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AUTHORIZATION TO ENTER INTO A CONSTRUCTION MANAGER AT RISK AGREEMENT WITH MCCARTHY BUILDING COMPANIES, INC., FOR PRE-CONSTRUCTION SERVICES FOR THE PROCESS IMPROVEMENTS AND CAPACITY EXPANSION AT THE PYRAMID PEAK WATER TREATMENT PLANT
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 McCarthy Building Companies, Inc., (McCarthy) in an amount not to exceed $5,279,881 for pre-construction services of the Pyramid Peak Water Treatment Plant (PPWTP) improvements.
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Background
The Pyramid Peak Water Treatment Plant (PPWTP) is operated by the City of Glendale under an Intergovernmental Agreement (IGA) with the City of Peoria to treat the cities Central Arizona Project water allocations. The City of Glendale owns 77% of the existing capacity of the facility while the City of Peoria owns the remaining 23%.
The City of Peoria is seeking to construct additional treatment capacity at the facility to support growth within the City of Peoria. The City of Glendale sees mutual benefit in allowing the facility to be expanded to provide additional treatment capacity to the City of Peoria. The 15 million gallons per day (MGD) expansion will result in a treatment capacity of 54 MGD. The City of Peoria's ownership capacity will be 24 MGD or approximately 44.4% and Glendale's ownership capacity will be 30 MGD, or approximately 55.6%.
At the same time, the project will include process improvements to the existing treatment facilities and repair and rehabilitation of equipment to ensure continued compliance with existing regulations, decrease frequency of corrective maintenance, and improve plant resiliency.
The improvement project will be split in accordance with current plant ownership. Glendale will be responsible for 77% of these costs and Peoria will be responsible...
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