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| Written by Brian McCauley | |||
| Wednesday, 04 February 2009 09:00 | |||
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Now that nearly 17 miles of pipeline have been installed for Paola’s and Louisburg’s joint water project, members of the Marais des Cygnes Public Utility Authority met Monday to iron out a discrepancy in the final totals. PUA board members met with John and Lisa Crawford of J&N Utilities during Monday’s monthly board meeting. J&N handled the pipeline installation for the project, which also includes the construction of a water plant southeast of Paola and two new water towers. Louis Funk of Bartlett and West Engineers, the company that designed the project, reviewed the discrepancy with the board members. The project included the installation of 16-inch, 20-inch and 24-inch ductile iron pipe. Funk’s spreadsheet showed the differences between the lengths of each pipeline based on what was bid, what was calculated in daily diaries as it was installed and what was calculated by subtracting what was left over from the invoiced amount. The discrepancy added up to about 100 feet of pipeline, which the officials agreed was not bad considering there were 17 miles installed. The board members agreed to go with a final figure that was a compromise between the daily diaries amount and the amount J&N calculated. The change order will give J&N an additional $3,914. John Crawford said the lines should be ready in a couple weeks to be filled and pressure tested. PUA board members also agreed a testing plan should be submitted that would limit the times the main line needs to be tapped. In other business at the meeting, PUA board members:
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