Committee approves $5.76M County 4 bridge contract and $2.816M consultant supplement for construction inspection

The Allegany County Public Works Committee voted Jan. 7 to approve a contract award and a related consultant-amount increase for the County 4 bridge project over the Genesee River.

Thomas Windus, county superintendent of public works, recommended a resolution authorizing the chairman of the board to execute a contract with LC Whitford Company for $5,759,777, pending county attorney approval of language and terms. Windus said the bid is under the state-authorized budget and that an ad alternate to paint all bridge sections would have put the project over budget; the committee approved the base bid alternate.

Windus also asked the committee to approve supplemental agreement No.1 with Hunt Engineers, Architects and Land Surveyors to increase the consultant contract to $2,816,000 to provide construction inspection and administration. He explained DOT requires two full-time inspectors on a project of this size and that Hunt will contract for the subconsultant inspection personnel. The committee approved the supplemental agreement.

Committee members asked about project funding breakdowns. Windus said the project uses Bridge New York funds plus local and county matches; he offered a funding spreadsheet in his office and said the state-local agreement addendum to increase funding is expected next month. The committee carried both motions by voice vote.

No formal schedule or contractor start date was provided at the meeting; Windus said additional work will continue into spring and that construction inspection staffing is required by DOT before the contract can proceed to full execution.