DEPARTMENT: Parks
FILE TYPE: Consent Action
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Authorization To Execute First Amendment With Max Steininger, Inc. For Veterans Memorial Greenway Construction In Inver Grove Heights, County Project P00147
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PURPOSE/ACTION REQUESTED
Authorize the execution of construction contract amendment one with Max Steininger, Inc. to complete the greenway trail construction work for County Project (CP) P00147, Veterans Memorial Greenway (VMG) Phase I in Inver Grove Heights (Attachment: Project Location).
SUMMARY
To provide a safe and efficient greenway system, Dakota County is proceeding with the VMG Phase I segment, which is the construction of about two miles of shared-use trail. The construction included a 10' shared-use trail, tunnel under County Highway 71, earthwork and elements of the basic and enhanced memorial nodes, Greenway Wayfinding, and a mid-block crossing of County Highway 73 into Rich Valley Park. The VMG Phase I project started in the spring of 2024, was substantially complete in November 2024, and scheduled to be fully complete by the end of the summer of 2025.
Additional landscaping and memorial node construction will be completed by separate construction contracts starting in early 2025 for Phase I.
By Resolution No. 24-188 (April 9, 2024), the County Board authorized execution of a contract with Max Steininger, Inc., for construction of VMG Phase I, CP P00147.
Max Steininger, Inc., bid in the amount of $2,702,631.22 for the construction of CP P00147. Construction cost increases are due primarily to poor and hydric soils that were encountered in various locations along the project site, requiring additional soil excavation and additional common embankment soils and common granular embankment soils to provide an adequate trail base to construct upon. There was also a calculation error in the plans that didn't account for actual common embankment soil needs. The additional costs for excavation, grading, hauling, and quantity overruns for t...
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