To: Board of Supervisors
From: Public Works
Agenda Section: Consent
SUBJECT:
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Change Order Authorization for Storm Damage Repairs to Panther Gap Road (4D010) Post Mile 0.50 (4/5 vote required)
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RECOMMENDATION(S):
Recommendation
That the Board of Supervisors:
1. Approve, and authorize the Director of Public Works to execute, the attached change order to contract number 217387 for the total amount of $205,000 (4/5 Vote Required).
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SOURCE OF FUNDING:
Road Fund (1200); Federal Emergency Management Agency, California Governor's Office of Emergency Services
DISCUSSION:
On June 7, 2022, the Humboldt County Board of Supervisors authorized the Clerk of the Board to advertise Storm Damage Repair to Panther Gap Road (4D010) Post Mile 0.50 for bids and authorized the Director of Public Works to award the project agreement to the lowest responsive bidder following completion of the bidding process and to execute the project agreement with the lowest responsive bidder upon submittal of the appropriate bonds and insurance. On July 12, 2022, the County of Humboldt received six (6) bids for the project, and the Director of Public Works awarded the contract to Wahlund Construction, Inc., the lowest responsive bidder, on July 14, 2022. The work consists of excavation for new roadway, disposal of excess excavation materials, construction of gravel roadway, and installation of drainage systems, geosynthetic reinforcement, and erosion and sediment control items. The project will restore local traffic on Panther Gap Road.
The attached change order to contract number 217387 compensates Wahlund Construction, Inc., for additional roadway excavation required to provide sufficient width for the planned roadway. Soon after excavation operations began, the contractor and onsite inspector discovered that staking data for the planned excavation did not match the existing ground on the south end of the project. The excavation limit was adjusted to provide the ...
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