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Engineer Roger Cain announced that Dick Rettstadt of B. R. Marine Construction of Ft. Pierce is here today to present their request for final payment. Richard Rettstadt, 516 Indian Lilac Road - Vero Beach explained that the project did come in under the original contract amount. One of the reasons for that is that allotments were made for pile splices. They did things that they could not get paid for, such as piling a little bit longer. It eliminated pile splicing and time delays which could be a problem confronting us now. There were no change orders on their part, as far as advances are concerned. There was one deduct order and there were no add-on change orders. County staff allowed the delay created by the DOT inspections of the piling yard. With regard to the extra piling they ran into that some felt they should have known was there, they knew there was piling there from the bridge they were removing, but they didn't know there was piling there from a bridge that was there before. That is what they ran into. Another problem was the utility crossing. They were under the impression that the water system was hooked up in a loop system, but after a week or so of putting in all kinds of piling to support the loop system, it wasn't used because there wasn't a loop system. In addition, there were some problems with the curbing and there were some problems which they created themselves. All in all, the project went very well and working with County staff was a true pleasure. Keeping the neighbors happy while this was going on was a job in itself, but everything worked well. All they are asking is that the Board approve Alternative #2. Mr. Rettstadt thought the deducts in the original price exceed the few days that they ran over with the liquidated damages. Commissioner Scurlock understood that staff's recommendation is Alternative f1, but Mr. Cain noted that a couple of the items that were brought out today were not mentioned in the letter from the contractor that lists his reasons for the overage. He wished to point out that we do recognize that the contractor performed very well and we would recommend him for future County work. We are not in any way demeaning the contractor nor do we have any problems with his performance. In a public works contract with liquidated damages, the terms are spelled out and the time limit is given. The contractor did exceed the time limit without excuse given under the terms of the contract. Mr. Cain stated that he would have no problem granting 4 additional days pertaining to the pile inspection as requested in their letter. He would disagree a little bit on whether an inspector might have found the piling for the bridge that was there prior to that. The piling probably was 4C MAR 17 199