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FROM: BRUNO RUMBELOW, CITY MANAGER
MEETING DATE: MAY 19, 2015
SUBJECT: CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS ENGINEERING AND TESTING
SERVICES FOR PUBLIC SAFETY FACILITY
RECOMMENDATION:
City Council to consider awarding a contract for Construction Materials Engineering and
Testing Services in the amount of $128,880.80 for the Public Safety Facility to Fugro
Consultants, Inc., authorize staff to execute said contract and take any necessary actions.
FUNDING SOURCE:
Funding for this expenditure is available in account 177-48840-019-209-PSCON (General
Facilities\Public Safety Building\Construction).
BACKGROUND INFORMATION:
The project CMAR, Manhattan Construction Co. will be on site in June of this year. The
need for Construction Materials Engineering and Testing will soon follow. The full service
professional testing for construction materials associated with the construction of the Public
Safety Facility shall be in accordance with recognized standards and procedures established
by the American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM), the American Association of State
Highway Officials (AASHTO), North Central Texas Council of Government Standard
Specifications for Public Works Construction, American Institute of Steel Construction (AISC),
American Concrete Institute (ACI), and other agencies.
Fugro Consultants, Inc. specializes in geotechnical and materials testing. They have
provided this type of service to the City of Grapevine for several of our Public Works
projects and more specifically, for the REC expansion. Our experience with Fugro has been
very good.
Staff recommends approval.
5/13/2015 (11:02:13 AM)
FUGRO CONSULTANTS,
March 25, 2015
Proposal No. 04.41152019
Mr. Curtis Bergthold
CITY OF GRAPEVINE
Chief Construction Inspector
200 South Main
Grapevine, Texas 76051
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2517 East Loop 820 N.
Fort Worth, Texas 76118
Tel: 817-284-9595
Fax: 817-284-4480
COST ESTIMATE FOR
CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS ENGINEERING AND TESTING SERVICES
GRAPEVINE PUBLIC SAFETY FACILITY
GRAPEVINE, TEXAS
Dear Mr. Bergthold:
We are pleased to submit our cost estimate to provide construction materials testing services for this
project. Our estimated cost for the above referenced projects is a not to exceed cost of $128,880.80. A cost
breakdown based on the project plans, specifications, the preliminary construction schedule and construction
quantities is attached. Our firm is a member of the American Council of Engineering Laboratories, is
AASHTO accredited, meets the basic requirements of ASTM E 329 and is authorized to operate in the State
of Texas. We understand you are requesting this proposal based on our previously submitted qualifications
and we are not in a competitive bidding process for this project so as to conform to the Texas Engineering
Act for procurement of engineering services for publicly funded projects.
SCOPE OF SERVICES
We estimate that the following services will be required:
• In-place density testing of general site fills, retaining walls backfill, grade beam backfill, utility
backfill, pavement fills/subgrade and building pad;
■ Drilled pier verification;
■ Concrete placement monitoring and compressive strength testing;
• Structural steel erection inspection and testing;
■ Structural masonry mortar/grout inspection. Structural grout masonry - fulltime inspection
per plans/specifications. No mortar cube or grout sampling/testing mentioned in the
plans/specifications for us to perform. Structural mortar - periodic inspection per
plans/specifications;
■ Reinforcing steel inspection;
■ Pre and Post tension inspection.
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Our budget recommendations are based upon the project plans and specifications prepared by
Brinkley Sargent Architects dated February 17, 2015 and the preliminary construction schedule and
contractor provided construction quantities. Unit Fees and Budget Recommendations are attached detailing
the number of tests proposed and our unit fees for performance of these tests. Our unit fees include all
estimated technician time and administrative charges for performance and review of tests. Our invoices will
be based on the enclosed unit rate schedule and only on the actual work performed.
A member of the Fugro group of companies with offices throughout the world.
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GRAPEVINE PUBLIC SAFETY FACILITY
Proposal No. 04.41152019
March 25, 2015
TERMS AND CONDITIONS
Please see attached schedule 40.01 (Jan.07) for terms and conditions for providing testing services.
This project will be billed on the basis of work performed at the attached unit fees. Our services will be billed
monthly with payment expected upon receipt of our invoice. The scheduling of our services at this project will
be through the project general contractor.
Materials testing services are for quality control purposes only. Although our personnel do not have
responsibility for job site safety of others or stop -work authority, they will conduct their work in a safe,
workmanlike manner and will observe work site safety requirements.
To indicate acceptance of our proposal, please have the signature block below signed by a duly
authorized person in the space provided and return the attached copy to us for our files. Whoever signs this
proposal is identified as our Client as used per the attached proposal and throughout schedule 40.01.
We thank you for the opportunity to submit this proposal and look forward to working with you on this
project. Please feel free to contact us if you have any questions or need any additional information.
Sincerely,
FUGRO CONSULTANTS, INC.
TBPE Firm Reglistratiwveo. 299
King Cook, PZ.
Vice Pres' nt / Branch Manager
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Enclosures
Cc: Mr. Sebastian Escobar — sescobar@bsw-architects.com
Mr. Denny Boles — dboles@bsw-architects.com
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Authorizing Signature Company
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