Board approves contractor pay apps and $315,125 change order for Hudson Sagamore project
June 23, 2026 | Kingsford Heights, LaPorte County, Indiana
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The LaPorte County Regional Sewer & Water District board approved two contractor pay applications and a change order for the Hudson Sagamore construction project during its June 23 meeting.
District engineer Dan Bynum told the board TGB has completed drilling of the 12-inch force main and Selge is roughly 83% complete with grinder installations. Bynum said the district currently holds about $281,000 in retainage/contingency across contracts and recommended payment of Contract A pay application No. 11 in the amount of $466,363.16 to TGB and Contract B pay application No. 9 in the amount of $445,596.79 to Selge. The board voted to approve both pay applications by voice vote.
Bynum also presented change order No. 6, a net increase of $315,124.71. He said the work covers a 37-linear-foot extension of casing pipe required after a jack-and-bore installation had to be set 10 feet deeper to clear previously uncharted railroad signal wires and related utilities; additional excavation and shoring were required to reach an 18-foot depth in one location, and roughly $5,000 in exploratory excavation was needed where unsuitable soils were encountered. "This change order is a net increase of $315,124.71," Bynum said, adding that he calculated a contractor credit of about $13,000 on unit pricing for excavation that was returned as part of the estimate.
Bynum warned the board that approving the change order would leave roughly $80,000 in construction contingency and that he expected about another $40,000 in deductive change items to return to the district as quantities are reconciled. He said the additional costs resulted from information provided by the railroad that was not available at the time of bidding and was not a contractor misbid. The board discussed options and approved change order No. 6 by voice vote.
Separately, staff reported preliminary congressional funding activity related to a phase-two request: staff said the office of Congressman Yakim preliminarily allocated $850,000 toward a $4 million request; staff said they will pursue increasing that allocation during the appropriations process.
The board directed staff to continue tracking contingency and change items and to report updates to the board as the project progresses.
District engineer Dan Bynum told the board TGB has completed drilling of the 12-inch force main and Selge is roughly 83% complete with grinder installations. Bynum said the district currently holds about $281,000 in retainage/contingency across contracts and recommended payment of Contract A pay application No. 11 in the amount of $466,363.16 to TGB and Contract B pay application No. 9 in the amount of $445,596.79 to Selge. The board voted to approve both pay applications by voice vote.
Bynum also presented change order No. 6, a net increase of $315,124.71. He said the work covers a 37-linear-foot extension of casing pipe required after a jack-and-bore installation had to be set 10 feet deeper to clear previously uncharted railroad signal wires and related utilities; additional excavation and shoring were required to reach an 18-foot depth in one location, and roughly $5,000 in exploratory excavation was needed where unsuitable soils were encountered. "This change order is a net increase of $315,124.71," Bynum said, adding that he calculated a contractor credit of about $13,000 on unit pricing for excavation that was returned as part of the estimate.
Bynum warned the board that approving the change order would leave roughly $80,000 in construction contingency and that he expected about another $40,000 in deductive change items to return to the district as quantities are reconciled. He said the additional costs resulted from information provided by the railroad that was not available at the time of bidding and was not a contractor misbid. The board discussed options and approved change order No. 6 by voice vote.
Separately, staff reported preliminary congressional funding activity related to a phase-two request: staff said the office of Congressman Yakim preliminarily allocated $850,000 toward a $4 million request; staff said they will pursue increasing that allocation during the appropriations process.
The board directed staff to continue tracking contingency and change items and to report updates to the board as the project progresses.
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