RECOMMENDATION from Director Houston Public Works for approval of Change Order No. 5 in the amount of $314,478.00 awarded to MAIN LANE INDUSTRIES, LTD for a 66-Inch Water Line Interconnection along West Hardy Road from Beltway 8 to Greens Road - 1.72% over the original contract amount - DISTRICT B - JACKSON

This item should only be considered after passage of Item 5 above

SUBJECT: Pass a motion approving Change Order No. 5 for a 66-Inch Water Line Interconnection along West Hardy Road from Beltway 8 to Greens Road.

RECOMMENDATION: (SUMMARY) Pass a motion approving Change Order No. 5.  

PROJECT NOTICE/JUSTIFICATION: This project is part of the City's Surface Water Transmission program and supports the execution of the Northeast Transmission Line project from the Northeast Water Purification Plant to the Water Authorities take-points for the Infrastructure Capital Improvement Plan. It is required to improve existing water distribution systems and to meet Harris-Galveston Coastal Subsidence Districts Legislative mandate to regulate the withdrawal of groundwater. The project is a combination of water line construction, public utility adjustments, and pavement replacement.   

LOCATION:  The project area is generally bound by Greens Road on the north, Aldine Bender Road on the south, Hardy Toll Road on the east and Imperial Valley Drive on the west.

CHANGE ORDER No. 5 :   The additional work required for described in Change Order No. 5  for  non-project quantity overruns and the installation of wheelchair ramps.  This scope of work is necessary to complete the execution of this project due to the inspection results per the contract documents.  The contract duration for this project is 415 calendar days.  The project was awarded to Main Lane Industries, Ltd with an original Contract Amount of $18,296,412.00.

The proposed Change Order No. 5 is in the amount of $314,478.00 or 1.72% above the original contract amount.  This will increase the original contract amount to $18,610,890.00; leaving the 5% contingency balance for completing the remaining work. 

M/WBE PARTICIPATION:   The M/WBE goal established for this contract is 19.00%. The original Contract approved by Ordinance No. 2021-0011 was $18,296,412.00. The Contractor has been paid $15,497,483.00.  Assuming approval of the Change Order No. 5, the Contract amount will increase to $18,610,890.00. According to Office of Business Opportunity, the Contractor’s to date MWBE/SBE performance is 22.63%.

Carol Ellinger Haddock, P.E., Director

Houston Public Works

WBS No. S-000900-0166-4

Ordinance No. 2021-0011, dated 01-06-2021

Total Original (previous) appropriation of $21,255,300.00

$3,592,730.66 - Fund No. 8500 – Water and Sewer System Consolidated Construction Fund

$10,125,951.00 from Fund No. 8507 - Water Authorities Capital Contribution-NETL Fund

$7,536,618.34 transfer from Fund No. 8426 - NETL Expansion - SWIFT into Fund No. 8508 - HPW -NETL Construction Fund and Appropriate from Fund No. 8508 - HPW-NETL Construction Fund

Subsequent additional appropriation of $330,201.90 - Fund No. 8500 – Water and Sewer System Consolidated Construction

Markos Mengesha P.E., CCM

Interim Assistant Director, Capital Projects

Phone: (832) 395-2365