SUBJECT/RECOMMENDATION:
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Approve amendment to the construction contract between the City of Clearwater and Construction Manager at Risk J. Kokolakis Contracting, Inc. of Tarpon Springs, Florida, for the Solid Waste Transfer Station (Project 15-0007-SW) to include an extended bonded warranty covering the top one and a half inches of asphalt and authorize the appropriate officials to execute same. (consent)
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SUMMARY:
On November 16, 2017, City Council approved the GMP and contract with J. Kokolakis Contracting to construct the new Solid Waste Transfer Facility (15-0007-SW) at 1005 Old Coachman Road.
Substantial completion of the project was March 26, 2020.
Concerns about the quality of the asphalt were first reported by Solid Waste staff on April 2, 2020 and continued through August 12, 2020. Core samples were taken and analyzed in April and July of 2020 and the asphalt mix was found to differ from that specified in the design drawings.
To remedy, Ardurra (the Engineer of Record), city staff, and Kokolakis Contracting agreed to an additional five-year warranty covering the asphalt beyond the standard twelve months from substantial completion, at a maximum value $140,000 in replacement costs. Arehna Consulting, the materials testing firm for the project, will provide reports of the condition of the asphalt every six months during the five-year extended warranty period. If Arehna Consulting determines the work to be defective, J. Kokolakis Contracting, Inc. has agreed to replace the asphalt per the contract amendment terms.
APPROPRIATION CODE AND AMOUNT:
There is no additional cost to the City.