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Council awards contract for Colony Elevated Tank at $9.67 million; authorizes 2.5% change‑order contingency
Summary
Council approved a construction contract to Landmark Structures for the Colony Elevated Tank project (IFB 25134) with a contract price of $9,670,000 and authorized change orders up to 2.5% ($241,750). The project includes a 1.5 million‑gallon elevated storage tank and relocation of a water delivery point.
The Buda City Council on April 1 authorized a construction contract for the Colony Elevated Tank project, awarding the work to Landmark Structures and authorizing the city manager to execute the contract and change orders up to 2.5%.
Public Works staff told council the project will construct a 1,500,000‑gallon elevated storage tank to serve the city’s central pressure plane and to relieve demand constraints on the Beacon Hill Elevated Tower. The project also includes relocating an Alliance Water delivery point to the elevated tank site; staff said the delivery point currently sits at the corner of Old Black Colony Road and 1626 and will be relocated and reused where possible.
Project manager Blake Neffendorf told council the city received two bids: Caldwell Tanks and Landmark Structures, and the low bid was close to the engineer’s estimate. Neffendorf said the price is significantly higher than initial estimates from nearly five years ago but attributed the change to the long timeline and industry pricing.
Council authorized the city manager to negotiate and execute a construction contract with Landmark Structures in the amount of $9,670,000 and to authorize change orders up to 2.5% (authorized contingency $241,750). The council motion carried; no roll‑call tally was recorded in the meeting minutes.
Staff said anticipated substantial completion is June 2026 (about 450 days after notice to proceed) so the new tank can be in service before peak summer demand. Staff also noted they negotiated a temporary construction easement with the adjacent Colony development to prevent conflicts during concurrent construction.
Council members asked about subcontracting and small/local business participation; staff replied this specialized work typically involves a limited set of national contractors and subs for civil work, electrical and SCADA, and that HUB (historically underutilized business) goals had not been established for this IFB.
