CC MEETING: May 5, 2015
DATE: April 24, 2015
TO: Leonard Martin, City Manager
FROM: Cesar J. Molina, Jr., P.E., Director of Engineering
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Consider Authorizing The City Manager To Approve A Contract With Tiseo Paving Company For The Old Denton Road Pavement Replacement Project (Trinity Mills/PGBT To Frankford Road) In The Amount Of $6,983,867.00.
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BACKGROUND:
This project was authorized by voters in the 2013 Bond Election and will provide for the reconstruction of 5,520 linear feet of Old Denton Road from Trinity Mills/PGBT to Frankford Road along with new sidewalks, landscaping and irrigation. The project will also include the rehabilitation and updating of the Furneaux Creek bridge with new railing and stone fascia, the addition of a new traffic signal at Nottingham Drive and Peacock Boulevard (Raiford Crossing) and enhanced landscaping.
The duration of construction is fifteen (15) months and construction will be phased so that two lanes of traffic are open at all times. Project signs will be placed at the ends of Old Denton Road while it is under construction. The project has been placed on the monthly Construction Update and is included in the City's web site. Most trees located within the median will be removed to accommodate traffic but new landscaping will be added throughout the project. No wildlife will be affected by the construction.
FINANCIAL IMPLICATIONS:
Three (3) bids were received on April 23, 2015. These bids ranged from a low of $6,983,867.00 submitted by Tiseo Paving Company to a high bid of $8,907,830.00. Tiseo's last completed city project was Champion Circle in 2011, but they also completed Dickerson Road, Old Denton Road south of PGBT, two Belt Line Road projects and several others prior to that. They appear capable of completing this project within the bid price and the allotted time. The construction budget originally set up for Old Denton Road was $6,000,000.00, but additional funding from Dallas C...
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