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- Condie Construction Co. was selected to perform the sewer collection system installation
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By Myrna Trauntvein
Times-News Correspondent
A contractor has been selected to perform the sewer collection system installation in Mona.
Condie Construction Co., general contractors based in Springville, were selected to do the work over 12 others who submitted bids for the work.
Jake Prestwich, a civil engineering manager for Forsgren and Associates, attended Mona City Council meeting for the final bid award.
"The bids were opened in July," said Prestwich. "I made copies of the three lowest bids for you to review."
"My recommendation is that you select Condie as the best choice for the job," he said.
He said the engineering firm was ready to proceed but the acceptance of the bid by the city needed to be made contingent upon some pending state approvals.
Mona, with the help of Forsgren Associates, requested bids from contractors to construct the Mona Sewer Collection System Construction Project.
Bids were publicly opened and read aloud at 2 p.m. on July 6, at Mona Town Office.
"The Construction Project consists of installation of sewer piping (PVC), manholes, service connections, and surface restoration," said Prestwich.
A non-mandatory pre-bid conference was held on June 17, at 10:30 a.m. at Mona Town Office.
"After reviewing the bids for Mona City Sewer Collection System construction and the recommended awarding of the contract, I move that we award the contract to Condie Construction for $4,009,195 contingent upon contract approval and receipt of funding from the DWQ (Department of Water Quality)," said Gordon Anderson, council member.
The sewage system, also know as a wastewater collection system, is designed to convey wastewater by gravity to Mona's sewage treatment plant. Separate sanitary sewer systems, such as Mona's, are designed to transport sewage alone.
The contractor will give as much notice as possible before beginning work on any street. That construction is still some time off in the future.
"May I now tell people that Condie Construction was awarded the contract for the Sewer Collection System?" asked Michelle Dalton, city secretary.
Prestwich said that Dalton can tell people that the contract is pending contingent upon approval of the state of Utah.
Residents will be notified before construction is to begin.
Stage 1 includes physical staking of the proposed utility system using wooden stakes or other markers. Residents are urged to not disturb the survey stakes/markers.
Stage 2 could take a few days per street and may involve cutting and removing driveway sections, drainage structures and other obstructions located in public rights-of-way or dedicated utility easements.
Stage 3 is the construction of the gravity sewer collection lines. Work crews will be doing excavation work in city streets. Residents will notice the contractor digging trenches while assembling and installing lengths of pipe. The length of pipe installed in one work day varies from 100 to 500 feet depending on ground conditions.
Stage 4 is the installation of lateral gravity service pipes extending from the gravity sewer main in the right-of-way to the private property line. Once the system is certified for use, residents will be notified that they may hire private contractors to install gravity service lines from their homes to the service laterals located at the right-of-way line.
Stage 5 may involve, in selected areas, use of directional drilling machines to install portions of the pipe without significantly disturbing the area. This technique is used in narrow rights-of-ways or major thoroughfares to minimize traffic disruption and also to protect various structures or natural features, such as heritage trees. Drilling operation may last a day or more and piles of dirt and drilling medium at each end of the installed pipe could remain for a longer period.
Stage 6 calls for restoration. The contractor will rely on the construction plans and the pre-construction records when restoring construction areas to original conditions. Restoration activities that will begin once the pipe installation is complete may take several weeks, or even months. Roads will be repaired in the project area after all restoration is complete.
Stage 7 calls for the city to notify residents when it is time to abandon septic systems and connect to the sewer system.
Residents should plan now to remove unpermitted obstructions (sprinkler systems, shrubbery, etc.) from the public right-of-way or dedicated utility easement and during construction, keep children and pets away from work areas and equipment. |
