As City Council may recall, on June 2015 Hennessy Construction Services and the City of New Port Richey entered into a purchasing and agency agreement for construction services as part of the Sims Park Improvements Phase 1 project. Included in the project were the construction of two shade structures and foundations facing the existing band shell. The shade structures were custom made and assembled by Landscape Structures Incorporated. The foundations for the structures were bid out, and the installations and survey work was performed under the direction and oversight of Hennessey Construction Services. Once the project was completed the warranty phase began. It was during this time the City's Construction Services Division identified a powder coating defect on the steel beams of both shade structures. Hennessy Construction Services and the manufacture of the shade structures were contacted by staff and notified of the defective steel beams. Once the investigation process was concluded, Hennessy Construction Services and the manufacture agreed to dismantle the existing structures and perform corrective actions under the warranty specifications at no charge to the City.
During the design of the Sims Park Improvements Phase II project, two additional shade structures were proposed to be installed north of the existing shade structures. The proposed shade structures were spec'd out as the same custom structures installed in Phase 1 for uniformity purposes. Subsequent to discussions held by the City's Construction Services Division, Hennessy Construction Service and the manufacture, the following items have been agreed upon:
1. The purchase price for the two (2) proposed shade structures are the same as the structures purchased in phase 1.
2. The cost for the concrete foundations has been competitively bid by Hennessy Construction Services. Joswig $20,160, El Shearer $20,274, and CCC $26,289.
3. Hennessy Construction Services has applied a 5% charge for the construction of the two proposed shade structures. Total dollar amount for this oversight of construction activities is $3,484. Savings for this construction activity have been identified by Hennessy Construction Services using the same project manager assigned to the Rec. Center Project that is expected to be underway at the same time.
4. Once the new shade structures are fabricated the manufacture will dismantle the existing defective structures, transport the beams back to their plant, remove the powder coating to bear metal, prep, apply new powder coating, and transport material back to Sims Park. The work performed by the manufacture and oversight performed by Hennessy Construction Services will be performed as a warranty items at no cost to the City.
5. Subsequent to dismantling of the existing structures, the manufacture will assemble the new shade structures on the existing fountains and install the reconditioned structures on the new concrete fountains.
6. The construction activities will be continuous for the removal and installation of the first arrival of shade structures. Concrete foundation activities will continue from the excavation, to the pouring, and finishing of concrete. Safety fencing and or barricades shall remain in place until shade structures arrive; during which time the assembly phase will be continuous.
7. All construction activities will take into account and accommodate all special events.
8. Sims Park will open and close on its regularly scheduled days of operation.