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Council approves change order for 20th Street reconstruction, adds $67,886 for subbase treatment
Summary
After repeated rain delays, the Speedway Town Council approved a change order to the Midwest Paving contract adding $67,886.20 to chemically treat failing subbase material; council struck a proposed 16‑workday time increase pending final negotiation.
The Speedway Town Council on July 14 approved change order No. 1 to the contract with Midwest Paving LLC for the 20 Fifth Street reconstruction project, adding $67,886.20 for chemical subbase treatment after repeated rain‑related failures. The vote to approve the change order was unanimous, recorded as Passes 5‑0.
Town manager Grant Kleinines told the council that repeated rain days had caused the project subbase to fail a proof roll — a test using a heavily laden dump truck to check compaction — and that "what we need to do is what is called chemical treatment or dry cement or lime to make that a harder surface. That will cost us an additional $67,886.20, bringing the contract to $2,384,255.89." He said staff negotiated roughly $35,000 out of the contractor's original request.
Kleinines asked the council to approve the cost but strike language in the change order that would add 16 working days to the contract schedule because negotiations on the time extension were not yet complete. Council did so and the motion to approve the change order with the time‑extension language removed passed 5‑0.
Councilors discussed schedule impacts and access to homes along the project corridor. Kleinines said crews could mobilize within days if the change order was approved and estimated the contractor had originally requested 16 days but staff expects a three‑to‑four day effective extension. He warned the project would be "very close" to being complete before school starts and noted Indiana's short construction season makes scheduling difficult.
The project manager reported that the change affects the section from Lyndhurst to Mueller and that similar treatment may be required for subsequent sections, potentially requiring additional change orders. The council was also told that about 50 homes along the project needed temporary stone access during construction, a step that likely contributed to the subbase issues.
The amended change order was approved by unanimous voice vote and the town will continue negotiating the final contract time extension with the contractor.
