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Board approves $241,380 purchase of manhole castings from Ferguson Waterworks
Summary
Waukesha City’s Board of Public Works approved buying manhole and inlet castings from Ferguson Waterworks for $241,380 to stock inventory used across multiple resurfacing and reconstruction projects. Staff said the city now uses polypropylene pro rings rather than concrete rings.
The Waukesha City Board of Public Works voted Aug. 7 to purchase sewer and manhole castings from Ferguson Waterworks for $241,380.
Public Works staff said the purchase covers castings used on a range of resurfacing and reconstruction projects and is intended to maintain inventory so contractors can pick up parts from the city garage yard as projects require. Staff explained the units are metal castings from a foundry; the city now uses polypropylene pro rings instead of concrete rings to shim castings to road height, which staff said avoids deterioration caused by gases inside manholes.
"We used to build them up with concrete rings... So now we have these things called pro rings that stack up and are basically a permanent installation," a Public Works staff member said.
Staff said the expense will be paid out of the capital improvement project (CIP) budgets assigned to the projects that ultimately use the castings. A motion to accept the recommended purchase from Ferguson Waterworks was moved and seconded and the board voted in favor.
The motion carried; staff did not report delivery timing or a contractor pickup schedule during the meeting.
