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Consider approving Resolution No. 2019-167 authorizing Change Orders #2 for the design-build contract for Camelot Landfill Scale House and Maintenance Facility project with Weaver Consultants Group, LLC and Anchor Construction, LLC; and take appropriate action
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BACKGROUND:
In 2018 City Council awarded a design build contract to Weaver Consultants Group, LLC and Anchor Construction, LLC to permit, design, and construct a scale house and maintenance facility at Camelot Landfill.
Since the approval, the City and Weaver Consultants Group and Anchor Construction along with assistance from the landfill operator, Camelot Landfill TX, LP, have worked reviewed and discussed the plans and site conditions at Camelot Landfill as they relate to the construction project. Along the way there have been changes made to the original design regarding the following:
* Brought the scalehouse pad up to the finish floor height
* Change in the electrical transformer and metering
* Water pipe sizing, lengths and trench locations,
* The addition of pneumatic vacuum delivery system at the scalehouse,
* Changes in the location of the transformer for the site by Coserv,
* Additional underground conduits for the scalehouse,
* Deletion of large overhead fans in the maintenance facility, and
* Alteration in the type of overhead door and subsequent modification of the sprinkler system in the maintenance facility.
The total amount for this change order is $100,258.17.
DISCUSSION:
Based on these changes and much discussion, Anchor Construction revised the cost of the project to the satisfaction of the City and Camelot Landfill TX, LP. The new contract cost is $5,804,032.17. The City of Farmers Branch is obligated to pay up to $5,500,000 per the 3rd Contract Amendment to the landfill operations agreement with Camelot Landfill, TX LP. Camelot Landfill, TX LP is obligated to pay for any additional costs. Republic Services, the parent company of Camelot Landfill TX, LP, has operat...
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