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Hammond capital improvement board approves engineering contracts, change orders for streets, bridge and plaza work
Summary
The Capital Improvement Board approved a slate of funding allocations and change orders covering Hohman Avenue construction engineering, street resurfacing, a pedestrian-bridge change order and evaluations for downtown electrical and safety audits; all motions passed unanimously.
The Capital Improvement Board on Wednesday approved multiple funding allocations and change orders totaling several hundred thousand dollars for street, bridge and downtown infrastructure projects in Hammond.
The board voted 7-0 to approve construction engineering for Hohman Avenue Reconstruction Phase 2 with American Structure Point for $493,685.37, a federal-aid project, and approved smaller change orders and contracts including resurfacing, patching and a balancing change order for the Little Calumet River pedestrian bridge.
The Hohman Avenue construction engineering contract was described during the meeting as a federal-aid project that requires a higher level of effort and oversight than locally funded work. "This is a federal aid project," the Chair said while explaining the scope of construction engineering and observation included in the contract.
Other approvals included:
- Funding Allocation No. 285:…
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