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AUTHORIZATION TO ENTER INTO A CONSTRUCTION MANAGER AT RISK AGREEMENT WITH ACHEN-GARDNER CONSTRUCTION, LLC, FOR CONSTRUCTION PHASE SERVICES FOR WATER LINE REPLACEMENT AT VARIOUS LOCATIONS
Staff Contact: Craig Johnson, P.E., Director, Water Services
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Purpose and Recommended Action
Recommendation
This is a request for City Council to authorize the City Manager to enter into a Construction Manager at Risk (CMAR) agreement with Achen-Gardner Construction, LLC (Achen-Gardner) for construction phase services for various waterline replacements and approve the expenditure of funds in an amount not to exceed $4,694,759.75...body
Background
The city's water distribution system is a vast network of water mains, service lines, valves and fire hydrants which foster the conveyance of potable water for domestic and fire protection purposes. There are over 994 miles of water lines, including 24,000 valves, 61,000 service lines and 8,400 fire hydrants.
Moving water through the city's distribution system is a key component in ensuring uninterrupted service and reliability. Proactive rehabilitation and replacement efforts minimize maintenance issues, emergency disruptions and assist with maintaining the integrity of the water distribution system. The project is part of an on-going proactive preventive maintenance effort to maintain the operational reliability of the city's water distribution system.
The project is needed to replace aging waterlines that have required excessive maintenance and reached their useful life. Staff identified seven (7) locations, city-wide where existing waterlines are in need of replacement.
Analysis
A Request for Qualifications was issued in August 2015 by the Engineering Department to provide design phase assistance and construction services as the Construction Manager at Risk (CMAR) for waterline replacement and new waterline installation at various locations throughout the City. Five (5) firms' submitted qua...
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