REPORT TO CITY COUNCIL
To:Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council
From:Jason Simpson, City Manager
Prepared by:Shannon Buckley, Assistant City Manager
Date:March 25, 2025
Subject:Change Order No. 2 to the Professional Services Agreement with Inland Foundation Engineering, Inc. for Geotechnical Services on the New City Hall Project
Recommendation
Approve and authorize the City Manager to execute Change Order No. 2 to the agreement with Inland Foundation Engineering, Inc. in an amount not to exceed $110,000.00 for geotechnical services related to the New City Hall Project in such final form as approved by the City Attorney.
Background
August 27, 2024, the city entered into a professional services agreement with Inland Foundation Engineering, Inc. to provide geotechnical engineering services with valued engineering concepts.
On December 10, 2024, Change Order No. 1 was approved by the City Council for additional geotechnical engineering services. At this time a second change order is required to complete the engineering services needed for the new city hall project. The additional services are needed to certify the engineered building and final structural inspections of concrete, steel, and framing on the project.
Discussion
This change order contains standard geotechnical engineering services for steel superstructure construction projects and will satisfy the geotechnical engineering construction documentation to affect structural certification. The finishing tasks are included in the following:
Reinforced Masonry Inspection and Testing
•Verification of reinforcement placement
•Inspection of anchor and other embedded placement
•Sampling and fabrication of concrete masonry units (CMU), grout, mortar Change Order No. 2 Inland Foundation Engineering Geotechnical Services
Structural Steel and Welding Inspection
•Verify WPS, welder qualifications, and equipment
•Verify heat numbers and mill certification information for all materials Welding Inspection during Shop Fabrication of Structural Steel Components •Site welding inspection
•High-strength bolt sampling, testing, and material verification Laboratory Testing
•Reinforcing steel – bend and tensile strength
•High-strength bolts and nuts – hardness and tensile strength •Concrete – compressive strength
•Masonry core shear strength
•Soil and aggregate base – optimum moisture content, maximum density The Inland Foundation Engineering, Inc. change order will include all of the originally proposed services in greater quantity, specifically the structural steel and welding Inspection and welding inspection during shop fabrication of structural steel components.
Fiscal Impact
Funding costs are included in the Fiscal Year 24/25 – 28/29 Capital Improvement Plan (CIP) budget, CIP Project No. Z20006.
Attachments
Attachment 1 - Change Order No. 2
City Manager’s Office