4.7 17-0402 Subject: Replacement of Embarcadero Bridge Project
From: Transportation Department
Recommendation: Adopt The Following Pieces Of Legislation;
1) A Resolution Waiving Advertising And Competitive Bidding And Increasing The Change Order Limit For The Contract With Flatiron West, Inc. For The Replacement Of Embarcadero Bridge Over Lake Merritt Channel (Project No. G121810) From Twenty-Five Percent (25%) To Eighty Percent (80%) Of The Original Contract Amount For A Total Contract Amount Not-To-Exceed Twenty-Nine Million Five Hundred Nineteen Thousand One Hundred Fifty Dollars ($29,519,150.00), And
I am opposed to the extra 45% in costs over the original project... 13,000,000. That is another Bridge based on original bid. With the over costs is their a Warranty. Or is it EVERYTIME the Contractor miscalculates Bread & butter costs. City pay's. At some point Contractor has to take responsibility... You guys need to widen this for A's Stadium.
I am opposed to the extra 45% in costs over the original project... 13,000,000. That is another Bridge based on original bid. With the over costs is their a Warranty. Or is it EVERYTIME the Contractor miscalculates Bread & butter costs. City pay's. At some point Contractor has to take responsibility... You guys need to widen this for A's Stadium.