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File #: 15-22738    Version: 1 Name:
Type: Consent Item Status: Approved
File created: 4/30/2024 In control: City Council Business Meeting
On agenda: 6/24/2024 Final action: 6/24/2024
Title: Airport Fourth Parallel Runway Roadway Relocation Construction
Title
Airport Fourth Parallel Runway Roadway Relocation Construction

Action
Action:
A. Approve a contract in the amount of $23,496,264.69 to the lowest responsive bidder Blythe Development, LLC for the Fourth Parallel Runway West Boulevard Relocation construction project, and

B. Approve contract amendment #1 for $4,253,000 to the contract with STV Engineers, Inc. for construction administration services for the construction phase of the Fourth Parallel Runway West Boulevard Relocation project.

Body
Staff Resource(s):
Haley Gentry, Aviation
Jack Christine, Aviation

Background
* The Fourth Parallel Runway Program will enhance airfield capacity and operational efficiency and reduce the number of active runway crossings.
* A portion of the existing West Boulevard roadway conflicts with the Fourth Parallel Runway projects.
* The project includes the construction of approximately 1.2 miles of the future West Boulevard, to include new intersections of proposed West Boulevard and Byrum Drive and proposed West Boulevard and Piney Top Drive.
* The project is anticipated to be complete by fourth quarter of fiscal year 2026.

Explanation
Action A
* This contract will provide for asphalt removal and paving, excavation, grading, erosion control, traffic management, pavement marking, signing, and utility design and relocation. Existing portions of West Boulevard between Steele Creek Road and Piney Top Drive will be removed as part of a separate project.
* On April 2, 2024, the city issued an Invitation to Bid; three bids were received.
* Blythe Development, LLC was selected as the lowest responsive, responsible bidder.

Action B
* On January 23, 2023, City Council approved a contract with STV Engineers, Inc. in the amount of $2,296,662 to provide design services for the West Boulevard Relocation project.
* Amendment #1 includes construction administration services, including submittal reviews, Requests For Information responses, as-built final drawings, and material...

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