Item - 2014.PW33.13
Tracking Status
- City Council adopted this item on August 25, 2014 without amendments and without debate.
- This item was considered by the Public Works and Infrastructure Committee on August 13, 2014 and adopted without amendment. It will be considered by City Council on August 25, 2014.
PW33.13 - Capital Works Administrative Procedure Change to Support the Acceleration of the Basement Flooding Protection Program
- Decision Type:
- ACTION
- Status:
- Adopted on Consent
- Wards:
- All
City Council Decision
City Council on August 25, 26, 27 and 28, 2014, adopted the following:
1. City Council authorize the Executive Director, Engineering and Construction Services, through Program Management Engineering Consulting Assignment agreements for the Basement Flooding Protection Program, to appoint professional engineering consultants as agents of the City for the purposes of approving, committing the City to and signing on behalf of the City, construction contract change orders, where the:
a. change order does not exceed $25,000 and is within the contingency allowance of the contract;
b. change in scope of work, resulting in the change order request, was not foreseeable at the time of the engineering design;
c. change order request is not attributed to an error or omission on the part of the engineering design consultant.
Background Information (Committee)
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2014/pw/bgrd/backgroundfile-72352.pdf
PW33.13 - Capital Works Administrative Procedure Change to Support the Acceleration of the Basement Flooding Protection Program
- Decision Type:
- ACTION
- Status:
- Adopted
- Wards:
- All
Committee Recommendations
The Public Works and Infrastructure Committee recommends that:
1. City Council authorize the Executive Director, Engineering and Construction Services, through Program Management Engineering Consulting Assignment agreements for the Basement Flooding Protection Program, to appoint professional engineering consultants as agents of the City for the purposes of approving, committing the City to and signing on behalf of the City, construction contract change orders, where the:
a. change order does not exceed $25,000 and is within the contingency allowance of the contract;
b. change in scope of work, resulting in the change order request, was not foreseeable at the time of the engineering design;
c. change order request is not attributed to an error or omission on the part of the engineering design consultant.
Origin
Summary
This report responds to the need to expand and accelerate the capital delivery of Toronto Water’s Basement Flooding Protection Program (the "Program"). An expanded program management capital delivery model is being proposed, where engineering consultants, under contract to deliver this Program, would be granted authority to act as agents of the City to approve routine construction contract change orders, up to pre-defined limits, and thereby free up in-house professional engineering staff resources to provide the necessary oversight and management of the expanded Program.
Background Information
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2014/pw/bgrd/backgroundfile-72352.pdf
Speakers
Councillor Peter Leon