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PAGGI & MARTIN
Consulting Engineers & Land Surveyors
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54-56 Main Street
Poughkeepsie, New York 1260 I
914-47 1-78 9 8
September 20, 1995
Town Board
Town ot-Wappinger
P.O. Box 324
Wappingers Falls, New York 12590
Attention:
Constance O. Smith
Tri-Municipal Sewer Commission
Change Orders
Dear Supervisor Smith and Board Members:
Reference:
As instructed by the Town Board, I have reviewed all the approved and
pending Change Orders for the four (4) construction contracts that the
Tri-Municipal Sewer Commission is presently doing for the Town of
Wappinger expansion.
Our research indicates the following:
CONTRA CT NO. 1 - (Sewer Plant ExoansionJ:
There have been fourteen (14) approved Change Orders totaling
$87,019.53. These Change Orders were due to design modifications
and unanticipated existing conditions.
There also appears to be five (5) proposed Change Orders by the
Contractors that have not been approved by the Commission as of yet.
CONTRACT NO.2 - (Electrical Work at Sewer Plant ExoansionJ:
There appears to be one (1) approved Change Order in the amount of
$1,540.00 for design modifications.
CONTRA CT NO. 3 - (Pumo Station Modification & Surge Tank
ConstructionJ:
There appears to be three (3) approved Change Orders totaling
$71,768.19. The bulk of this Change Order was additional rock
encountered that was not anticipated.
There also appears to be an unapproved Change Order request by the
Contractor for excavation around an unanticipated laid up storm sewer
pipe.
Joseph E. Paggi,Jr., P.E.
Ernst Martin, Jr., P.E., L.S.
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Constance O. Smith
RE: Change Orders
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September 20, 1995
CONTRACT NO.4 - (Electric Vl(ork for the Puma Station & Surge Tank);
There was an approved Change Order for the amount $8,734.00 to
modify the contract as bid..
There appears. to be no additional Chdnge OrcJer requests by the
Contractor. .
To this date, it would appear that Tri-Municipal has approved
approximately $169,000.00 worth of Change Orders on four (4)
construction contracts totaling a little over $7,300,000.00. This equals
approximately 2.3%, which is within accepted standards.
I would recommend that we get together in a Workshop Session to
discuss these Change Orders, and I will try to address the Board's
questions at that time if they have any.
It should be noted that if there are questions as to the details of the
Change Orders and the overall technical merit, I would recommend that
they be addressed to the Commission and/or the Commission's
Engineers.
Very truly yours,
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Joseph E. Paggi, Jr., P.E.
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cc: Albert P. Roberts, Esq.