576,196.00

                                          Proposed Change Order No. 1                                       0.00

                                          New Contract Total                                                               $49,576,196.00

 

TO:                     The Honorable

                     Board of Directors

                     Great Lakes Water Authority

 

FROM:                     Suzanne R. Coffey, P.E.

                     Chief Executive Officer

                     Great Lakes Water Authority

 

DATE:                     September 26, 2024

 

RE:                                          Proposed Change Order No. 1

                     Contract No.  2103688/SCN-0000204

                     Rehabilitation of Connors Creek Sewer System

                     Vendor:  Oscar Renda Contracting, Inc.

                     

MOTION

Upon recommendation of Navid Mehram, Chief Operating Officer - Wastewater Operating Services, the Board of Directors (Board) of the Great Lakes Water Authority (GLWA), authorizes the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) to enter into Contract No. 2103688/SCN-0000204, Proposed Change Order No. 1, “Rehabilitation of Connors Creek Sewer System” with Oscar Renda Contracting, Inc., with no increase in cost, for a total cost not to exceed $49,576,196.00 and an increased duration of 643 days for a total duration of 1,484 days; and authorizes the CEO to take such other action as may be necessary to accomplish the intent of this vote. 

BACKGROUND

The GLWA portion of the Connors Creek Sewer System (CCSS) starts at 8 Mile Road west of Van Dyke Avenue and ends at Conner and Jefferson at the Conner Creek Combined Sewer Overflow (CSO) basin.  It starts out as a single arch pipe, eventually transitioning to a three (3) barrel box culvert, and then to a five (5) box culvert section where the Conner Creek Pump Station and Freud Pump Station combine just upstream of the Conner Creek CSO Facility.  The total length of the CCSS is over 60,000 linear feet of pipe.  The CCSS is a combined sewer with a large water shed that is influenced greatly by rain and snow melt, and system flow balancing.  The Rehabilitation of Connors Creek Sewer System project also includes a portion of the connector sewer from Jefferson at the Conner Pump Station forebay to the Conner Creek CSO forebay.

The combination of weather-related delays, and delays associated with the Detroit River Interceptor rehabilitation require that the final and substantial completion dates and the contract time be extended for the Contractor to complete the work necessary for the CCSS rehabilitation. 

JUSTIFICATION

This no-cost change order will change the substantial and final completion dates to include expected and realized project delays (contractually referred to as stand-by days) and adds one (1) calendar year of contract time past the revised final completion date to complete the warranty inspection and any resulting work. This change order is paired with an engineering services amendment for Brown and Caldwell’s engineering Contract No. 1802575 for services that have impacted the Contractor’s work on this sewer system, to reflect the changes that have been identified since construction began. 

PROJECT MANAGEMENT STATUS

Original Contract Time                                                                841 days (10/03/2022 - 01/20/2025)

Proposed Change Order No. 1                                          643 days (01/21/2025 - 10/25/2026)                     

New Contract Time                                                                        1,484 days (10/03/2022 - 10/25/2026)                                                                                                                              

PROJECT ESTIMATE

Original Contract Price                                                                $ 49,576,196.00

Proposed Change Order No. 1                                                    0.00

New Contract Total                                                                                     $ 49,576,196.00

 

FINANCIAL PLAN IMPACT

Summary: Sufficient funds are provided in the financial plan for this project.          

Funding Source: Wastewater Construction Fund

Cost Center: Wastewater Field Engineering

Expense Type: Construction (5421-892411.000-616900-260204)

Estimated Cost by Year and Related Estimating Variance:  See table below.

Original Contract Price                                                                                    $49,576,196.00

Proposed Change Order No. 1                                                                                                     0.00

New Contract Total                                                                                                         $49,576,196.00

Estimating Variance                                                                                                                                    0.00

This proposed change order is for an extension of time only and there is no substantive financial impact.

COMMITTEE REVIEW

This item was presented to the Operations and Resources Committee at its meeting on October 9, 2024. The Operations and Resources Committee unanimously recommended that the GLWA Board adopt the resolution as presented.

SHARED SERVICES IMPACT

This item does not impact the shared services agreement between GLWA and DWSD.