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HomeMy WebLinkAboutReport of the Engineer Jan 1973VILLAGE OF CAYUGA HEIGHTS REPORT OF THE ENGINEER JANUARY 1973 STREETS 1p North Sunset Drive was opened to traffic the day before Christmas over the culvert that was replaced to carry Remington Creek. Replacing of the entire amount of fill and the size of the road was not possible because of the supersaturation of the soil would not allow the angle of repose that was desired. This work will be completed in the spring. About two feet of crusher run stone was placed for a traffic wearing surface of the road which should compact to give a good base. If potholes appear in this crusher run because of traffic, they will be temporarily patched with the winter bituminous mix and in the spring a bituminous wearing surface will be applied to the entire road surface. Temporary fencing at the side of the road is in place and after winter settlement of the soil on the aides of the road guard posts will be installed on each side of the road. SEWER LINES Testing with our air pressure sewer line tester indicated that the sewer line in Upland Road from Hanshaw to The Parkway was in very bad shape. The tests indicated that almost the entire length showed leaks. The decision was made to replace the entire line and the first three sections (about one -third of the entire distance) have been completed. Near the Cayuga Heights School entrance a 2" or 3" hole was discovered in a water.main next to the sewer line which allowed a continual flow of city water into the sanitary line. When this line is completed, the men will move to Sunset Drive to replace a line that has been tested and found to need repair. It is planned to continue the testing and repairing of sewer lines through- out the winter whenever the weather and work schedule will permit. 0 SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT Mr. Ralph Garvin retired as of the end of December 1972 and his work will be temporarily taken over by Mr. Steve Oltz of our public works force. He will work two days a week and four hours on Saturday and four hours on Sunday at the Sewer Plant; the remaining time he will spend with the road and sewer line crew. NSW_SEWER TREATMENT PLANT ADDITIONS AND AMERATIONS On December 20, 1972 notice was received that the Association of General Contractors had started legal procedures to prevent us from opening bids or awarding contracts for the sewer plant additions. Upon the legal advice of the Village Attorney bids were opened and made public on December 21, 1972 as scheduled. A tabulation of the bids is as follows: Contract No. 2 - General (Lump Sum Base Bid) William E. Bouley Co., Inc. 265 Genesee Street Auburn, New York 13021 $2,319,000 M. A. Bongiovanni, Inc. 1400 Jamesville Ave. Syracuse, New York 13202 $2,445,000 Decker Construction Corporation Timber Lane Elmira, New York 14902 $2,397,000 Engineer's Report Nalews, Inc. P.O. Box 656 • Laconia, N. H. 03246 $2,285,000 MacFarland Builders, Inc. Shaker Park Old Rte. 155 & Northway Lane North Latham, New York 12110 $2,220,000 Stewart & Bennett, Inc. 714 West Clinton Street Ithaca, New York 14850 $1,976,000 Rouse Construction Corporation 531 Washington Street Watertmm, New York 13601 $2,308,000 J & K Plumbing & Heating Co., Inc. Box 25 Westview Sta. Binghamton, New York $2,063,000 Avella Construction Co., Inc. 1701 Union Ctr. Rd. Endicott, N.Y. 13760 $2,128,000 General Contracting Company 40 Audubon Avenue • Binghamton, New fork 13902 $2,136,000 Contract No. 3 Heating & Ventilating Hull Heating & Plumbing Inc. 802 W. Seneca St. Ithaca, New York 14850 $14,220 Louis N. Picciano & Son Endicott, New York $16,400 J & K Plumbing & Heating Co., Inc. Binghamton, New York $24,300 Levi Case Co. 315 Scarborough Drive Endwell, N.Y. 13763 $17,888 Mercury Sheet Metal Works Inc. 105 Main St. New York Mills, N.Y. $143405 Contract No. 4 - Plumbing Hull Heating & Plumbing Inc. Ithaca, N.Y. $48,722 Louis N. Picciano & Son Endicott, N.Y. $44,800 J & K Plumbing & Heating Co., Inc. Binghamton, N.Y. $39,300 Page 2 Engineer's Report Page 3 Contract No. 5 - Electrical Mid -State Electric Co., Inc. • 700 Oriskany Street West Utica, New York 13502 $196,000 Madison Electric, Inc. P.O. Box 836 Ithaca, New York 14850 $219,500 Norton Electric Co., Inc. 1013 W. State St. Ithaca, New York 14850 $212,990 The two questions raised in the legal action were the requirement that the successful bidder on Contract No. 2 should be required to do the coordinating of all other contractors and that the specifications were written on specific items indicating brand name with the term "and or equal" following it. The Mayor, the Engineer and a partner from Teetor- Dobbins who was present at the bid opening, met with the Village Attorney after the bid opening and it was decided that our attorney should meet with the attorneys for Teetor- Dobbins to plan the action that should be taken to clear the legal obstacle so that the bid could be awarded within the 45 day period from the bid opening date during which time the contractors can be held to perform for the amount bid by them on the contracts. If the legal action delays the award of bidding past the 45 days it might become necessary to rebid. If this occurs, indications are that it would be costly to the Village. Plans should be made by the Village to authorize the Engineers to provide field inspection men to be available when construction on the pending contracts starts. This field inspection is not covered under the overall fee paid the Engineers according to the contract signed with them in July 1967. The cost of the field inspection as put forth in the contract is the actual salary paid to the inspection staff by the Engineers times a factor of 2 plus incidental expenses approved by the Village and such compensations shall be billed and paid monthly. The alternative of having the Engineer hire a complete inspection staff is for the Village to provide some of the inspection staff or all of it to work with the Engineer. It is proposed that the Village hire at least one man as a full time Village employee to act as an inspector during the construction period under the supervision of Teetor- Dobbins with the understanding that he would remain in the employee of the Village or County to operate this setter plant upon the completion of construction. This plan would insure continuity between the construction and the operation phases as well as give valuable information in the future to the operators on how the plant was constructed. NDT PACKER Additional phone calls have been made to our supplier for the Garwood Packer. We are now informed that delivery of our new packer will be made the week of January 15 or the week of January 22. The smoke emission from the diesel powered chassis for the packer was discussed with Al Grant of Cayuga Motors. He assured me that all Federal Standards for smoke emission were met in the design of the exhaust system for the truck and that there would be no smoke emission except on starts on very cold days. At all other times the only emission that you would be • able to see from the exhaust would be heat rays or water vapor. The question was raised as to whether there was addditional smoke emission control manufactured by Ford for their diesel engines that could be added to what was already part of the exhaust system we had purchased. Mr. Grant's answer was that there was no addition- al such device manufactured by Ford. Mr. Grant again requested that Cayuga Motors be paid for the chassis as they had fully completed all their obligations under the Engineer's Report Page 4 contract with the Village and have had to wait over three months for their payment. It is recommended that to keep the good faith of our supplier, Cayuga Motors, the Village should make partial or complete payment upon receipt of a letter from Cayuga Motors stating that they would stand back of and correct any deficiency in the specifications for the truck chassis as bid. J. B. Rogers Village Engineer 40 •