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Commission subcommittee flags high post-bid change orders; will analyze sample projects
Summary
A CIP subcommittee reported significant discrepancies between initial engineer estimates and final project costs, often driven by subsequent appropriations and change orders; commissioners asked staff to expand the sample and return with detailed project-level analyses and documentation of change-order authority and bidding practices.
Members of the commission's CIP subcommittee reported on meetings with public works staff and identified recurring discrepancies between initial engineer estimates and final project costs on completed projects. The subcommittee's initial review found many projects had substantive subsequent appropriations and change orders that together accounted for a large share of final project costs.
One subcommittee member said most change orders appeared to be for unexpected discoveries during construction (for…
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