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Department of Transportation recommending the Board approve and authorize the Board Chair to retroactively execute Contract Change Order 8 with Doug Veerkamp General Engineering in the amount of $235,339.54 related to the Newtown Road at South Fork Weber Creek Bridge Replacement Project, Capital Improvement Program 36105030, Contract number 5379. (4/5 vote required)
(District 3)
FUNDING: Regional Surface Transportation Program Advance (7%) (State Funds), Highway Bridge Program (87%) (Federal Funds), Tribe (6%) (Local Funds).
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DISCUSSION / BACKGROUND
The Newtown Road at South Fork of Weber Creek - Bridge Replacement Project (Project) replaces the existing bridge over the South Fork Weber Creek (Bridge No. 25C0033, PM 4.4). The Project includes widening the bridge and realigning Newtown Road at the approaches on both sides, installing safety railing, and upgrading drainage and retaining wall systems.
On November 12, 2024 (Legistar 24-1877, Item 35), the Board awarded contract 5379 for the Project to Doug Veerkamp General Engineering (DVGE). The original contract price was $4,499,980.70. Pursuant to Board Resolution 102-2012, the maximum authority delegated to the Director of Transportation for approval of a single contract change order (CCO) is $210,000.
CCO 8 is required to compensate DVGE for excavating through unexpectedly hard rock during construction. The Project's Foundation Report anticipated some hard rock during footing excavation, particularly near the southeasterly wingwall. However, construction revealed much harder rock than expected that could not be excavated with conventional means across the entire easterly half of the bridge site, including both the northeasterly and southeasterly wingwalls. Despite utilizing some of the largest commercially available excavators operated by experienced personnel.
Given the contractual requirement to reopen Newtown Road by June 15, 2025, the Contractor mobilized additional specialized equipme...
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