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Resolution to Approve a Professional Service Agreement with Alfred Benesch & Company, Inc. for the Fuller Road and Maiden Lane Bridges Rehabilitation Project ($420,730.85)
Memorandum
Attached for your review and approval, please find a resolution to approve a professional services agreement with Alfred Benesch & Company, Inc. (ABC) in the amount of $420,730.85 for project management and construction engineering services associated with the subject project.
The approved 2014 - 2019 Capital Improvements Plan includes project TR-BR-10-06 the Fuller Road and Maiden Lane Bridges Rehabilitation Project.
The Fuller Road and Maiden Lane Bridges Rehabilitation Project includes the rehabilitation of the two bridges. Work to be performed includes replacement of corroded steel diaphragms, replacement of the pin and hangars, removal and replacement of the expansion joints, hydrodemolition and overlay of the concrete bridge decks, zone painting of the structural steel in the vicinity of bridge deck joints, repair of the bridge railings, guard rail upgrades where applicable, clearing and brush removal near the bridges, maintaining traffic and other related work.
The project will be constructed such that the Fuller Road bridge rehabilitation will be performed first. Once all work impacting vehicular and pedestrian traffic along Fuller Road is complete, then work will begin on the Maiden Lane bridge. Vehicular and pedestrian traffic on each bridge will not be simultaneously impacted. During construction on the Fuller Road bridge, one lane of traffic will be maintained in each direction along Fuller Road. While working on the first phase of the Maiden Lane bridge, it will be necessary to detour outbound Maiden Lane traffic. Attached, please find a copy of the planned detour route for the project. Pedestrian and vehicular traffic to the University of Michigan Medical Center will be maintained at all times. During the second phase of the Maiden Lane brid...
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