The Engineering Department recommends approval of an expenditure in the amount of $197,508 for material testing professional services from Raba Kistner, Inc. for the 15th Street Paving and Water Line Reconstruction project. This project includes approximately 4,600 linear feet of roadway reconstruction and 3,700 linear feet of water line replacement along 15th Street between Municipal Avenue. and Jupiter Road.
Raba Kistner, Inc. was deemed most qualified based on their Statement of Qualifications submission for RFQ No. 2021-0378-XR. Raba Kistner, Inc. also has successful experience with the City of Plano Engineering Department with materials testing for similar project scopes including concrete pavement testing, pavement subgrade testing, and field density testing for water line trench compaction.
The benefit of this project includes verification that the materials furnished and installed by the contractor meet or exceed project specifications and standards.
Not approving the expenditure would result in limiting the contractor’s accountability to provide materials meeting the specified project requirements which could potentially reduce the proposed infrastructure's service life.