Title
Contract No. 2302932
Incineration Complex II Conveyor System Fire Protection Improvements
I&E
Body
Agenda of: March 21, 2024
Item No.: 2024-090
Amount: $1,323,000.00
TO: The Honorable
Board of Directors
Great Lakes Water Authority
FROM: Suzanne R. Coffey, P.E.
Chief Executive Officer
Great Lakes Water Authority
DATE: February 29, 2024
RE: Contract No. 2302932
Incineration Complex II Conveyor System Fire Protection Improvements
Vendor: Commercial Contracting Corporation
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. 2302932, "Incineration Complex II Conveyor System Fire Protection Improvements" with Commercial Contracting Corporation, at a total cost not to exceed $1,323,000.00 for a duration of nine (9) months; and authorizes the CEO to take such other action as may be necessary to accomplish the intent of this vote.
BACKGROUND
GLWA operates and maintains the Incineration Complex-II (C-II), constructed in the 1970s at the Water Resource Recovery Facility (WRRF). C-II houses eight (8) multiple hearth incinerators (MHI) that treat the sludge, a byproduct of wastewater treatment, into ash for landfill disposal. The dewatered sludge at the Dewatering Complex is conveyed to C-II incinerators through a network of belt conveyors.
In March 2016, a fire occurred that caused significant damage to the north C-II northside belt conveyor system, which in turn required complete replacement. In September 2020, another fire occurred on the C-II southside belt conveyor system. Although the two fire events were not equal in terms of damages, with the 2016 event being the worst, operational interruptions were experienced during and after both fires.
As a result of these fires, GLWA's property insurance carrier, AXA, prepared ...
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