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Trust ratifies $22.2 million contract to replace two aging steel tanks on original Atoka pipeline
Summary
The Oklahoma City Water Utilities Trust ratified Addendum No. 1 and awarded Downey Construction LLC a $22,200,000 contract to replace two steel balancing tanks at the Colgate and Macomb stations on the original Atoka pipeline; the project is an SRF-funded effort and will complete tank replacements along that pipeline.
At its April 8 meeting the Oklahoma City Water Utilities Trust ratified addendum number 1 and awarded a $22,200,000 contract to Downey Construction LLC to replace two aging steel balancing tanks at the Colgate and Macomb stations on the original Atoka pipeline.
The presenter, identified in the transcript as Mr. Harrer, told trustees the project replaces two steel tanks located at either end of the Atoka pipeline and that the tanks are roughly 80 miles apart, which limits the contractor's ability to realize efficiencies from proximity. Harrer described the tanks as “very old” and said the replacement work will complete all tank replacements along the original Atoka pipeline. He also stated the project is an SRF project.
When asked how the contractor would sequence the work, Harrer said the trust had yet to receive the contractor's plan and that Downey Construction might choose to tackle the two tanks concurrently or sequentially; final sequencing would be determined during pre-construction planning. Harrer provided capacity and dimension figures during the discussion: he stated the tanks are 5,000,000 gallons and gave approximate dimensions of about 20 feet in diameter by 40 feet high as described in the meeting record.
Trustees moved and approved the item on the record; the transcript notes the motion passed but does not record individual vote tallies or the names of the mover and seconder. The meeting record indicates the action ratified an addendum and awarded the contract to Downey Construction LLC for $22,200,000; the transcript does not provide additional contract terms, start or completion dates, or which funding tranche of the SRF program will be used.
The trust's approval completes a procurement step for a capital project intended to modernize balancing tanks on the Atoka pipeline, infrastructure the presenter described as original to the system and in need of replacement. The meeting record does not show extended discussion of alternatives, environmental review, or construction phasing beyond the sequencing comment that the contractor will present a plan during pre-construction.
