The city of Warrenton has approved an additional payment of $24,900 to Crawford, Murphy & Tilly (CMT), the engineering firm for construction of sidewalks along North Highway 47.
The change …
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The city of Warrenton has approved an additional payment of $24,900 to Crawford, Murphy & Tilly (CMT), the engineering firm for construction of sidewalks along North Highway 47.
The change will raise the maximum amount CMT can be paid to as much as $455,000, according to an amended agreement with the firm. The additional payment is for extra work engineers had to do for final plan revisions that accommodate property owner requests and avoid challenges with existing utilities.
City officials recently announced they are in the final stages of negotiating easements with property owners to allow construction next year. According to a change order submitted by CMT to the city, that negotiation process resulted in changes on the final engineering plans.
Revisions also included modifications to existing drainage structures along the sidewalk route, to use existing culverts rather than replacing them. Revisions also include shifting sidewalk and drainage placement to avoid utility systems, according to CMT.
$8,007 was the labor cost for engineers to make those changes, according to CMT’s cost estimate. The company is also charging Warrenton an “overhead” cost of $13,939, and a percentage-based “fixed fee” of $2,963, totaling $24,909.
Aldermen approved the supplemental payment to CMT with a 6-0 vote Nov. 17.
CMT was hired in 2018 to develop engineering plans for the sidewalk construction, which will connect the area of the North Service Road to Hickory Lick Road.
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