Fall River authority approves $36,000 amendment to support pier cathodic protection bidding and construction management

The Fall River Redevelopment Authority voted to approve Amendment No. 1 to an agreement with Foth Infrastructure and Environment LLC, authorizing time-and-materials services not to exceed $36,000 for bid support and construction management of a cathodic protection project for the City Pier.

Project staff told the authority the bid package will be posted April 2, a pre-bid on-site meeting is scheduled for April 9 (rain or shine) and bids are due April 17; the authority expects to consider a contractor at the following board meeting. "The package will be ready April 2," Project Manager Karen Martin said during the meeting.

The cathodic protection design calls for 109 sacrificial anodes located along the perimeter of the pier's sheet piling. Martin described each anode as "like 5 inches wide, 5 inches deep by, like, 3 feet long" and said they weigh about 90 pounds. Installation will include continuity (knuckle) welding, welding tabs to the sheet piling, epoxy over the welds and testing. Martin said…