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File #: 17-7195    Version: 1 Name: Change Order/Amendment No. 2 for the Landfill Levee Remediation Services with Freese and Nichols, Inc.
Type: Agenda Item Status: Consent Agenda
File created: 9/22/2017 In control: Engineering
On agenda: 10/17/2017 Final action: 10/17/2017
Title: Change Order/Amendment No. 3 with Freese and Nichols, Inc. for professional engineering services relating to landfill levee remediation services in the amount of $93,569
Attachments: 1. 17- 7195 Landfill
From
Patricia RedFearn

Title
Change Order/Amendment No. 3 with Freese and Nichols, Inc. for professional engineering services relating to landfill levee remediation services in the amount of $93,569

Presenter
James R. Cummings, Environmental Services Director

Recommended Action
Approve

Analysis
On August 16, 2016 (16-5928) City Council approved a professional engineering contract with Freese and Nichols, Inc. (FNI) for services relating to landfill levee remediation services in the amount of $60,621. The contract was to evaluate data and recommendations already in existence and to recommend a design that will bring the levee back to it's original form and function while minimizing future damage.

The project is being accomplished in a phased approach as follows:
-Phase 1: Alternative Analysis
-Phase II: Plans, specifications, and construction management of selected remediation determined from Phase I

The current Change Order/Amendment No. 3 in the amount $93,569 allows for engineering services for a specialized bank erosion remediation and control system that is substantially less expensive than conventional earthwork project to restore the levee to its originally constructed configuration. Current request will allow for estimates for the necessary cost comparisons, coordination with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), coordination with potential contractors, and other items requested by the City.

Change Order/Amendment No. 1 for $47,195 approved by the City on December 28, 2016 evaluated the condition of two equalization pipes that were placed beneath the Landfill River Levee built by the US Army Corps of Engineers in 1987. The two separate pipes connect the water within the Trinity River to the oxbow river channel that was separated from the main river channel by construction of the levee. As a portion of that effort, it was necessary to ascertain the condition of the two equalization pipes. The City has requested that FNI perform a pipe c...

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