POD East Dubuque Excavation ProjectTHE CITY OF DUBUQUE
Masterpiece on the Mississippi
Dubuqu
All-Ameican City
2007
TO: The Honorable Mayor and City Council Members
FROM: Michael C. Van Milligen, City Manager
SUBJECT: Port of Dubuque Public Parking Facility
East Dubuque Excavation Project
DATE: May 23, 2008
The plans and specifications for the Port of Dubuque Public Parking Facility Project
required that excess excavated material was to be removed and disposed of off of the
construction site. The contractor was not given information on the fill material in
advance and it was transported to a site in East Dubuque, Illinois, for fill for an
excavation site. It was later determined by State of Illinois officials that the East
Dubuque site was not a permitted landfill for the material nor was the material
acceptable fill material and that Illinois landfill regulations required that the material be
relocated.
City Engineer Gus Psihoyos advises that bids were received for relocating the material
to the Dubuque Metropolitan Area Solid Waste Agency Landfill and the contract was
awarded to Drew Cook & Sons Excavating, Inc. in the amount of $330,395.
The resolution authorizing the City Manager to award the contract requires that the City
Manager report the award of the contract to the City Council.
Michael C. Van Milligen
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cc: Barry Lindahl, City Attorney
Cindy Steinhauser, Assistant City Manager
Gus Psihoyos, City Engineer
THE CITY OF DUBUQUE
Masterpiece on the Mississippi
Dubuque
All-American City
2007
TO: Michael C. Van Milligen, City Mana
FROM: Gus Psihoyos, City Engineer
SUBJECT: Port of Dubuque Public Parking Facility
East Dubuque Excavation Project
DATE: May 21, 2008
The plans and specifications for the Port of Dubuque Public Parking Facility
Project required that excess excavated material was to be removed and
disposed of off of the construction site. The contractor was not given information
on the fill material in advance and it was transported to a site in East Dubuque,
Illinois, for fill for an excavation site. It was later determined by State of Illinois
officials that the East Dubuque site was not a permitted landfill for the material
nor was the material acceptable fill material and that Illinois landfill regulations
required that the material be relocated.
The following is a summary of the bids received for relocating the material to the
Dubuque Metropolitan Area Solid Waste Agency Landfill:
Drew Cook & Sons Excavating, Inc. $330,395.00
Tschiggfrie Excavating Co. $417,852.50
Horsfield Construction, Inc. $816,270.00
The City Manager awarded the contract on April 25, 2008, to Drew Cook & Sons
Excavating, Inc. of Dubuque, Iowa, in the amount of $330,395.00.
The resolution (Res. 307-07) authorizing the City Manager to award the contract
requires that the City Manager report the award of the contract to the City
Council.
cc: Steve Sampson Brown, Project Manager