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CONSTRUCTION COMMITTEE
JUNE 21, 2018
Subject
SUBJECT: WESTSIDE PURPLE LINE EXTENSION SECTION 3
PROJECT
Action
ACTION: APPROVE CONTRACT MODIFICATION AND INCREASE CONTRACT MODIFICATION AUTHORITY
Heading
RECOMMENDATION
Title
CONSIDER:
A. AUTHORIZING the CEO to execute Modification No. 2 to Contract C1153, Advanced Utility Relocations (Westwood/UCLA Station), with Steve Bubalo Construction Company for supply and installation of equipment for a traffic Video Detection System (VDS) required by Los Angeles Department of Transportation (LADOT), in the amount of $567,554, increasing the total contract value from $11,439,000 to $12,006,554; and
B. APPROVING an increase in Contract Modification Authority (CMA) to Contract C1153, Advanced Utility Relocations (Westwood/UCLA Station), increasing the current CMA from $1,143,900 to $2,287,800.
Issue
ISSUE
Contract C1153 is a firm fixed price contract to re-locate underground LADWP Power and Water utilities in advance of the Westside Purple Line Extension Section 3 Project (Project) Design/Build Contracts C1151 Tunnels and C1152 Stations, Trackwork, Systems and Testing.
A VDS is required by LADOT to be installed to facilitate traffic management while work on this Contract is performed on heavily traveled streets in the Westwood/UCLA area.
The approval of additional CMA will allow staff to continue to process contract modifications to Contract C1153 in a timely manner and avoid costly construction delays to the Design/Builders for the Project, which is dependent on the timely completion of the advanced utility relocation work.
Background
BACKGROUND
The Project consists of approximately 2.59 miles of twin-bored tunnels and two underground stations located at Westwood/UCLA and Westwood/VA Hospital.
Contract C1153 provides for advanced utility relocations where existing water and power utilities are in conflict with the construction of the future Westwood/UCLA Station. The future sta...
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