Second phase of Parkway less than city estimate
August 11, 2009
By J.B. Wogan
By J.B. Wogan
The construction bidding environment continues to favor Sammamish in 2009. A second phase of roadwork planned along East Lake Sammamish Parkway is predicted to cost $139,583 less than the city had estimated.
The project would span about three-tenths of a mile; it would add a third lane, alternating between a median and a left-turn lane depending on the section, with commuter bike lanes on both sides of the street and a sidewalk on the east side.
Contract bids received Aug. 5 revealed that at least one contractor thinks it can perform the work for less than $2.88 million — the city engineer’s cost estimate. SCI Infrastructure, the apparent low bidder, offered to complete the project for $2.74 million.
SCI, a Pacific-based company, is in charge of the current half-mile project along East Lake Sammamish Parkway, which begins at the Inglewood Hill Road intersection and extends north to Northeast 18th Place.
The current project is called Phase 1A.
The Aug. 5 contract from SCI was for Phase 1B, which continues the work from Northeast 18th Place to about the 2200 block of the parkway.
The city plans to use all of the $3.5 million in federal stimulus funds it received for the project March 12, according to Project Manager Jeff Brauns.
To better maximize the stimulus funds, Brauns had the project’s scope expanded to include work from Northeast Sammamish Water and Sewer District as well as sidewalks further north, he said.
Any leftover funds, which would amount to about $760,000, would go toward paying for construction management, he added.
Sammamish has seen a slate of construction this summer, from road repair projects to a bridge that would connect 244th Avenue. In each case, the contracts have come under city engineers’ estimates.
More than that, the majority of bids have been under the engineer’s estimate.
But Brauns said the Public Works staff is taking into account the new realities of project costs, which is reflected in the bids for the latest parkway project.
Of the seven bids, SCI was the only one that came under the engineer’s estimate.
Reporter J.B. Wogan can be reached at 392-6434, ext. 247, or jbwogan@isspress.com. To comment on this story, visit www.SammamishReview.com.
The construction bidding environment continues to favor Sammamish in 2009. A second phase of roadwork planned along East Lake Sammamish Parkway is predicted to cost $139,583 less than the city had estimated.
The project would span about three-tenths of a mile; it would add a third lane, alternating between a median and a left-turn lane depending on the section, with commuter bike lanes on both sides of the street and a sidewalk on the east side.
Contract bids received Aug. 5 revealed that at least one contractor thinks it can perform the work for less than $2.88 million — the city engineer’s cost estimate. SCI Infrastructure, the apparent low bidder, offered to complete the project for $2.74 million.
SCI, a Pacific-based company, is in charge of the current half-mile project along East Lake Sammamish Parkway, which begins at the Inglewood Hill Road intersection and extends north to Northeast 18th Place.
The current project is called Phase 1A.
The Aug. 5 contract from SCI was for Phase 1B, which continues the work from Northeast 18th Place to about the 2200 block of the parkway.
The city plans to use all of the $3.5 million in federal stimulus funds it received for the project March 12, according to Project Manager Jeff Brauns.
To better maximize the stimulus funds, Brauns had the project’s scope expanded to include work from Northeast Sammamish Water and Sewer District as well as sidewalks further north, he said.
Any leftover funds, which would amount to about $760,000, would go toward paying for construction management, he added.
Sammamish has seen a slate of construction this summer, from road repair projects to a bridge that would connect 244th Avenue. In each case, the contracts have come under city engineers’ estimates.
More than that, the majority of bids have been under the engineer’s estimate.
But Brauns said the Public Works staff is taking into account the new realities of project costs, which is reflected in the bids for the latest parkway project.
Of the seven bids, SCI was the only one that came under the engineer’s estimate.
Reporter J.B. Wogan can be reached at 392-6434, ext. 247, or jbwogan@isspress.com.
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