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File #: 15-7154    Version: 1 Name:
Type: Consent Item Status: Approved
File created: 12/14/2017 In control: City Council Business Meeting
On agenda: 2/26/2018 Final action: 2/26/2018
Title: Aviation Elevated Roadway and Pedestrian Tunnels Change Order #1
Title
Aviation Elevated Roadway and Pedestrian Tunnels Change Order #1

Action
Action:
Approve change order #1 for $1,051,618.75 to Flatiron Constructors, Inc - Blythe Development Company, A Joint Venture for installation of five crane foundations.

Body
Staff Resource(s):
Brent Cagle, Aviation
Jack Christine, Aviation

Explanation
* The Elevated Roadway and Pedestrian Tunnels Change Order will allow for the installation of five crane foundations beneath the Elevated Roadway system.
* These foundations are required to be in specific places for the cranes that will hoist building components during the Terminal Lobby Expansion, which has a planned starting date in the 2nd Quarter of 2019.
* Flatiron Constructors Inc - Blythe Development Company is currently working in the area where these foundations need to be installed.
* Installing these foundations in advance of the Terminal Lobby Expansion will prevent further disruption of traffic during the Terminal Lobby Expansion.
* During the initial phase of design for the Terminal Lobby Expansion, which is now in progress, Aviation was able to ascertain the best locations and capacity required for the cranes. This information was not available at the beginning of the Elevated Roadway project.
* The crane foundations are anticipated to be installed by the 3rd quarter of 2018.
* This contract was awarded by Council August 24, 2015 in the amount of $ 43,739,014.13.

Charlotte Business INClusion
All additional work involved in this change order will be performed by Flatiron Constructors, Inc - Blythe Development Company, A Joint Venture and their existing subcontractors (Part D: Section 6 of the Charlotte Business INClusion Policy).

Flatiron Constructors, Inc - Blythe Development Company, A Joint Venture, has committed 4.50% ($47,296) of the total contract change order amount to the following certified firms:
* Border Rebar (SBE, MBE) ($26,072) (purchase and installation of reinforcing steel)
* CES Group Eng...

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