Title
143rd Street and LaGrange Road Intersection Improvements - Contaminated Soil - RAMSCO, Inc. - Change Order #2
History
At the July Committee and Board meetings, approval was provided to award a contract to RAMSCO, Inc. (RAMSCO) to test, load, manifest, transport and dispose of contaminated soils in an amount not to exceed $119,902.32, with funding coming from a Change Order previously authorized for contaminated soils expenses expected to be borne by Brothers Asphalt Paving, Inc. (Removed $149,463 from Brothers authorization for the RAMSCO work.)
At the September Committee meeting, a Change Order was presented for consideration and approval to add $38,845.20 to the RAMSCO contract for costs associated with increased quantities of contaminated soils resulting from the watermain relocation project, resulting in a new RAMSCO contract value of $158,747.52.
Now that the second of four possible utility relocation projects has been undertaken related to the 143rd Street and LaGrange Road Improvement Project (Watermain and ComEd relocation - Intren, Inc.), further testing, loading, manifesting, transport and disposal of contaminated soils is required. Using the knowledge gained from the watermain project, we now know with greater accuracy the location and extent of the contaminated soils that will require special handling for the electrical utility relocation/burial portion of the overall project. This knowledge has allowed us to recalculate our expected contaminated soils quantities, and the associated costs to remove and dispose of them for each of the following relocation activities.
With the professional management of the contaminated soils provided by RAMSCO related to work associated with the watermain relocation portion of the overall project, and the inherent value in legacy project knowledge now possessed by RAMSCO, it is Staff’s desire to request consideration of a Second Change Order to the RAMSCO contract to manage and dispose of contaminated ...
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