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TO: Mayor Richard C. Irvin
FROM: David E. Schumacher, P.E., Superintendent of Water Production
DATE: November 22, 2021
SUBJECT:
Resolution to award a contract for the Fox Valley East Ground Storage Tanks Rehabilitation project in the amount of $2,651,176.00 for the Water Production Division
PURPOSE:
To obtain City Council approval to award a contract to Tecorp, Inc., 2221 Muriel Court, Joliet, Illinois 60433 (Tecorp) for the Fox Valley East Ground Storage Tanks Rehabilitation project for the Water Production Division (WPD) in an amount of $2,651,176.00.
BACKGROUND:
The Fox Valley East Booster Station site (FVE), located at 3244 Richland Court, Aurora, Illinois, has been in operation for approximately 45 years and provides water service and pressure to the city's High Pressure System.
The FVE site includes the Fox Valley East Booster Station building, an existing deep well (Well # 22), and four (4) potable water ground storage tanks. The four tanks are of a welded steel construction with column and rafter supported roofs. The two southern most tanks are each 1.0 million gallons, constructed in 1974, with the most recent painting in 1998. The two northern most tanks are each 1.1 million gallons, constructed in 2000, with the most recent painting in 2001.
As part of the WPD's regular tank inspection program, evaluations of all four tanks were performed by a specialty water tank inspection company in September and November 2018. A report for each individual tank was provided and presented the findings of the tank's evaluation. All four tanks were deemed to need various levels of recoating, repairing, corrosion protection improvements, OSHA and EPA safety improvements, and other maintenance needs.
As such, it was identified that a rehabilitation project for all four tanks was needed. Accordingly, the WPD hired Engineering Enterprises, Inc. (EEI) to perform the necessary design, project administration, and construction observation professional servic...
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