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CHANGE ORDER NO. TWO TO CONTRACT K-1516-80: BY AND BETWEEN THE NORMAN UTILITIES AUTHORITY AND CENTRAL CONTRACTING SERVICES, INC. INCREASING THE CONTRACT AMOUNT BY $226,360 FOR A REVISED CONTRACT AMOUNT OF $1,993,390 AND ADDING 30 CALENDAR DAYS TO THE CONTRACT FOR THE BERRY ROAD WATER LINE REPLACEMENT PROJECT, PHASE 3 AND BUDGET TRANSFER BETWEEN PROJECT ACCOUNTS.
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BACKGROUND: For many years, the City Council/Norman Utilities Authority (NUA) contemplated replacement of the 14-inch cast iron water line along Berry Road from Robinson to Lindsey. This water line was installed in the early 1940's and is in very poor condition resulting in lost water from numerous repairs, damage to the overlying roadway, and inconveniences to the traveling public and the surrounding neighborhood. Similarly, the University of Oklahoma (OU) owns the 14-inch cast iron water line generally along the east side of Berry Road from Robinson to Lindsey and then east along the north side of Lindsey to Chautauqua.
Staff coordinated with OU to allow the replacement water lines to be constructed parallel and directly adjacent to each other and bid as one project to reduce inconvenience to the public and achieve some cost savings through reduced excavation and reduced width of pavement repairs. The water line improvements will be managed and paid by each entity under separate contract with the same contractor.
The Berry Water line Replacement Project (WA/WB0305) is expected to include about 11,000 linear feet (LF) of 16-inch water line along the west side of Berry Road from Robinson to Lindsey and approximately 3,000 LF of 24-inch water line east along Lindsey from Berry to Chautauqua where it will connect to the existing 16-inch Lindsey Water Line Project completed in 2005.
On May 10, 2011, the NUA approved Amendment No. 1 to Contract K-0910-61 in the amount of $172,000 authorizing Poe & Associates (Poe) to perform surveying, design and limited construction management services for t...
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