Change Order Nos. 1,2,4,5,6 - INDOT - Boland Trail Project No 113-047

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Joe Saggars From: Joe Saggars Sent: Friday, March 23, 2018 3:02 PM To: Michael Carey Subject: Additional road closure for R-36881-A Mike, The R-36881-A contract allows a 21 day full closure of Boland Drive. As mentioned at the pre - construction meeting, HRP would like to propose deduct change order in order to increase the road closure period. Our offer is $30,000 for an additional six weeks of full road closure. This amount is greater than the cost of flagging for the same time period. One might ask why we would make this offer if it costs more. The answer is we feel it will definitely make the project safer and likely allow it to be completed sooner due to increased efficiencies. It was stated at the pre -construction meeting that the City garbage truck traffic was a major influencer in the closure period selected and Jacob Klosinski, Assistant City Engineer, was named as a contact to discuss the situation further. I have spoken with Jacob about the situation a couple of times. He is not really involved with the garbage trucks, but is associated with the Bio Solid Organic Resources trucks that access the WWTP off of Boland Dr. He has stated it would be minimal disruption to them to go north on Riverside Dr. to Cleveland Rd. to access their final destination. In regards to the garbage trucks, Jacob referred me to Mike Bronsteader of the Solid Waste Department. Mike stated there are 18 trucks that enter and exit the WWTP once a day, Monday through Thursday. They typically use the Boland Drive entrances, but could easily use the Riverside Drive entrances when needed. It is my understanding that on only one day of the week a portion of their trucks head west on Boland Drive. Mike said there would be no problem diverting them north or south on Riverside if additional closure was granted. It seems like this could be a win / win situation for the residents of South Bend and HRP. Please let me know in the next few days if this proposal will be accepted. Thanks, Joe Saggars Estimator ! Project Manager HRP Construction Inc. (574) 271-7800 - office (574) 315-2331 - Mobile (574) 271-0524 - Fax www.hrrmonstruction.com CONSTRUCTION �