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Board tables $7M‑scale Provost & Pritchard change‑order request after project managers detail schedule and technical risks
Summary
Provost & Pritchard described design and coordination challenges for the imported‑water pipeline — late scour modeling, SCE and AVEC coordination and additional trenchless crossings — and requested change orders primarily to cover project management work; the board tabled the request to December for further review.
Provost & Pritchard asked the board for change‑order funds to cover extensive project management and coordination work after new geotechnical and scour modeling introduced major design risks to the imported‑water pipeline.
Jeff Davis of Provost & Pritchard described a timeline in which late geotechnical and scour data showed a risk that "this pipeline is likely to get washed away unless you do some very severe things with it like bury it 15 feet deep under the road," a finding that forced the team to consider…
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