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DeKalb awards Shoal Creek trunk sewer contract worth about $51.5M; consent-decree rehab award deferred

DeKalb County Board of Commissioners — Public Works & Infrastructure Committee · February 4, 2026

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Summary

The county approved a $51.486M award to JDS Inc. to replace Shoal Creek trunk sewer with 72-inch pipe and offered a $5M early-completion incentive; a separate consent-decree sewer rehabilitation award (recommended at ~$49.75M) was deferred two weeks for audit and partner negotiations.

The Public Works and Infrastructure committee approved a low-bid award to JDS Inc. for the Shoal Creek Section 1 trunk sewer replacement not to exceed $51,486,473.55. Director Wells said the project will replace existing 36–60-inch pipes with 72-inch pipe across roughly 3.8 miles; the contract includes a $5 million incentive for early completion tied to consent-decree timing.

Director Wells described the work as the first of several consent-decree trunk projects, and said the project’s scale reflects consent-decree requirements to increase conveyance capacity. Commissioners asked technical questions about the scope, and committee members approved the award by voice vote.

Separately, the committee considered a recommendation to award a consent-decree ongoing sewer condition assessment and rehabilitation contract to the apparent low bidders (Kemi Construction Company Inc.; Southeast Pipe Survey Inc.) in a package not to exceed $49,752,501. Wells told the committee staff has continued audit conversations and requested a two-week deferral to finalize negotiations with a potential partner and to complete audit review; the committee voted to defer the award for two weeks.

Next steps: The Shoal Creek award will proceed to contract execution; the consent-decree rehabilitation recommendation will return to committee after the requested two-week audit and partner review.