RECOMMENDATION: The General Services Department recommends approval of final contract amount of $2,839,850.00 and acceptance of work on contract with The Gonzalez Group, LP for Sharpstown Pool and Sitework – 4.79% over the original contract amount and within the approved 5% contingency.
SPECIFIC EXPLANATION: The General Services Department recommends that City Council approve the final contract amount of $2,839,850.00 or 4.79% over the original contract amount, accept the work and authorize final payment to The Gonzalez Group, LP, for construction services relating to Sharpstown Pool and Sitework for the Houston Parks and Recreation Department.
PROJECT LOCATION: 6600 Harbor Town (Key Map No. 530-F)
PROJECT DESCRIPTION: The project scope included construction of a pool with a beach style entry, water slide, lap lanes, shade umbrellas and pool furniture and a bathhouse with an office, storage room, restrooms and mechanical room. The parking lot was reconfigured, utilities and lighting upgraded, new playground, site furnishings and walkways installed with associated site grading, tree plantings and irrigation. The old pool was demolished and returned to green space.
Clark Condon Associates, Inc. was the design consultant for the project.
CONTRACT COMPLETION AND COST: The contractor completed the project within 304 days: the original contract time of 210 days, plus 94 days approved by Change Orders. The final cost of the project including Change Orders is $2,839,850.00, an increase of $129,850.00 over the original contract amount.
PREVIOUS CHANGE ORDERS: Change Order Nos. 1 – 5 demolished an existing sanitary manhole; replaced one 15 horse power pool pump with two 7.5 horse power pool pumps; relocated an existing electric ductbank; upgraded play equipment; installed additional trench drains on the pool deck; painted doors, frames, and louvers with acrylic urethane coating; added an emergency phone and cable; installed a storm sewer line with drain inlets and site backfill at the old pool site for better drainage; upgraded pool gate latch and closing mechanism; removed polycarbonate shield from the ventilations screen; removed the old striping in the existing parking lot; added a hose bib and backflow device; added a doorstop and a downspout, added non-compensable days to the contract due to inclement weather.
M/WBE PARTICIPATION: The contract contained an 18% MBE goal and a 10% WBE goal. According to the Office of Business Opportunity, the contractor achieved 16.23% MBE participation and 11.56% WBE participation and was assigned a satisfactory rating.
WBS No: F-000783-0001-4
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 Department