Title
Resolution to Approve Change Order No. 4 with C.A. Hull Co., for the East Medical Center Bridge Rehabilitation and Widening Project, RFP 23-59; ($1,017,851.86 Increase, Total Contract Amount $11,607,881.33)
Memorandum
Attached for your review and approval is a change order to the construction contract with C.A. Hull Co. for the East Medical Center Bridge Rehabilitation and Widening Project, RFP 23-59.
Project Background
The East Medical Center Drive Bridge over the Amtrak Michigan line is the primary access to the University of Michigan Medical Center. The bridge was constructed in 1982 and is now being inspected every twelve months due to its deteriorating condition. It was the City's intent to rehabilitate the bridge in order to return it to a State of Good Repair and prolong its life span. The University of Michigan was also interested in partnership for this project and to widen the bridge in order to improve traffic flow into and out of the Medical Center. The University of Michigan committed to the design cost sharing arrangement on September 8, 2021.
The project, which extends along East Medical Center Drive from Fuller Road to Cancer Center Drive; includes the following elements (funding sources in parenthesis):
* Rehabilitation of the bridge (50% Street, Bridge, and Sidewalk Millage; 50% UM)
* Widening of the bridge (100% UM)
* Widening East Medical Center Drive to the south of West Medical Center Drive on UM property (100% UM)
The construction of the project is scheduled to occur over two years, in 2024 and 2025.
On December 18, 2023, City Council approved R-23-448 awarding a construction contract to C.A. Hull Co. in the amount of $10,173,757.03 for the East Medical Center Drive Bridge Rehabilitation and Widening Project (RFP 23-59);
Change Order
The additional contract work for Change Order No. 4 includes new steel beams and associated pay items for the work. The design originally called for the repair and reuse of the existing steel beams...
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