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West Melbourne awards $7.9 million contract for raw-water conveyance line
Summary
The City Council approved a $7,915,183.50 contract with Accurate Drilling Systems to install roughly 3.5 miles of raw-water conveyance piping to connect production wells to the new water treatment plant; council members questioned a wide spread in bid prices before approving the low bidder.
The West Melbourne City Council voted to award a contract to Accurate Drilling Systems not to exceed $7,915,183.50 to install raw-water conveyance lines connecting newly drilled production wells to the city’s new water treatment plant.
The project, described by city staff as “the last big piece of our water plant puzzle,” includes nearly 3.5 miles of piping and multiple directional-drilling crossings under canals and major roads. Mark Petrone, a city staff member presenting the item, said the design and bid documents were completed by Infrastructure Engineering Group and the city received four bids when the project opened in December.
Council members…
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