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Resolution to Approve a Professional Service Agreement with DLZ Michigan, Inc. for the 2010/2011Bridge Inspection Program ($98,000.57)
Memorandum
Attached for your review and approval, please find a resolution to approve a professional services agreement with DLZ Michigan, Inc. (DLZ) in the amount of $98,000.57 for the completion of the 2010/2011 Bridge Inspection Program.
The project includes the inspection and evaluation of twelve City bridges and the University of Michigan’s tunnel under Huron Parkway over the course of the next two years. This year we will inspect the following bridges: Island Drive over the Traver Creek; Maiden Lane over the Huron River; Fuller Road (Eastbound and Westbound) over the Huron River; Huron Parkway over the Huron River, Norfolk Southern Railroad and Geddes Avenue; Wastewater Treatment Plant Drive over the Huron River; and, E. Stadium Boulevard over S. State Street. Next year we will inspect the following bridges: Broadway over the Huron River; Broadway over Depot Street and the Norfolk Southern Railroad; Fuller Road over the Norfolk Southern Railroad; East Medical Center Drive over the Norfolk Southern Railroad; Eisenhower Parkway over the Ann Arbor Railroad; and the University of Michigan Tunnel under Huron Parkway.
We are required by federal law to inspect our bridges every two years and submit updated inspection forms to the Michigan Department of Transportation. We inspect about one-half of our bridges each year in order to normalize our costs as much as possible. This year, the bridges scheduled for inspection will be completed following contract execution and the specified forms will be submitted to the State in early November. We will not begin the inspections scheduled for 2011 until next fall. We are hiring a professional engineering firm to perform the next set of bridge inspections in order to help reduce our overall project costs.
On June 28, 2010, we received ten proposals from professional engi...
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