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EMERGENCY BRIDGE REPAIR - OSLO ROAD & 58TH AVENUE - <br />EMGHT AND MATHIS, INC. <br />The Board reviewed a Memorandum of March 18, 1996: <br />TO: James E. Chandler, <br />County Administrator <br />FROM: James W. Davis, P.E., <br />Public Works Director <br />J <br />SUBJECT: Emergency Bridge Repair - <br />Oslo Road Bridge over Lateral "B" Canal (58th Avenue) <br />REF. LETTER: Claud Mathis to Jim Davis dated March 14, 1996 <br />DATE: March 18, 1996 <br />DESCRIPTION AND CONDITIONS <br />Eleven steel H -piles have corroded beneath the Oslo Road Bridge over Lateral "B" <br />Canal. The piles are approximately 30 years old and need reinforcing with 3/8" <br />steel plate. Since this bridge serves most large trucks going to the landfill, the <br />repair is needed immediately. <br />In 1989, approximately 40 similar piles were reinforced with steel "U" plates <br />manufactured by Knight and Mathis, Inc., a local machine shop. County crews <br />installed the plates at that time. <br />Since the County bridge crews are busy with repairing two other bridges and also <br />need to schedule work on three in the Fellsmere area, staff has requested a price <br />from Knight and Mathis to install the plates. <br />ALTERNATIVES AND ANALYSIS <br />The cost to repair the bridge is $11,065. Staff has met with another local firm to <br />obtain an estimate, but it has not yet been received. Since time is of the essence, <br />staff is of the opinion that the work should proceed immediately. <br />RECOMMENDATIONS AND FUNDING <br />Staff recommends a purchase order be issued to Knight and Mathis, Inc. in the <br />amount of $11,065 to repair the Oslo Road bridge over Lateral "B" Canal and that, <br />bidding be waived. Funding to be from Road and Bridge Division Fund 111 -214 - <br />Bridge repair. <br />113 <br />ROOK 7 <br />March 19, 1996 <br />