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Board approves $218,815 change order for South Rockford Road reconstruction citing drought-related costs
Summary
Pennington County authorized change order No. 10 for South Rockford Road reconstruction after design quantity errors and drought-driven costs raised the project total; funding will be covered by a state SIB loan.
The Pennington County Board of Commissioners on March 4 authorized construction change order No. 10 for the South Rockford Road reconstruction project, adding $218,815 to cover additional water costs and plan-quantity errors identified after bidding.
Highway Superintendent Joe Miller told commissioners the change order responds to errors in the original plan quantities and to higher water needs because of drought conditions. Miller said the overall project remains roughly $50,000 under the original bid amount despite the change order and that project costs are being covered by a 0% state Infrastructure Bank (SIB) loan previously arranged for the project.
Miller warned another change order related to salvage material quantities could come before the board. Commissioners discussed schedule impacts, with the superintendent saying the contractor will likely sequence work so the bulk of paving is completed after the nearby Highway 385 paving and in time for the rally; he estimated hard surfacing in mid-summer but declined to give a stricter date during the meeting.
Formal action: Motion to authorize the highway department to approve construction change order No. 10 for South Rockford Road in the amount of $218,815 (mover: Ron Rosknecht; second: Gary Drews). The motion carried.
Why it matters: The change order adjusts the county’s project accounting and keeps construction moving while acknowledging drought and design-quantity issues; the county will fund the work with the previously arranged SIB loan rather than new local tax appropriations.
