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Mount Pleasant awards $12.0 million contract to RCL Construction for water treatment plant upgrades
Summary
The City Commission awarded a $12,002,910 contract, including a 6% contingency, to RCL Construction for phased upgrades to the city’s water treatment plant, funded through the Michigan Drinking Water State Revolving Fund program with loan forgiveness.
The Mount Pleasant City Commission voted to award the contract for water treatment plant improvements to RCL Construction (Sanford, Mich.) for a total authorized amount of $12,002,910, including an $11,323,500 base bid and a $679,410 contingency (6%). The commission also approved a corresponding budget amendment.
City staff said the work represents the first phase of upgrades and will be paid through borrowing authorized under the Michigan Drinking Water State Revolving Fund program; staff estimated approximately $2.2 million of the total would be covered as principal loan forgiveness under that program. The project packages cover mechanical and electrical rehabilitation across the plant: full rehabs of the aerator and recarbonation tanks; replacement of filter media, underdrains, piping, valves and major electrical switchgear; replacement of an aging diesel generator with a natural-gas generator; SCADA and HVAC upgrades; and other measures staff said were past useful life.
Fishbeck/Fishback Engineering and city operations staff outlined a phased construction approach so the plant can remain in service during the work. City staff estimated construction would begin after contracts are executed (late September or early October) and expected the work to be a roughly two-year project, performed as sequential phases and bypasses to maintain water service during higher-demand periods.
The commission moved to award the contract and approved the award by voice vote; the motion passed.
What changes for customers: staff said phased construction would maintain water supply and that the upgrades are intended to improve reliability, reduce repair costs and update controls and safety systems.
Project funding and next steps: staff will finalize contract documents, coordinate phasing with plant staff, and begin the procurement and mobilization phases; project oversight will be handled by Fishbeck/Fishback and the city water department.
