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Water-works superintendent reports US 20 annexation water-main project completed under budget
Summary
Michigan City Water Works staff reported the US 20 annexation water-main construction is complete and final costs and material recoveries cut the project substantially below the engineer’s estimate and original budget.
Michigan City Water Works Superintendent Chris Johnson told the Board of Works on Oct. 6 that construction of the US 20 annexation-area water-main is complete and the water main is in service. The original successful bid for the construction portion was $648,009.87; a change order added $6,478 for traffic-control work related to INDOT permitting, and an additional construction quantity issue would have added $13,001.69. Favorable site conditions reduced other costs by $46,338, and materials that had been ordered in excess were bought back, reducing materials by $17,372. The net result, staff said, was a total final cost for materials and construction of $966,093.86.
Johnson told the board the final cost was roughly 16.5% below the engineer’s original estimate for construction and 4.1% below the bid total; overall, the combined materials and construction total was about 25.6% below the engineer’s full budgeted estimate for the project. Staff credited favorable soil conditions and prudent materials management for the savings.
The superintendent said wetlands rehabilitation remains to be finished under the sanitary district’s contract; final cost-sharing between the sanitary district and Water Works will be reconciled in the project closeout.
Board members commended staff for bringing the project in under budget; no vote was required for the informational update.
Next steps: sanitary-district work on wetlands rehabilitation and final accounting between agencies before formal closeout.
