RECOMMENDATION from Director General Services Department for approval of final contract amount of $3,506,800.00 and acceptance of work on contract with GADBERRY CONSTRUCTION COMPANY, INC for Brays Bayou TIGER #3 - White Oak Path: Downtown  10.0% over the original contract amount and within the approved 10.0% contingency - DISTRICT H - CISNEROS

RECOMMENDATION: The General Services Department recommends approval of final contract amount of $3,506,800.00 and acceptance of work on contract with Gadberry Construction Company, Inc. for TIGER Project #3 – White Oak Path: Downtown - 10.0% over the original contract amount and within the approved 10.0% contingency.

SPECIFIC EXPLANATION: The General Services Department recommends that City Council approve the final contract amount of $3,506,800.00 or 10.0% over the original contract amount, accept the work and authorize final payment to Gadberry Construction Company, Inc. for construction services relating to the TIGER Project #3 – White Oak Path: Downtown for the Houston Parks and Recreation Department.

PROJECT LOCATION: Along White Oak Bayou downtown between Quitman Street and University of Houston (493G/M)

PROJECT DESCRIPTION: The project constructed .6 miles of new 10’ wide shared use concrete trail in three segments along White Oak Bayou near downtown connecting the Heritage West Trail with neighborhoods along Quitman Street, with the intersection of Main Street and Wood Street and with the existing Buffalo Bayou Trail near the University of Houston Downtown Campus. The work included grading and drainage, bike lanes and crossings, retaining walls, pile walls along the bayou, sidewalks, stairs and ADA ramps, cathodic protection work, fiber optic communication work, trail signage and markings, railings, landscaping and irrigation.

Traffic Engineers, Inc. was the design consultant for the project.  

CONTRACT COMPLETION AND COST: The contractor completed the project within 486 days: the original contract time of 270 days plus 216 days approved by Change Orders. The final cost of the project including Change Orders is $3,506,800.00 an increase of $318,800.00 over the original contract amount.

PREVIOUS CHANGE ORDERS: Change Orders 1-3 added skateboard stops for the Hogg Park seat walls; drainage improvements; plugged a 42” drain line; provided sidewalk connections; modified walls, cap beams, trail, stairs and handrails; provided for remobilization costs of drilling pilot shafts for the piers due to unforeseen obstructions and added seven castings for the drill shafts at Buffalo Bayou; and added non-compensable days to the contract for inclement weather.

M/W/SBE PARTICIPATION: The contract contained a 12% Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE) goal in compliance with federal grant regulations. According to the Office of Business Opportunity, the contractor achieved 78.71% DBE participation and was assigned an outstanding rating.

WBS No: F-TIGER4-0003-4

DIRECTOR’S SIGNATURE/DATE:

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C. J. Messiah, Jr.
General Services Department



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Stephen Wright
Houston Parks and Recreation Director

No Additional Funding Required

Previous Funding:
$   807,970.00 Federal Government – Grant Funded (5000) USDOT TIGER Discretionary
$   150,000.00 Parks Special Fund (4012)
$1,066,770.00 Other Government – Grant Funded (5040) Houston Parks Board
$1,482,060.00 Parks Consolidated Construction Fund (4502)
$3,506,800.00 Total Funding

Jacquelyn L. Nisby

Council Liaison

Phone:  832-393-8023