Title
Resolution - A Resolution Authorizing a Change Order and Providing Additional Funds for Mansfield International Business Park Drainage, Water, Sanitary Sewer and Road Improvements with Jackson Construction, Ltd.
Requested Action
Consider the Resolution authorizing a Change Order to the contract of Jackson Construction, Ltd. for Mansfield International Business Park Drainage, Water, Sanitary Sewer and Road Improvements.
Recommendation
The Engineering Staff recommends approval of the Resolution.
Description/History
The Mansfield International Business Park project was awarded to Jackson Construction, Ltd. on December 9, 2019 for an amount of $6,764,514.86. At that time, the project was approved with a total budget in the amount of $7,162,417.36 with $5,255,594.94 from the MEDC Fund and $1,906,822.42 from the Utility Fund.
Additional funds are being requested from council to complete the project.
Justification
The contract award amount was exceeded due to additional scope being added to the project. A TxDOT turn lane from FM 917 as well as a turn lane to serve the northern portion of the property owned by the MEDC (totaling $326,933.00) were major additions to the project that impacted the overall project budget. There were additional improvements including the installation of a gravel access drive to serve Oncor, infrastructure to serve United Coop Services, sidewalk ramp modifications, asphalt shoulder work, and other minor quantity changes in the amount of $207,166.83 that were necessary to complete the project. All of the additional improvements total $534,099.83, which is 8.3% over the original contract amount with Jackson Construction. A 5% contingency had been previously authorized, so approval of an additional $211,980.07 to Jackson Construction is necessary.
The additional improvements exceed the total approved budget amount by $78,152.53, which is 1.1% of the original total amount approved by council. Less has been spent from the materi...
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