The Plymouth Board of Works has received bids for various projects to the Ledyard Water Treatment Plant.
Those bids were reviewed during last night’s meeting. The project was broken down into three divisions, but they contained alternate bids.
Mark Sullivan with Midwestern Engineers, the company helping to engineer the project, says some of the projects are worth the value.
“In the administration building, we’re proposing to build new offices, a conference room, and a locker room for the employees to change clothes,” says Sullivan. “Even though we could take a $152-thousand deduct by not doing it, there’s value by having that locker room and that conference room in those facilities.”
The City of Plymouth budgeted more than $5-million for the upgrades to the water treatment facility – which includes new construction, as well as upgrades to the existing plant.
Work at the plant ran over by just a bit at more than $3-million on the bid. Construction of a water main extension, however, was under budget. A storage building planned for construction at the site is now expected to cost just over $250-thousand.
Sullivan says he wanted to point out the room the board has to work with.
“It would appear base on the actual numbers that you have for the water work, plus the estimate for the water development still falls in within the budget of the $5,535,000 bond,” says Sullivan.
The City of Plymouth must first successfully issue bonds for the improvements prior to work starting. Those bonds are expected to cover the cost of construction, engineering, and residential development for the water main.
The Plymouth Board of Public Works tentatively awarded the bid contracts, pending the bond issuance.
