Englewood board approves contracts to build Allen Water Treatment Plant Phase 2 office and service center upgrades
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The Englewood Water and Sewer Board approved construction contracts to build an 8,400 sq ft two‑story office at the Allen Water Treatment Plant and a 3,500 sq ft addition and renovations to the service center. GH Phipps and Rhinotrax won the work; staff requested contingency and total project authorizations.
The Englewood Water and Sewer Board on a voice vote approved construction contracts for Phase 2 improvements at the Allen Water Treatment Plant and upgrades to the city’s service center, city staff said.
Utilities engineering supervisor Adam Marquez said the Allen project will add an 8,400‑square‑foot, two‑story office building intended to consolidate about 25 engineering, business‑solutions, billing and environmental‑compliance staff who currently work in temporary trailers and at the Civic Center. The service center work will add roughly 3,500 square feet of new building and about 810 square feet of renovated space to house about 18 distribution and collections staff and improve vehicle access, locker rooms and offices.
Marquez said the Allen site work includes added parking, moving the main access gate off Layton Avenue to remove queuing on the street, and adding two swing gates to separate public from private access. During construction the city will add parallel parking on the south side of Layton as a temporary accommodation; Layton will remain two lanes, Marquez said.
The city ran a best‑value competitive solicitation after receiving a noncompetitive price from the CM/GC; GH Phipps Construction Company was selected for the Allen Water Treatment Plant project. Rhinotrax Construction was selected for the service center work. The base prices presented to the board were $5,330,000 (GH Phipps) and $2,860,000 (Rhinotrax). Staff asked for project authorizations that include a typical 10 percent staff‑managed contingency: approximately $5,870,000 for the Allen plant and $3,140,000 for the service center, Marquez said.
Board members and council representatives asked clarifying questions in the meeting about where taxes and permit fees are paid, parking and gate location, and whether the citywide access‑control standard will be applied. Staff said the project will use matching specifications so equipment can integrate with the citywide access project but the Allen plant's access work is funded by the enterprise project and therefore was not included in the general fund’s capital project that standardizes access across city facilities.
A motion to approve agenda items 6A‑1 and 6A‑2 as written carried by voice vote. The board did not read individual roll‑call votes on the record during the discussion.
The project remains subject to the stated contract amounts and internal contingency approvals; staff noted additional site work (phase 3) is anticipated next year to remove an existing shed, expand parking and add permanent chemical storage near the trailer area.
The board asked that staff maintain a public counter at the Civic Center even after staff relocate so customers can continue to complete utility business there, and staff confirmed the utility will also have a public counter at the new Allen building.
