An $874,500 contract has been approved for roadway reconstruction, curb, gutter and sidewalks in Haven Hollow in Apache Junction.
The City Council at a recent meeting approved the contract with Visus Engineering Construction Inc. for the work, which includes $79,500 in contingency funds.
Arizona Highway User Revenue Fund monies will be used to pay for the project. Construction is to begin in February with an anticipated finish of May 15, Project Engineer Raquel Schatz said at the council’s Jan. 17 meeting.
Sidewalks are planned only on the south side, she said.
“Now when we put sidewalks on one side, it’s mainly to help out with the drainage situation. Also we’re trying to work within a budget. We would love to put sidewalk and bicycle lanes everywhere in the city where council wishes to have. However, here, to try to minimize the cost, keep under budget, we have sidewalks just on the south side,” Schatz said.
Four bids were received. They were:
Visus Engineering Construction, $795,000;
PAP LLC, $908,383;
J. Banicki Construction $1,073,371; and
Combs Construction, $1,159,009.
With the $795,000 bid, $79,500 in contingency funds is added for any cost increases, Schatz said.
“Contingency is for unforeseen incidents that happen during the project. We may need to jog a sidewalk, we may have missed a mailbox, we may need to realign something — just something that was not caught in the design that the contractors caught out in the field. So we typically add a 10% contingency to all of these construction projects,” she said.
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Richard Dyer Managing Editor | East Valley @RHDyer
Meet Richard Richard Dyer has worked at Independent Newsmedia Inc. USA since 1987, starting his career in Apache Junction as a copy editor and being promoted over the years to work as the editor of the Mesa Independent, news services editor for the East Valley office in Apache Junction, managing editor for the East Valley office, news services editor for the East Valley office and eventually also for the newspapers at INI’s then-Chandler office, managing editor again and as a news editor covering Apache Junction/Gold Canyon and Queen Creek. He helped start the Florence Independent while the news editor covering Apache Junction and Mesa news. In January 2023, he became associate managing editor for the East Valley newspapers and in August 2023 became managing editor for the East Valley newspapers of Chandler/Tempe, Gilbert, Queen Creek, Florence, Mesa and Apache Junction/Gold Canyon, while also reporting on Mesa and Apache Junction/Gold Canyon.
Community: Since 2009, he has worked as a volunteer to design The Blue Guitar Magazine, Blue Guitar Jr. magazine and Unstrung magazine, which are projects of The Arizona Consortium for the Arts; and since 2014, has been overseeing the art submissions.
Education: University of Arizona with a master of arts in journalism and a bachelor of science in agricultural communication. Also continuing education at Mesa Community College in welding in a metal art sculpture class.
Random fact: Saw his first tornado on May 31, 2010, which was classified as an EF-2, as part of a stormchasing tour group.
Hobbies: He is an artist of welded-steel sculptures, selling his artwork at juried and non-juried art shows.
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