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College Avenue utility work bids reveal pavement-quantity error; change order nearly $497,000 recommended to council
Summary
An error in pavement repair quantities for the College Avenue utility contract increased the contractor’s scope by $496,606.20; staff recommended the change order be forwarded to council and said federal funding and disadvantaged‑business requirements complicate traffic-control costs.
Corey Grama, utilities engineer, told the committee that College Avenue utility work — which includes a new 12‑inch water main, hydrant connections and sewer replacements — received a low bid of $1.85 million, well below the engineer’s estimate of $2.6 million.
Shortly after construction began, staff discovered an error in the bid schedule: the project’s square‑yard quantity for a concrete pavement repair pay item listed 350 square yards but the work requires approximately 2,650…
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