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Menands approves construction oversight contract for South Bend infrastructure project

3407203 · May 19, 2025
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Village trustees approved a construction-administration services contract related to the South Bend water and sewer reconstruction project and heard details about the previously awarded construction contract, MWBE goals, timing and reimbursable expenses.

Village of Menands trustees approved a construction-administration services contract for the South Bend water and sewer reconstruction project after a presentation from the village engineer’s representative.

The work to build the South Bend infrastructure project was previously awarded to Newcastle Construction for about $11,200,200, and trustees tonight approved a motion to accept the construction-administration proposal from the village’s engineering firm. "What’s presented is the construction based services proposal, and it includes various components of an inspection, you know, construction administration is what we call it," said Ted Donner, the Lavella engineer, in his presentation. Donner described construction administration as "the backbone from the technical side to the billing side," and said the proposal also includes inspections required by the New…

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