Board approves $684,876 change order for water infrastructure at Justice Center
County facilities staff said the city required a switch from planned plastic directional bore to open‑trenched ductile iron pipe, necessitating additional earthwork and raising costs; the board approved a $684,876.13 change order to Vite Construction for the work.
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Kevin Kornick told commissioners the project's design had planned a directional bore using plastic water line, but the city informed the county in March that it would not accept plastic water lines within the public right‑of‑way that the city would ultimately own and maintain. That required substituting ductile iron pipe and shifting to open trench installation with associated dewatering, earthwork and traffic control.
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