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Approval of Contract with Bradbury Stamm Construction, Inc. as a result of B2019000014 Customer Service and Operations Facility Construction
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The Water Authority has customer services operations on the westside and downtown. Field operations staff are located on the westside, downtown and at Pino Yards. Consolidating the customer services and field operations into one location has many advantages including better customer service and more efficient operations through better communication and workload management by dispatching from a single location. Groundwater plant operations is located at Pino Yards and surface water operations is located at the water treatment plant. Co-locating the two water plant operations at the same location will increase productivity and communication between the two operations and allow more opportunity to combine workforces and increase productivity.
The Water Authority evaluated the space needs and facility sizing necessary to consolidate the operations into a single location at the existing surface water treatment plant site. The Water Authority Board approved the relocation and design was authorized. SMPC architects were selected to complete the design. The facility designs were completed in January 2019 for the new building which in addition to customer services and field operations, includes a new fleet maintenance facility, warehouse and electrical/mechanical shops.
The new facility will be powered by the addition of a new 6 MW solar array that will also provide power to the existing water treatment plant. The solar configuration will consist of photovoltaic panels covering the fleet and employee parking lots.
Summary:
The Water Authority issued a Request for Bids (RFB) for Construction to solicit bids from vendors qualified to provide construction services for the Customer Service and Operations Facility. This approval would allow Bradbury Stamm to construct the new facility.
The RFB was advertised in the ...
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