RECOMMENDATION: The General Services Department recommends approval of the final contract amount of $904,385.00 and acceptance of work on a contract with Landscape Art, Inc. for Avondale Promenade Park – 5.37% over the original contract amount.
SPECIFIC EXPLANATION: The General Services Department recommends that City Council approve the final contract amount of $904,385.00, accept the work and authorize final payment to Landscape Art, Inc. for construction services in connection with Avondale Promenade Park, for the Houston Parks and Recreation Department.
PROJECT LOCATION: 424 Westheimer, Houston, TX.
PROJECT DESCRIPTION: The project scope installed a craftsman style pavilion with chimney, brick landscape walls, ornamental lights with brick column bases; a promenade with inlaid bricks and concrete bands, concrete sidewalks, workout station, play component, dog run, site furnishing including seating, drinking fountain and trash receptacles; park signs; interpretive sign; fencing; underground drainage; electrical service; and landscaping and irrigation.
White Oak Studio was the design consultant for this project.
CONTRACT COMPLETION AND COST: The contractor completed the project within 365 days: the original contract time of 270 days, plus 95 days approved by Change Orders. The final cost of the project, including Change Orders, is $904,385.00, an increase of $46,053.00 over the original contract amount.
PREVIOUS CHANGE ORDERS: Change Order Nos. 1 – 6 removed 510 cubic yards of existing soil, removed a cypress tree which was in poor condition, added a concrete apron to the alleyway adjacent to the site, installed a 20 foot galvanized electrical pole for CenterPoint’s drop, removed 19 linear feet of duct bank from the contract, increased the mow band height, changed the one sided sign to a two sided sign, installed a landscape drain in the planting bed, added a 9 linear foot wrought iron electrical enclosure, added two granite remembrance plaques, and added non-compensable days due to Covid impacts and storm events.
M/WBE PARTICIPATION: No City MWBE participation goal was established for this project as the contract amount does not exceed the threshold of $1,000,000.00 required for goal-oriented contracts per Section 15-82 of the City Code of Ordinances.
WBS No: F-COC001-0001-4
DIRECTOR'S SIGNATURE / DATE
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C. J. Messiah, Jr.
General Services Department
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Kenneth Allen, Interim Director
Houston Parks and Recreation Department