The City of North Battleford has awarded a tender to G&C Asphalt, Division of CCCL of North Battleford, for $1,748,515.40 plus GST for 2016 road work.
City Engineer Bob Anthony reported to city council members last week that a single bid was received at the public tender opening July 6 for 2016 Capital Works Projects - Roadways - Contract 2. The contract includes the roadways portion of the 2016 UPAR projects, as well as other projects with roadways components.
The contract includes the roadways component of 13 different projects. Eight are part of the 2016 UPAR program, along with five other capital roadways projects. The total tendered amount is $147,419 or 11 per cent, above the budget amount for the roadways portion of the UPAR projects. The increase is due to the design work done since budget time, but that is offset by some of the underground work being under budget a couple of months ago, Anthony said.
"For the UPAR project," he said, "we have the total spend in mind and we are comfortable proceeding as planned. There's no need for alarm at this point."
In his comments, City Manager Jim Puffalt noted that overall the UPAR program is almost $140,000 under budget.
The budget comparison of the tender pricing for both the underground and roadways components of the UPAR program is as follows:
• 102nd Street rehab (16th to 17th Avenue) $134,400, budget, $169,280, tender;
• 108th Street rehab (10th to 11th Avenue) $161,500, budget, $102,977, tender;
• 105th Street rehab (11th to 12th Avenue) $152,000, budget, $194,713, tender;
• 106th Street rehab (10th to 11th Avenue) $152,000, budget, $211,423, tender;
• 96th Street rehab (Railway Ave to 14th Avenue) $152,000, budget, $264,482, tender;
• 97th Street rehab (12th to 13th Avenue) $152,000, budget, $162,859, tender;
• 95th Street rehab (Panton Avenue to 19th Avenue) $187,000, budget, $147,779, tender;
• St. Laurent Drive rehab (Douglas Avenue to 110th Street) $267,750, budget, $252,558, tender;
UPAR total $1,358,650, budget, $1,506,069, tender.
Among the non-UPAR projects, Anthony said, some are higher and some are lower than budgeted.
"That has a lot to do with some of the refinements in design that have happened since budget time as well as some of the contract pricing coming in lower than anticipated."
For example, he said, asphalt this year is down from $18.42 per square metre last year to $16 per square metre this year, about 13 per cent.
A budget comparison of the five other capital roadway projects is as follows:
• Civic Centre parking lot reconstruction $120,000, budget, $96,120, tender;
• Henderson Drive/Amos Drive lane (Buhler Avenue to Territorial Drive) $25,000, budget, $37,623, tender;
• Buhler Avenue paving (east of Sadlowski Drive) $130,000, budget, $52,590, tender;
• City Hall parking lot paving $75,000, budget, $26,482, tender;
• Pathway paving Douglas Avenue to 15th Avenue $50,000, budget, $29,631, tender.
