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Recommendation to authorize City Manager to amend Contract No. 34080 with Environmental Construction Group, Inc., of Signal Hill, CA, to increase the scope of work to include the demolition of the old County Courthouse building and to increase the contract amount by $1,559,000, for a revised contract amount of $5,987,000, and authorize a 20 percent contingency in the amount of $1,197,400, for a total contract amount not to exceed $7,184,400;
Increase appropriations in the General Fund (GF) in the Citywide Activities Department (XC) by $2,756,400 for a transfer to the Capital Projects Fund (CP) in the Public Works Department (PW); and
Increase appropriations in the Capital Projects Funds (CP) in the Public Works Department (PW) by $2,756,400, for a total project cost of $7,184,400, offset by currently appropriated Fiscal Year 2016 (FY 16) one-time General Fund strategic investments, and the remainder from bond proceeds. (District 2)
DISCUSSION
City Council approval is requested to amend Contract No. 34080 with Environmental Construction Group, Inc. (ECG), to increase the scope to include demolition of the old County Courthouse. ECG was the lowest qualified bidder on Plans and Specifications No. R-7043, the scope of which included environmental abatement and demolition of the old County Courthouse.
On November 10, 2015, the City Council awarded Contract No. 34080 to Environmental Construction Group, Inc. (ECG), in the amount of $4,428,000 for the environmental abatement of the old County Courthouse to address significant issues of public safety. Staff now desires to amend the contract to include demolition of the old County Courthouse building.
Environmental abatement has begun with an anticipated completion date in late February 2016. In order to deliver this site for start of construction of the Civic Center Project on June 1, 2016, demolition efforts must begin immediately after completion of environmental abatement.
This matter was reviewed by De...
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