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Resolution to Approve Amendment No. I to a Professional Services Agreement with Parsons-Brinckerhoff Michigan, Inc., for the Huron Parkway Bridge Painting and Huron Parkway/Geddes Avenue Intersection Improvements Project ($128,641.54)
Memorandum
Attached for your review and approval is a resolution that will approve an amendment to our Professional Services Agreement with Parsons-Brinckerhoff Michigan, Inc. (PBM) in the amount of $128,641.54 for project management, professional engineering, and construction inspection services performed in conjunction with the subject project.
During the course of the project, it became necessary to add additional services to our agreement with PBM in order to properly complete the work of the project. These services and their approximate costs are described as follows: re-designing, inspecting, and providing construction claim analysis services regarding the steel repairs that were performed on the bridge portion of the project ($99,500.00); providing additional testing of high strength steel bolts in order to assure compliance with all state specifications ($5,800.00); providing construction engineering services for the portion of bike path along the west side of Huron Parkway between Geddes Avenue and E. Huron River Drive (this work was added after the construction contract and professional services agreement was awarded) ($10,100.00); re-designing certain roadway elevations to provide better drainage ($6,000.00); and re-designing certain sidewalk alignments and ramp grades to better comply with ADA Standards ($7,200.00).
Sufficient unobligated funds exist within the contingency line item of the project budget to cover the cost of the services being requested here.
PBM has received the necessary human resources approval and pays its employees a living wage.
Project Update
The intersection of Huron Parkway and Geddes Avenue was opened to traffic in late September and the intersection had the final layer of aspha...
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