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078 tnr PAGGI, MARTIN & DEL BENE LLP Consulting Engineers & Land Surveyors 54-56 Main Street Poughkeepsie, New York 12601 914-471-7898 914-471-0905 (FAX) July 1, 1998 -'9<$'c 0/6; ~ ~ ~<.c,~ r () ~ ~() O~ ~ ~ (90" J1.- ~O vcr "<A.. ~a "1)'-1-" ~1t New Hope Pipe Liners 625 Mt. Hope Road Wharton, New Jersey 07885 Attention: Thomas Checchia Reference: All Angels Hill Road/Sewer Rehab Dear Mr. Checchia: I am in receipt of your July 1 st, 1998 memorandum regarding the above referenced project. I offer the following in connection with the comments contained in that letter: 1. Our review of the post-lining video shows a potential obstruction on one" of the easterly sewer laterals. However, your offer to perform intermittent inspections during the warranty period to confirm successful operation of this lateral is acceptable to this office. Please inform us in writing when your initial inspection will be made. 2. Your preface to the statement that JI. . . the liner is fully opened and processed", does not belong in this sentence. However, we do agree that the liner in place is fully opened and processed. 3. We have raised some concerns regarding the last 23' of the lining. There is a certain section immediately upstream of the manhole that has deformed. You state in your letter that it is the last foot. I do not know that to be true. However, I do agree that it is the last section of the 23'. You recommend a solution to ream out the deformation and install a cured-in-place point repair. This is an acceptable solution to the problem. You stated to me that you can do a maximum of a 10' section utilizing this type of repair. I do not believe the deformed section is that long, and therefore, find this proposal acceptable. Would you kindly confirm in writing the date that you wish to perform this repair, and acknowledge the fact that the cost of the repair is under the terms of the original contract. Joseph E. Paggi, Jr., P.E. Ernst Martin, Jr., P.E.. L.S. Charles R. DelBene. .r roo P.L Thomas Checchia Re: All Angels Hill Road Sewer Line Rehabilitation - 2 - July 1, 1998 4. We take exception to the your statement(s) and logic used in Comment No.4. . I do not know for a fact that the point repair by Ben Ciccone, Inc. was obviously "due to a collapse in the host pipe, which prevented the liner from curing". . You then quote section 4.01.3(D) of the contract specifications. This section of the Contract Specifications refers to a procedure where immediately after the pre-video the Contractor informs the owner representative that there is a obstruction or collapsed pipe that will prevent installation of the liner, and an excavation needs to be made to repair the obstruction. At this point, this excavation needs to be approved in writing prior to commencement of the work and it shall be considered a pay item. Your concluding statement to have Ben Ciccone, Inc. submit their bill with all necessary backups to your office so that you may submit them for payment to the Town is, therefore, not in accordance with the Contract Specifications. . In a telephone conversation with you on this date, you indicated that in the pre-liner video the failure and/or collapse pipe was not evident to anybody, and that the point repair would have had to be made in any event. I: 1) feel it is the Contractor's responsibility to inform the owner that the point repair needed to be made prior to lining. 2) feel that the point repair would not have had to been made during premium time (overtime). 3) feel that the point repair would not have had to been made to the length (54:t') that it was made. 4) Feel that the cost incurred by Ben Ciccone, Inc. to repair and restore the two sewer laterals was not part of the point repair. Thomas Checchia Re: All Angels Hill Road Sewer line Rehabilitation - 3 - July 1, 1998 I would recommend that you review the contents of this letter and contact me Monday, July 6th, 1998 to arrange a mutually convenient time to discuss this matter so we may bring it to a conclusion. Our office is closed Friday, July 3'd, 1998, however, will be open Monday, July 6th, 1998. I am transmitting this letter to you by fax so you may have ample time to review it. If there are any questions, please do not hesitate to contact me at the office. ;y::~~ ~ Joseph E. Paggi, Jr., P.E. JEP:law cc: Hon. Constance O. Smith, Supervisor w/New Hope 07/01/98 Letter Hon. Vincent Bettina, Councilman w/New Hope 07/01/98 Letter Hon. Joseph Paoloni, Councilman w/New Hope 07/01/98 Letter Hon. Joseph Ruggiero, Councilman w/New Hope 07/01/98 Letter Hon. Robert Valdati, Councilman w/New Hope 07/01/98 Letter Albert P. Roberts, Esq. w/New Hope 07/01/98 Letter Michael Tremper w/New Hope 07/01/98 Letter Elaine Snowden w/New Hope 07/01/98 Letter