Lakeland RSD To Start Accepting Construction Bids
July 28, 2016 at 4:25 p.m.
By Jordan Fouts-
“We finally got the news we’ve been waiting for several months – years, even,” Casey Erwin, of engineering firm DLZ Corp., reported early in the meeting. The approval allowed the board to set meetings in the coming weeks to receive bids for the sewer collection and treatment systems.
For bidding purposes, the project will be split into four parts: the northern, middle and southern areas of the collection system – the last of which includes all three pump stations – and the wastewater treatment plant.
The district plans to advertise for construction bids Nov. 14 and 21, according to a timeline from DLZ, followed by a pre-bid meeting Nov. 25 to answer questions from prospective companies. The district will open bids during public meetings Dec. 11, 16 and 18, and is expected to pick contractors in February or March.
The district must close on the project funding loan by March 11, the board heard. The project is slated to be finished by fall 2016, according to the timeline.
The projected completion date prompted area residents Andy and Sarah Lockridge, who bought an empty lot in the district and plan to start building a small home in early 2016, to ask about their sewer options and obligations.
Board President Jim Haney told them that since the land is currently a vacant lot, the district is not allowed to provide service yet. They would incur the cost of grinder pump installation themselves unless they were able to tap into one already installed for a neighbor on either side.
Until they could hook into the system, their best option for sewer would be installing a holding tank, Bob Weaver, Kosciusko County Health Department administer, told them.[[In-content Ad]]
“We finally got the news we’ve been waiting for several months – years, even,” Casey Erwin, of engineering firm DLZ Corp., reported early in the meeting. The approval allowed the board to set meetings in the coming weeks to receive bids for the sewer collection and treatment systems.
For bidding purposes, the project will be split into four parts: the northern, middle and southern areas of the collection system – the last of which includes all three pump stations – and the wastewater treatment plant.
The district plans to advertise for construction bids Nov. 14 and 21, according to a timeline from DLZ, followed by a pre-bid meeting Nov. 25 to answer questions from prospective companies. The district will open bids during public meetings Dec. 11, 16 and 18, and is expected to pick contractors in February or March.
The district must close on the project funding loan by March 11, the board heard. The project is slated to be finished by fall 2016, according to the timeline.
The projected completion date prompted area residents Andy and Sarah Lockridge, who bought an empty lot in the district and plan to start building a small home in early 2016, to ask about their sewer options and obligations.
Board President Jim Haney told them that since the land is currently a vacant lot, the district is not allowed to provide service yet. They would incur the cost of grinder pump installation themselves unless they were able to tap into one already installed for a neighbor on either side.
Until they could hook into the system, their best option for sewer would be installing a holding tank, Bob Weaver, Kosciusko County Health Department administer, told them.[[In-content Ad]]
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