By Mark Squibb/September 16, 2022
New asphalt along Park Avenue and Commonwealth Avenue will end up costing the City a little more than anticipated.
“Whenever we have to do a job like this, there are some adjustments in quantities and cost, and in this particular case there is a contractor change order, and there are different parts to this one, so we’ll do them separately,” explained councillor Isabelle Fry during last week’s meeting.
The first part of the change order included a clause for liquid asphalt cost adjustment, resulting from an increase in liquid asphalt pricing from the time of the award of the contract. The adjustment resulted in an additional charge totaling $24,706, HST Included.
The second part of the change order was to correct a cross connection of storm sewer leading into a sanitary manhole, at a cost of $7,569, including HST.
The third and final part was for materials testing, such as compaction and asphalt testing, at a cost of $3,345, including HST.
Council approved the change order at a total cost of $35,602, HST included.
The cost of the original contract with Modern Pavement was $548,446.
