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Council approves $716,048 Main Street sewer rehabilitation contract
Summary
The council approved a $716,047.64 contract with Gore Tex Services to rehabilitate the Main Street sewer line using a fabric-lining process; staff said the project fits within a larger Main Street infrastructure program and the city budgeted $750,000 for the work.
The City Council of the City of Anderson on Sept. 22 approved a contract to rehabilitate the Main Street sewer line, awarding the work to Gore Tex Services for a negotiated price of $716,047.64, Utility Director Scott Banks and city staff told the council.
Banks said the Main Street corridor contains multiple underground utilities that need renewal before the planned paving and pedestrian improvements. The project scope includes point repairs, elimination of abandoned taps to reduce groundwater infiltration and installation of a fabric/resin pipe liner, a trenchless method in which a resin-impregnated fabric is inverted or pulled between manholes, cured and formed into a seamless new pipe.
Staff said the city budgeted $750,000 for the project and expects the awarded price to be within that budget; staff also said pricing was obtained through a national cooperative contract (originated in the Houston/Galveston cooperative) that provides vetted maximum prices and allows local negotiation. The city told council it performed due diligence and expects the local price to be competitive.
Councilmembers asked technical questions about method and duration. City staff described the lining process: crews pull the liner from manhole to manhole, bypass-pump flow during installation and cure the liner with hot water (curing often completes in a few hours and can be temperature-dependent). Staff noted the contractor expects to return most segments to service by the end of each workday.
Banks and other staff said the project covers roughly 5,540 linear feet of sewer pipe in the study area and that rehabilitating pipes before the street is repaved will extend the life of the surface work. The council approved the contract unanimously.
Staff listed the recommended vendor as Gore Tex Services and said the procurement used a cooperative-pricing method; the city will coordinate with other utility work already underway downtown (water-line replacement and other utilities) to minimize repeat street cuts.
The contract award was presented as part of the city's broader downtown infrastructure program to ensure subsurface systems are renewed prior to paving and streetscape improvements.
