DEPARTMENT: Transportation & Capital Improvements
DEPARTMENT HEAD: Mike Frisbie, P.E.
COUNCIL DISTRICTS IMPACTED: Council District 1
SUBJECT:
Contract Award: Barbara Drive Drainage
SUMMARY:
An ordinance for the Barbara Drive Drainage Project awarding a construction contract and three alternates in the amount of $6,189,915.55 to SB Contractors, LLC of which $1,193,870.50 will be reimbursed by San Antonio Water System, a Storm Water Regional Facilities and Bexar County funded project, located in Council District 1.
BACKGROUND INFORMATION:
Project Background
The Barbara Drive Project provides for the reconstruction of the existing drainage system, consisting of both a concrete channel and an underground storm sewer, with a 150-foot wide earthen channel designed to contain the 100-year floodplain. Improvements also include the realignment of Basin Drive from Shannon Lee Drive to the alley north of Sharon Drive.
This project includes two additive alternates and one substitute alternate. Additive Alternate 1 reconstructs the undersized drainage system for the tributary, north to Oblate Drive, which outfalls into the channel and offers an increased capacity for water moving through the drainage system and decreases flooding. Additive Alternate 2 installs pedestrian lighting on the meandering sidewalk on the banks of the channel between Barbara Drive and Shannon Lee Street. The pedestrian lighting is a part of the agreement with the Parks Department to maintain the trail amenities on the channel banks.
Substitute Alternate 1 directs the contractor to repurpose excavated material at a City landfill facility. The Department of Solid Waste requested clean fill material to maintain City landfills, which is available through the project. Transportation & Capital Improvements receives a savings by providing the Contractor with a landfill location that does not require disposal fees.
Project construction is anticipated to begin in June 2017 and...
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