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Albany board recommends $34.9 million contract to replace solids‑handling equipment at Joshua Street plant
Summary
The utility board recommended awarding a $34,888,171 contract to Ruby Collins (Smyrna, Ga.) for solids‑handling upgrades at the Joshua Street Water Pollution Control Plant after receiving a single bid; financing will include a new $12 million GEFA loan and remaining amounts from earlier loans and local funds.
The Albany Utility Board on Feb. 27 recommended the city commission enter into a $34,888,171 contract with Ruby Collins of Smyrna, Georgia, to upgrade solids‑handling equipment at the Joshua Street Water Pollution Control Plant.
Staff described the project as a multi‑component solids‑handling replacement that will add new gravity‑belt thickeners, a new dewatering press, associated conveyors, chemical storage and a small administration/maintenance building. The work replaces an aging dissolved air flotation (DAF) system that staff said is high‑maintenance and increasingly difficult to repair.
Project history and bids: Staff said this procurement has been rebid multiple times. A pre‑bid outreach…
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