Board signs $92,720.43 net deductive change order as pump-station consolidation wraps

The Board of Public Works approved July 9 a contract change order that deducts $92,720.43 from the Advanced Construction contract for the Sell Side pump-station consolidation project.

Staff and an engineer described several components of the change order: large unused quantities (mostly temporary asphalt and deferred resurfacing), time-and-material repairs for an earlier force-main leak, additional equipment and rental charges after encountering bedrock during crossing work, unplanned painting and scaffolding in a deep pump station basement, installation of an extra gate valve on the force main, retaining-wall revisions and storm-inlet replacement. Taken together, those add and subtract line items that result in the stated net deductive amount.

An engineer said the overall contract remains about $90,000 under the original contract value and staff reported the total contract value is approximately $13.6 million. A board member moved to approve the proposed change order and the board voted to adopt it.

Board members framed the change order as completing wrap-up work and using savings from unused quantities to cover necessary additional items, rather than as new scope. The board approved the change order by voice vote.