Airport fueling system estimated at roughly $2.8 million; board awaits change-order pricing before decision
May 28, 2025 | Chaffee County, Colorado
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Chaffee County airport staff reported a manufacturer proposal to supply the fueling system and discussed separate civil-site costs, producing a total project estimate near $2.8 million.
“The proposal came in, $2,185,000 for the fueling system,” said Zach Papp, airport manager. “We're estimating that the civil side for the airfield side and site work and all that is gonna be around 600 to 700,000. So it brings us right into that $2,800,000 dollar for the whole fueling system.”
Papp said the fueling-system proposal was submitted for review by Don, Beth and other officials, and that the airport has asked the contractor working on the taxiway contract to provide pricing for the civil work as a change order. “We gave a change order construction, the ones who got the contract for the taxiway project, and they're giving us pricing on the civil site work of the fuel farm project,” Papp said.
Staff said the state discretionary grant allocation (described by staff as a fixed $450,000 contribution) would not change based on how the project is packaged. “The state discretionary grant is, you know, 450,000 that's fixed,” Papp said.
Board members discussed sequencing construction and the need to know the total cost before making a decision on the fueling-system proposal. The airport manager said the fuel tanks in the ground will be emptied and cleaned up in a future budget year if the fueling-center option is pursued, which separates remediation work from the immediate construction decision.
No formal motion or vote to accept the manufacturer proposal or to approve funding was recorded at the meeting; airport staff said they expect to receive the change-order price from the contractor by the end of the day and will present that information before a decision.
Background: Staff said bids originally came in much higher; the current manufacturer-proposal-plus-civil estimate brings the total closer to prior planning assumptions but is subject to change pending contractor pricing.
“The proposal came in, $2,185,000 for the fueling system,” said Zach Papp, airport manager. “We're estimating that the civil side for the airfield side and site work and all that is gonna be around 600 to 700,000. So it brings us right into that $2,800,000 dollar for the whole fueling system.”
Papp said the fueling-system proposal was submitted for review by Don, Beth and other officials, and that the airport has asked the contractor working on the taxiway contract to provide pricing for the civil work as a change order. “We gave a change order construction, the ones who got the contract for the taxiway project, and they're giving us pricing on the civil site work of the fuel farm project,” Papp said.
Staff said the state discretionary grant allocation (described by staff as a fixed $450,000 contribution) would not change based on how the project is packaged. “The state discretionary grant is, you know, 450,000 that's fixed,” Papp said.
Board members discussed sequencing construction and the need to know the total cost before making a decision on the fueling-system proposal. The airport manager said the fuel tanks in the ground will be emptied and cleaned up in a future budget year if the fueling-center option is pursued, which separates remediation work from the immediate construction decision.
No formal motion or vote to accept the manufacturer proposal or to approve funding was recorded at the meeting; airport staff said they expect to receive the change-order price from the contractor by the end of the day and will present that information before a decision.
Background: Staff said bids originally came in much higher; the current manufacturer-proposal-plus-civil estimate brings the total closer to prior planning assumptions but is subject to change pending contractor pricing.
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