Title
Contract No. 1901767
Newburgh Road Booster Pumping Station Improvements
Body
Agenda of: October 31, 2019
Item No.: 2019-363
Amount: $3,503,413.00
TO: The Honorable
Board of Directors
Great Lakes Water Authority
FROM: Sue F. McCormick
Chief Executive Officer
Great Lakes Water Authority
DATE: October 2, 2019
RE: Contract No. 1901767
Newburgh Road Booster Pumping Station Improvements
Vendor: Brown and Caldwell, LLC
MOTION
Upon recommendation of Cheryl Porter, Chief Operating Officer - Water and Field Services, the Board of Directors (Board) of the Great Lakes Water Authority (GLWA), authorizes the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) to enter into Contract No. 1901767 "Newburgh Road Booster Pumping Station Improvements" with Brown and Caldwell, LLC, at a cost not to exceed $3,503,413.00 for a duration of 1,818 days; and authorizes the CEO to take such other action as may be necessary to accomplish the intent of this vote.
BACKGROUND
GLWA's Newburgh Road Booster Pumping Station (Newburgh Station), located in Livonia, Michigan, boosts water pressure through a 42-inch water transmission main to serve the City of Farmington Hills, City of Livonia, City of Novi, City of Northville, and Northville Township. The Newburgh Station was constructed in the mid-1960s and the station's pumping units, process mechanical, building mechanical, electrical distribution, and electrical switchgear are original to the station. The water system demands of its service area exceed the firm capacity of the station. The Newburgh Station takes on additional importance in the transmission system as the 14-Mile Road Transmission Main Loop Project (CIP #122013) will require that the Newburgh Station pump flows to the Haggerty Station reservoir through the new transmission main. Furthermore, the station's isolation valves, pumping units and electrical switchgear have exceeded their useful service life and require replacement. As a result, a new station is needed to reliab...
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