CITY COUNCIL AGENDA ITEM
ACTION REQUESTED:
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Approve the award of Change Order #1 to Contract 21-232, 2021 New Sidewalk Improvements Program, to Triggi Construction for an amount not to exceed $13,153.00 and a total award of $252,711.00
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DEPARTMENT: Transportation, Engineering and Development
SUBMITTED BY: William J. Novack, Director
BOARD/COMMISSION REVIEW:
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BACKGROUND:
The City Council awarded Contract 21-232 to Triggi Construction on August 17, 2021 with a completion date of November 15, 2021. The purpose of this contract is to improve walkability throughout the City by filling in sidewalk gaps as identified by the Comprehensive Sidewalk Plan.
DISCUSSION:
This change order is requested to add time and money to the contract to reflect the changes that occurred during construction.
The contractor substantially finished the work on most of the streets by November 15, 2021. Due to concurrent work being performed by DPU-W/WW in Naper Heights, however, the contractor was not able to start work on Webster Street until November 18, 2021. Once the conflicting DPU-W/WW work had been completed and the contractor was able to start, the work progressed quickly and was substantially finished by December 6, 2021.
There were various changes made to the sidewalk design during construction to reflect actual conditions in the field and to provide a better end product for homeowners, which resulted in changes to the contract quantities. The design changes that resulted in significant changes to pay item quantities are summarized below.
The scope of work on one street was changed from adding a barrier curb behind an existing sidewalk to removing the sidewalk and replacing it with a narrower sidewalk and a side curb due to the proximity of a tree. This design change resulted in a negligible change in cost.
Driveway work at one property was eliminated, while the limits of driveway replacement work at other properties were extended in the field to provide...
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