TO: Board of Supervisors
FROM: Transportation
MEETING DATE: July 16, 2019
DEPARTMENT CONTACT:
Howard N. Dashiell
PHONE:
463-4363
ITEM TYPE: Consent Agenda
TIME ALLOCATED FOR ITEM: N/A
AGENDA TITLE:
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Adoption of Resolution Increasing the Director of Transportation's Change Order Authority to a Total of $339,000 for Department of Transportation Contract Number 160090 for Construction of the Rowes Creek Bridge Replacement on Sherwood Road, County Road 311, Milepost 5.52 (Willits Area)
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RECOMMENDED ACTION/MOTION:
recommendation
Adopt Resolution increasing the Director of Transportation's change order authority to a total of $339,000 for Department of Transportation Contract Number 160090 for construction of the Rowes Creek Bridge Replacement on Sherwood Road, County Road 311, Milepost 5.52 (Willits Area); and authorize Chair to sign the same.
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PREVIOUS BOARD/BOARD COMMITTEE ACTIONS:
By Resolution Number (No.) 12-079 (May 22, 2012), the Board of Supervisors (BOS) approved Department of Transportation (DOT) Agreement No. 110121 with Quincy Engineering, Inc., for the plans, specifications, and estimate bid package for the Rowes Creek Bridge Replacement on Sherwood Road. By Resolution No. 16-141 (December 6, 2016), the Board authorized the Director of Transportation to advertise for bids and award DOT Contract No. 160090 for construction of the Rowes Creek Bridge Replacement project.
SUMMARY OF REQUEST:
On February 12, 2019, Mendocino County awarded DOT Contract No. 160090 to Dunton Construction Company, Inc., of Anderson, California, in the amount of $2,327,221. By Resolution No. 07-008, the Director's original contract change order authority amount for DOT Contract No. 160090 was $129,000. Just after construction began, unforeseen site conditions changed the needs of the pile driving activities. Two of the piles to be driven needed to be changed to cast-in-drill-hole piles, and the remaining 9 driven piles needed to be long...
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