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| | | | | | | | | MEETING DATE: | 8/24/2020 | | DEPARTMENT: | Engineering | | DIRECTOR: | B. Caleb Thornhill, P.E., Director of Engineering | | AGENDA ITEM: | Approval of an expenditure of $373,000 for engineering professional services for Bridge Repairs Phase III - Construction Plans, Project No. 7056 | | RECOMMENDED ACTION: | Approval of Expenditure |
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| | | | | | | | ITEM SUMMARY To approve an expenditure for engineering professional services for Bridge Repairs Phase III - Construction Plans, Project No. 7056, in the amount of $373,000 from Huitt-Zollars, Inc. for the Engineering Department; and authorizing the City Manager to execute all necessary documents. Approved |
| | | | | | | | BACKGROUND The Engineering Department recommends approval of an expenditure in the amount of $373,000 for engineering professional services from Huitt-Zollars, Inc. for Bridge Repairs Phase III - Construction Plans. This project includes repairs at 43 bridges. The total expenditure is for $373,000.
Huitt-Zollars, Inc. was deemed most qualified based on their Statement of Qualifications submission for RFQ No. 2019-0396-X.
The benefit of this project includes maintenance of bridges, repairing bridge decks, providing or repairing channel protection, mitigating erosion under bridges and up- and down-stream in channels, addressing any deteriorating structural elements on or under bridges, and re-painting rails along the bridges. These improvements were identified in the bi-annual TxDOT Bridge Reports completed for each bridge in the City of Plano.
Not approving the expenditure would result in continued deterioration of the bridges resulting in escalating Plano Public Works maintenance costs and public safety concerns with aging bridge structures.
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| | | | | | | | FINANCIAL SUMMARY/STRATEGIC GOALS Funding for this item is planned in the 2020-21 Street Improvements CIP. Engineering professional services, in the amount of $373,000, will leave a balance of $1,037,500 for future project expenditures.
Approval of this item will support the City's Strategic Plan Critical Success Factors of being an Excellent, Innovative, and Accountable City Government with Multi-Modal Transportation and Mobility Solutions. |
| | | | | | | | FINANCIAL SUMMARY/STRATEGIC GOALS Funding for this item is planned in the 2020-21 Street Improvements CIP. Engineering professional services, in the amount of $373,000, will leave a balance of $1,037,500 for future project expenditures.
Approval of this item will support the City's Strategic Plan Critical Success Factors of being an Excellent, Innovative, and Accountable City Government with Multi-Modal Transportation and Mobility Solutions. |
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