SUBJECT: Accept Work for Northline Drive Rehabilitation from Parker Road to Canino Street; WBS No. N-000696-0001-4; R-000500-0171-4; S-000500-0171-4.
RECOMMENDATION: (Summary) Pass a motion to approve the final Contract Amount of $14,614,306.89 or 1.57% over the original Contract Amount and under 5% contingency amount, accept the Work and authorize final payment.
PROJECT NOTICE/JUSTIFICATION: This project was part of the Street & Traffic Capital Improvement Program (CIP) and was necessary to meet City of Houston design and safety standards, improved traffic mobility and drainage in the service area.
DESCRIPTION/SCOPE: The project consisted of the construction of 5,800 linear feet of undivided four-lane concrete roadway from Parker Road to Canino Street and 1600 linear foot undivided two lane asphalt roadway from Parker Road to Rosamond Street with curbs, sidewalk, street lighting and necessary utilities. The project also included improvement of storm drainage such as approximately 10,200 linear feet of 4’x 9’, 5’x 8’, 4’x 8’, 3’x 6’ and 3’x 4’underground storm box sewer with 24” storm leads and inlets and two detention ponds. Pierce Goodwin Alexander & Linville, Inc. (PGAL) designed the project with 570 calendar days. The project was awarded to SER Construction Partners, LLC with an original Contract Amount of $14,389,093.00.
LOCATION: The project is generally bounded by Gulf Bank Road on the north, Rosamond Street on the south, Airline Drive on the east and IH45 on the west. The project is located in key map grids 413S, 413W and 453A.
CONTRACT COMPLETION AND COST: The Contractor, SER Construction Partners, LLC has completed the work under the subject Contract. The project was completed within the Original Contract Time. The final cost of the project, including overrun and underrun of estimated unit price quantities and previously approved Change Order Nos. 1-5, is $14,614,306.89 an increase of $225,213.89 or 1.57% over the original Contract Amount and under 5% contingency amount.
The increased cost is a result of the difference between planned and measured quantities. This increase is primarily the result of an overrun in various Base Unit Price Items and Extra Unit Price Items, which was necessary to complete the project.
MWBE/SBE PARTICIPATION: The M/WBE/SBE goal established for this project was 18%. According to Office of Business Opportunity, the participation was 21.90%. Contractor’s M/WBE performance evaluation was rated Outstanding.