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City of Nashua, Public Works Division
Board of Public Works Meeting Date: June 28, 2018
Stephen Dookran, P.E., City Engineer
Engineering Department
2018 Paving Program — Newport Contract
Change Order No. 1
To approve Change Order No. 1 to the paving contract for the FY18 Paving
Program to Newport Construction of Nashua, NH in the amount of $ 50,000.
Funding will be through Department 160 Admin/Engineering; Fund: Bond;
Activity: Paving.
As the City is paving numerous residential, collector, and arterial streets, the
City’s paving contractor Newport Construction has to furnish qualified flaggers to
direct traffic through or around the work zones. The flagger rates have gone up
drastically since the March 15, 2018 bid submittal. In the bid request, the City
carried an allowance of $100,000 and specified flagger rates as $22 per hour for
straight time work, $33 per hour for overtime work, and $44 per hour for double
time work, based on the contract from last year. Since construction began in
May, Newport has been billed by the flagger company at elevated rates.
Currently, there is an extremely high demand for flaggers on utility contracts and
construction projects throughout the State and flagging companies are having
difficulty recruiting qualified staff. The regular flagger rate is now $28.50 per
hour. Therefore, Engineering is requesting a change order for an additional
$50,000 to Newport’s contract to cover charges associated with increases in
flagger rates.
