Title
G & G Specialty Contractors, Inc.
Description
For $71,785.53 in additional payment authority for Agreement 146649, for Change Orders 6 and 7 (Project AH10150006-E) Pine Tower Apartments Phase II Remodeling Project for the Housing Department. Pine Towers Apartments is a four-story senior/disabled public housing complex with 156 apartments and a Community Center. Constructed in 1960 the City acquired the property in 1972 for its assisted senior housing program. Federal Capital Funds are being utilized for Phase II of the building modernization project that includes complete renovation of 45 studio apartments, additional laundry room for the site and remodeling the Community Center. The federal funds do not permit an allowance within the bid documents so Change Orders are needed to accommodate unforeseen conditions, owner requested modifications, building code compliance, and life safety issues. This request for additional payment authority includes 18 activities such as replacing deteriorated plumbing systems and framing discovered behind drywall after demolition, provide lighting fixture changes to smaller more energy efficient products now available, adding additional conduit and wiring in the community center to meet new City IT Department requirements to support City staff that will be located in the building, installing door sweeps, adding more user friendly pocket door hardware, needing additional 600 MCM cable to circumvent a buried pool, providing a special inspection prior to energizing the 2,000 amp SES panel for the building, installing semi-recessed fire extinguisher per inspector instead of wall mount, rewiring community center kitchen to meet current code and ADA accessibility, and installing video cameras and equipment for the community center for the security of residents and city property. These items were enhancements to the original design, necessary to meet code compliance, provide better energy efficiency and improve life safety issues for the residents of the facility. This project uses federal Housing and Urban Development funds and no General Funds are required.