STRATEGIC PRIORITY: Mobility Solutions, Infrastructure, and Sustainability
AGENDA DATE: September 22, 2021
COUNCIL DISTRICT(S): 4, 7
DEPARTMENT: Department of Public Works
EXECUTIVE: Majed Al-Ghafry
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SUBJECT
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A resolution to ratify an emergency construction services contract for emergency bridge repairs on the Fitzhugh south of Fair Park and Marsalis Bridges over the ticketing area of the Dallas Zoo with Gibson & Associates, Inc., only bidder - Not to exceed $117,000.00 - Financing: Street and Alley Improvement Fund
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BACKGROUND
This action will ratify an emergency construction services contract with Gibson & Associates, Inc., the only bidder for emergency bridge repairs on the Fitzhugh Bridge south of Fair Park and the Marsalis Bridge over the ticketing area of the Dallas Zoo.
The Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) provided the Department of Public Works (PBW) with a bridge inspection on the Fitzhugh Bridge, TxDOT Bridge No. 18-057-09F43-600-12, with a superstructure critical rating of 4, requiring immediate repair. While the city procured the emergency design services, a lane was closed on the Fitzhugh Bridge. This closure came at the recommendation of Wiss, Janney, Elstner, Inc. (WJE), PBW's bridge consultant, to keep the bridge safe to the traveling public.
The Department of Public Works worked with the Dallas Zoo regarding concerns they had regarding the Marsalis Bridge, TxDOT Bridge No. 18-057-09M19-00-001, over the Zoo's ticketing area. Wiss, Janney, Elstner Associates, Inc. was doing an inspection of the underside of the Marsalis bridge deck when damage to bridge bearings was noticed.
The Department of Public Works began an emergency procurement with Wiss, Janney, Elstner Associates, Inc. for both bridge structures. Since both the Fitzhugh and Marsalis Bridges are steel bridges, the two projects were bid together.
Construction services were also procured t...
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