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Adams County seeks $640,000 change order for Pecos Street Improvements after utility delays
Summary
County staff recommended approval of Change Order 6 — a $640,000 addition to the Pecos Street Improvements contract with Hammond Infrastructure Inc. — after utility relocation delays, primarily involving Xcel Energy, extended the project schedule by an estimated 322 days in aggregate.
Adams County staff recommended the Board of Commissioners approve a $640,000 change order for the Pecos Street Improvements project to cover contractor overhead caused largely by utility relocation delays.
Renee Valdez, the county’s capital improvements program manager, told the board the project’s original contract value was $9,960,000. The county previously approved a $1,100,000 change (for signal design changes requested by the City and County of Denver), and staff’s negotiated recommendation for change order 6 would raise the contract to $11,700,000. Valdez said the contractor’s original request for change order 6 was higher, but county negotiations and line-item edits reduced the ask and that the contractor “cut out about 16% of their ask” during the process.
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