From:
Re:
A. Motion:
Discussion:
City of Nashua, Public Works Division
Board of Public Works Meeting Date: May 10, 2019
Stephen Dookran, P.E., City Engineer
Engineering Department
2019 Sidewaik Program
To approve the construction contract with Tri State Curb of Weare, NH in an
amount not to exceed $47,150. Funding will be through the Northwest Quadrant
Funds, the Southeast Quadrant Funds and the FY19 Sidewalk Capital Funds.
A large portion of Broad Street is being paved this spring as part of the Federal
Highway Paving Program. A 2,500 foot long sidewalk on the south side of Broad
St from Lutheran Drive to Denise Street is proposed to provide a continuous
sidewalk for pedestrians, including those walking to both Nashua North High and
the Broad Street Middle Schools. In addition, the sidewalk will provide greater
walkability for the entire community centered on Broad Street and it will connect
to the current sidewalk configuration making it accessible to people with
disabilities. In order to construct this proposed sidewalk, coordination with the
associated with the paving program is required.
Broad Street is being paved using federal funding that has time sensitive
requirement as to when the funding must be spent. Broad Street is scheduled to
be paved in early June so it is urgent that the curb be in place prior to final paving.
In addition, approximately 230 feet of granite curb will be installed on East
Dunstable Road as part of a proposed sidewalk to connect several segments of
sidewalk into a continuous stretch. This contract includes the installation of
granite curbing from 158 East Dunstable Road to Judith Drive with the sidewalk
to be constructed by in-house forces.
In April, a request for proposals was emailed to four contractors and advertised on
the City website. Only one proposal was received from Canterbury Timber
Company of Canterbury, NH in the amount of $258,468.50, which exceeded the
available funding. It was decided to perform the majority of sidewalk
construction using DPW forces except for the granite curb installation.
Phone calls were made to various curbing contractors to install 2,300 linear feet of
curb required for the sidewalk construction. Only Tri State Curb of Weare, NH is
available and is willing to coordinate the curb installation with the Broad Street
paving schedule. The quote of $47,150 is reasonable to install this quantity of
vertical granite curbing.
