Sanitary engineer seeks more than $450,000 in change-order preapprovals amid difficult soils on Meadowbrook projects
Officials reported substantial change orders for Meadowbrook-area projects: a completed contractor change totaling about $186,001.52 on a $13 million treatment plant contract and a separate request of roughly $267,000 to address poor soils and related backfill on the Pendleton-Gilbert segment; commissioners pressed for limits on recurring unplanned overruns.
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Sanitary Engineer Gary Newbrough briefed commissioners on significant change orders tied to Meadowbrook-area sewer construction. Newbrough reported $186,001.52 of additional billings already incurred on a $13 million treatment-plant contract after crews encountered unsuitable soils that required removal and increased engineered fill. "We're asking for an increase in the contract amount of $186,001.52," Newbrough said, describing the work as changes already performed to stabilize building foundations.
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