Title
Construction Manager at Risk Services for the Doby Creek and Little Sugar Creek Tributary to Fairview Road Sanitary Sewer Improvement Projects
Action
Action:
Award a contract in the amount of $29,626,256 to the Construction Manager at Risk, Garney Companies, Inc., for the construction phase of the Doby Creek and Little Sugar Creek Tributary to Fairview Road Sanitary Sewer Improvement projects.
Body
Staff Resource(s):
Angela Lee, Charlotte Water
Ron Hargrove, Charlotte Water
Carl Wilson, Charlotte Water
Explanation
* Charlotte Water maintains and plans improvements for approximately 4,300 miles of sewer lines for the City.
* The gravity sewer lines along Doby Creek in University area (City Council District 4) and the Little Sugar Creek tributary near Fairview Road at Southpark (City Council District 6) are nearing their conveyance capacity and cannot accommodate increased flows within the respective service areas.
* Properties served by these gravity sewer lines have been rezoned for high density developments (townhomes, hotels, senior living facilities, apartments, etc.) on parcels that were single-family or agricultural land when the lines were installed. It is necessary to upsize these lines to accommodate the projected flows from these high growth areas.
* Council has taken several actions to approve a five-year reimbursable contract with a developer for replacing a sanitary sewer outfall necessary to serve a development in the Southpark area. Contracts for design of these sanitary sewer improvements have also been approved.
* The City has selected the Construction Manager at Risk (CMAR) project delivery method for these projects to provide more effective coordination, more certainty with project cost and schedule, and to better mitigate risks during construction.
* On April 13, 2017, Charlotte Water issued a Request for Qualifications; two responses were received from interested service providers.
* Garney Companies, Inc. was selected and b...
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