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Evansville utility opens bids and approves several construction awards
Summary
The Evansville Water and Sewer Utility Board accepted bids for a campground booster-station rehab project and approved awards and change orders for multiple local sewer and channel projects, citing construction timing and traffic impacts.
The Evansville Water and Sewer Utility Board on Oct. 6 opened bids for the Campground Booster Station rehabilitation and approved multiple contract awards and a final change order for local infrastructure work.
Board members heard two timely bids for the Campground Booster Station Rehabilitation Project (U1207): Guy Brothers at $967,069 and Infrastructure Systems, Inc. at $1,347,700; a late submission from Mel Kay was not accepted. Staff said it would review the submissions and return with a recommendation. "We'd like to take these bids under advisement and come back to you in a couple weeks with the recommendation for award," Logan Booth said during the opening.
The board approved awarding the B Slough Channel replacement project (U1247) to Cobenstein Contracting Inc. for $199,910. Mitch Ferguson told the board that about 120 linear feet of the slough will be demolished and replaced after a prior lining project reduced infiltration under a 60-inch pipe; awarding the work now allows construction in drier late-summer months. "We feel confident that we fixed the issue and now we want to go ahead and fix the slough above it," Ferguson said.
The board also approved the Morgan and Willow Sewer Relocation Project (U1245). Staff recommended awarding the work to Dye Brothers Lumber and Construction Inc for $67,350 to relocate roughly 60 linear feet of 10-inch sanitary sewer and install two new manholes to accommodate planned storm improvements at the US 41 and Morgan Avenue intersection. Staff warned the board that the contractor plans a full intersection closure expected to last about 30 days. "They're going to close the whole entire intersection," Ferguson said; staff estimated the closure could be about 30 days.
Separately, the board approved Change Order No. 1, a decrease of $620.19, to Cobenstein Contracting Inc. for the Lloyd Expressway 20-inch line stop at Lemke Avenue, reflecting final quantity adjustments and one new pay item (a 2-inch permanent blow-off for manual flushing). Staff described this as the final contract adjustment.
All motions on awards and the change order were approved by voice vote.
The approvals and bid openings are part of broader ongoing construction and program-management activity the utility said is intended to keep projects on schedule while coordinating with roadway work and other infrastructure upgrades. The board is set to receive staff recommendations on bid awards that were taken under advisement at a later meeting.
