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Fort Smith approves multiple consent-decree engineering contracts and a construction change order; additional work will add time and scope
Summary
The board unanimously approved engineering agreements with Hawkins Weir Engineers for several remedial sub-basin designs and a change order with Brothers Construction that expands on an existing $7.99 million sanitary sewer contract, adding line replacements and 142 days to the schedule.
The Fort Smith Board of Directors on April 1 approved a series of agreements and a construction change order tied to long-running consent-decree sewer work.
Deputy Director of Water Utilities Jimmy Johnson told the board that the projects update original 2016 and 2017 designs to add sanitary sewer line segments and manholes that received NASSCO condition scores of 4 or 5 but were not included in the original designs. The board approved three engineering agreements with Hawkins Weir Engineers and a change order with Brothers Construction.
Key approvals included:
- A resolution to authorize Hawkins Weir Engineers to update the 2016 remedial measures design for Sub Basin P008; the work includes a field review of 69 line segments and 20 manholes and adds approximately…
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