Brunswick County Board of Commissioners ACTION AGENDA ITEM November 15, 2021

Action Item # VII. - 11.

Request that the Board of Commissioners approve Final Adjusting Change Order No. 1 with TA Loving Co. for construction of the Northeast Brunswick Regional Wastewater System Force Main Improvements Contract 2 – East Project.  The change order is deductive in the amount of $202,220.17.  This decreases the contract value from $3,025,400.00 to $2,822,779.83.

As the lowest, responsive bidder, TA Loving Co. was awarded the contract to build a section of sewer force main in association with a 2.5 million gallons per day (MGD) expansion of the Northeast Brunswick Regional Wastewater Treatment Plant (WWTP).

This change order reflects adjustments to the time of completion and the contract amount.  There were several unanticipated conditions including final easement acquisition, development of a soil management plan to handle hazardous soils and required training for all project personnel to deal with hazardous soils, that lead to an increase in the time of substantial completion by 443 days.  Upon issuance of substantial completion, the sewer force main was able to function; however, it was not put into service as the plant expansion was not complete. The delays did not cause adverse effect to the County or the plant expansion.  The changes in the contract price are attributable to adjustments in the amount of unit price items and some minor additions to the scope of work as well as the required hazardous soils training. The net result is a deductive change order in the amount of $202,220.17.

More detailed information is included in the attached change order document.  The project is complete and will be put into operation at the completion of the wastewater treatment plant expansion.