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Council approves water and sewer contracts, amends Southside wastewater contract amid delays
Summary
Council awarded a housing‑authority water main contract, approved several construction pay requests and amended the Southside wastewater plant contract to cover extended construction administration; council recorded unanimous votes on all items.
The City Council approved multiple water and wastewater contract actions on Jan. 28, including awarding a housing‑authority water‑main contract, approving large contractor pay requests and amending the engineering task order for the Southside Wastewater Treatment Plant to cover extra construction administration days.
City staff recommended awarding the Housing Authority Water Improvement Project to the low bidder, Capital Underground Utilities of Houston, at $451,895. Project budget authority was $650,000; engineering fees were cited at $99,125. The council voted unanimously to award the contract.
The council also approved a pay request of $2,273,154.76 to Wicker Construction Inc. for the West Loop wastewater collection project (reporting approximately 21 percent time complete and 10.3 percent of contract dollars paid to date). Another pay request, Heritage Construction request number 20 for the Southside Wastewater Treatment Plant, was approved for $1,155,424.24; staff reported the Southside project is roughly 80 percent complete by time and about 58 percent by money.
Separately, the council approved task order number 1 to amend the contract with KSA for additional construction administration and a full‑time project representative at the Southside plant. The amendment increases KSA’s task order by $184,600 to cover additional inspection and administration days associated with screw‑pump replacements, rain days and in‑field design changes; the adjusted task order was reported as $4,065,365, with remaining contingency cited by staff at about $3.1 million after the amendment.
Staff and councilors discussed the causes of the increases: the contractor requested added days for rain and for screw‑pump delays; the city had previously given partial additional days and will evaluate further requests if pumps arrive late. Project manager Anthony Reese told the council that some design changes were needed because of underground conduit and existing wiring that required moving or re‑locating structures.
Ending: Council approved all contract awards and pay requests unanimously. Staff said it will continue monitoring contingencies and report change‑order details as the projects proceed.
