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Commission approves $215,333 change order for Southeast Eighth Avenue stormwater project after deep lateral conflicts
Summary
Commission approved a $215,333.76 change order to Emerald Construction (d/b/a Nucor Construction) for unforeseen subsurface sewer lateral conflicts on the Southeast Eighth Avenue stormwater capital-improvement project; staff said two larger change orders and many minor requests preceded it.
City staff asked the Deerfield Beach City Commission on Feb. 4 to approve a change order with Emerald Construction Corporation, doing business as Nucor Construction, for $215,333.76 to address unforeseen subsurface conditions on the Southeast Eighth Avenue stormwater capital improvement project.
Eric Power, interim director for environmental services, explained the contractor encountered sewer laterals and unstable soils that required deeper excavation and, in some locations, a change from 36-inch to 24-inch storm pipe so the new storm line could be placed beneath existing sewer laterals. Power said spot digging revealed the conflicts were not present on every street but were expected on Fourth, Fifth…
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