Title
Discuss and consider action regarding approving a construction contract with SKE Construction in the amount of $2,145,818 for the Pflugerville Estates Water Line Rehabilitation Project, and authorizing the City Manager to execute the same.
Summary
The City currently owns and operates the water and wastewater infrastructure within the Pflugerville Estates neighborhood that is on the west side of Immanuel Road near Wells Branch Parkway. This infrastructure was acquired by the City of Pflugerville in the late 1990s and the infrastructure has not changed since it was originally installed. The current water infrastructure within the Pflugerville Estates neighborhood is well below the City’s current standards for water infrastructure and the pipe material does not comply with the City’s standard specifications for water lines. Within the Pflugerville Estates neighborhood, the water lines do not have adequate shut off valves to isolate potential leaks which requires that the City cut water off to the whole neighborhood when a water line needs to be repaired. The neighborhood is also severely lacking fire hydrants needed to protect property with a total of 3 fire hydrants serving the entire neighborhood. With these deficiencies, it was determined that the City needed to update and upgrade the water infrastructure to ensure we meet fire code as well as minimize the amount of disruptions to the neighborhood when there is a water line repair that needs to be addressed.
SKE Construction was contacted to perform this work through their Job Order Contract (JOC) as this will allow for an efficient use of City funds and eliminates the need to hire a design consultant to replace existing infrastructure with everything being routed through the construction contractor. The City has worked with SKE Construction on a variety of other projects for water infrastructure and they perform similar work for surrounding municipalities that are updating aging water infrastructu...
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