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Council Meeting:
Santa Monica, California
TO:
Mayor and city Council
FROM:
City Staff
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SUBJECT: Recommendation to Authorize the City Manager to
Negotiate and Execute a Contract with McClelland
Engineers, Inc. for Professional Engineering Services
to Perform a Geotechnical Investigation for the
Reconstruction of the Extension of Santa Monica
Municipal Pier.
Introduction
This report requests that the city Council authorize the city
Manager to negotiate and execute a contract with McClelland
Engineers for professional services to perform an investigation
of the nature of the subsoil structure in the vicinity of the
proposed area of reconstruction for the Municipal Pier, which is
necessary for completion of the structural design and physical
construction of the pier extension.
Background
Currently plans and specifications are in progress for the
extension of the Santa Monica Pier.
In order to complete the
design and specifications for this project as well as to provide
better information on subsoil conditions to prospective bidders
and thereby reduce the risk factor in the bid, a geotechnical
investigation is appropriate at this time.
Four to seven borings will be required to obtain a profile of the
subsoil conditions. These borings will be approximately 100 feet
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in depth. The borings will be made from a barge or similar type
craft which supports the drilling rig.
One
of the borings
will be instrumented to determine the
natural
characteristic period of the
site.
A complete
engineering report on the findings will be furnished to the City
for engineering and construction purposes.
Due to the nature of the investigation it is not possible to
establish a fixed fee for this work. Common practice for marine
work is for operators to base their charges on a daily fixed fee
since marine conditions are not precisely predictable.
Marine geotechnical
investigation is a specialized field
performed by a few qualified firms. Staff requested proposals
from two firms.
Estimates from the two firms were received as
follows:
McClelland Engineers, Inc.
LeRoy Crandall and Associates
$ 100,000 (Estimated)
$ 100,000 (Estimated)
Eoth consultants suggest a contingency of 25% be included in
budgetary considerations due to the uncertainty relative to field
operations in open coastal waters.
City Staff recommends McClelland Engineers, Inc. be selected to
perform the work.
McClelland Engineers, Inc. specializes in
off-shore geotechnical investigation and can mobilize to perform
the work wi thin two weeks of award of contract, while LeRoy
Crandall will require six weeks notice before it can begin the
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work. McClelland Engineers are familiar with the conditions in
the Santa Monica Bay.
BUdget/Financial Impact
Staff recommends that funds in the amount of $ 125,000.00
available in account No. 30-740-625-000-940 be transferred to
Account No. 30-740-625-000-927.
Recommendation
staff recommends that the City Council:
L Authorize the City Manager to negotiate and execute a
contract with McClelland Engineering to perform a
geotechnical investigation for the reconstruction of the
extension of the Santa Monica pier.
2. Authorize the transfer of $125,000.00 of appropriation
authority
from
Account
30-740-625-000-940
to
Account 30-740-625-000-927.
Prepared by: Stan Scholl, Director of General Services
Desi Alvarez, P.E., City Engineer
Judith Meister, pier Manager
(ccpier1)
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