Commissioners approve final change order for Bridge 301; project finishes below original contract
Summary
Commissioners approved final change order No. 2 for preventive maintenance on Bridge 301 (Main Street over the Indiana Toll Road in Mishawaka), reporting a net decrease of $133,811.22 and saying the project will finish about 3.6% below the original contract amount.
The St. Joseph County Board of Commissioners on Aug. 25 approved final change order No. 2 for preventive maintenance work on Bridge 301 — the Main Street span over the Indiana Toll Road in Mishawaka — after staff reconciled costs and quantities.
Skye Meaders, an Infrastructure, Planning and Growth (IPG) staffer, told commissioners the original contract amount was "about 2,400,000," and that traffic-control barrier work added roughly $47,500. After reconciling installed quantities and the change order adjustments, Meaders said there is "a net decrease of a $133,811.22," leaving the project about "3.6% below the original contract amount." The board approved the change order on a voice vote.
Meaders also presented the project completion affidavit, certifying that work has been completed and that claims under the contract have been released. Commissioners were told the completion affidavit starts the clock on maintenance bonds the county will monitor. The board approved the affidavit and the related consent items together.
The action updates the county's project records and begins the county's maintenance-bond period; staff said they track bond expirations with reminder alerts so that the county can follow up before bonds lapse.
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