17 - UTILITIES CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENTItem No. 17
memorandum
TO: Mayor & City Council
FROM: John Godwin, City Manager
SUBJECT: UTILITIES CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT
DATE: April 4, 2016
BACKGROUND: We now have construction projects totaling tens of millions of dollars, which
include multiple contractors, multiple engineers and other consulting professionals, and very
many discreet funding sources, including four different grants.
STATUS OF ISSUE: The original engineering contract with AECOM for the bond utilities
included construction management services, which were subcontracted out to HWH. For the
early part of the project, HWH assigned and kept an excellent employee on site much of the
time, but in 2015 they dropped out of the project completely. Subsequently we negotiated with
AECOM for these construction management services, but we have not yet gotten a final, priced
proposal. In the meantime, most of that work is being done by the city engineer and public
works director. I believe both are very competent at their jobs, but they can only do so much
without adequate support.
BUDGET: Funding is available for project management from 2013 bond proceeds.
RECOMMENDATION: Provide direction to staff.