SGWASA awards $34 million contract for Phase I of I-85 sewer improvement project
According to Butner-Creedmoor News, The South Granville Water and Sewer Authority has awarded a contract for construction of the first phase of the I-85 Sanitary Sewer Improvement Project — subject to approval by state environmental officials — to Haren Construction for $34.8 million.
CDM Smith, the consulting engineers for the project, reviewed bids received, and Haren Construction Company Inc. of Etowah, Tennessee, was the lowest bidder, with a total bid amount of $34,832,000. That bid includes a base bid amount of $30,625,700 and a total amount of $4,206,300 for a combination of bid alternatives, Butner-Creedmoor News reported.
A report provided to the SGWASA Board at its December meeting states: “Once completed, the I-85 Sewer Improvement Project will solve the current sewer capacity issues affecting the SGWASA service areas that include Granville County, the town of Butner and the city of Creedmoor.”
The project is being constructed in two phases. The engineer’s cost estimate for the entire project, including all bid alternates, is $82 million.
Funding sources are SGWASA, American Rescue Plan Act and the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
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