HomeMy WebLinkAboutKURT WASHINGTON W and W Construction
2220 East 11 Street
PORT ARTHUR, TX. 77640
Phone 409 - 983 -4255 or 409 - 718 -511
Home Phone 409 - 982 -6938 or 409 - 718 -5566
To: Port Arthur City Council July 5, 2013
Re: 9 avenue sidewalks
We are W and W Construction a small business in Port Arthur, Texas. We hire local people to
work as construction and grass crews for various jobs. I (Walter Washington III and my brother
Pastor Kurt Washington) manage this small business. In an effort to save time when my brother
addresses the council this is an over view of the problems.
1. We were awarded a contract to complete a job during the rainy season. Included is a copy
of the rain days that we have.
2. We were notified after the job was awarded that we would only be allowed to pour every
seven days and that we could only pour one approach at a time. The restriction was due to
the need to allow the residents of the apartment complex access to the parking lots and
give a seven day cure time per the engineer.
a. This requirement meant that it would extend our ability to finish in a 34 day
period.
b. Please note that the area is surrounded by concrete on all sides and therefore had
no place for the water to drain. There were times when it rained for three or more
days in a row. This meant that the water had to be pumped and time allotted for
the site to dry.
c. We are well aware of the time it took to complete but believe it is unfair to charge
us for condition we had no control over. Giving W and W a rain day for the day it
rain does not allow for any dry time. Please look at the calendar and pictures.
3. We were told by the inspector that the contract required us to come into the road and tie
into 9 avenue. This requirement would cause additional expenses not bided in our
proposal. It also required the renting of a machine to cut the concrete at a cost of $500.00
dollars. We rented the machine and started the work and were notified by the engineer
that it was not a part of our contract. We had already obeyed the orders of the city
inspector. The additional cost of 1,000 dollars should not be on W and W Construction.
4. There was telephone line that was cut by our equipment operator after we were notified
that there were no utilities in our way. (Yes we did call and get clearance to work). This
delayed the job a week because we could not work on the site, it also rained, and the rule
to not remove but one entrance way caused us not to not be able to do another site until
that previous site was complete was involved.
5. We also need for the council to know that all pours required approval of the city inspector
before we could pour.
6. We were told that we were to coordinate with the apartment managers. The apartment
manager for the town homes was unavailable for twenty one days. The first manager was
un- available and after two week a new manager was hired. We could not work on the last
side walk and approach because it was the fire entrance and the gate had to be removed
by someone else.
a. We were told by the engineer when the gate was removed and we could proceed.
This was 21 days after we had the rest of the project completed.
b. We informed the engineer that we had already removed a slab for dairy queen and
had to replace before Friday and Saturday rush in Winnie, Texas (owner makes
the bulk of his sales on beach travelers on the weekend.
7. We prepared the last pour and were told by the inspector that we could not pour because
of the sidewalk elevation code. We then changed the elevation and were approved to pour
the slab.
a. After we had pour the slab we were told that the sliding gate plate was not level
and it needed to be remove and redone without considering the sidewalk
elevation. We also were told that the curbs were not acceptable and needed to be
redone.
i. We notified the engineer that we pour according to the inspector's
requirement and therefore should not have to pay for the removal and re-
pour.
ii. We also stated that all of our work had been approved by the inspector.
We therefore felt like during the 21 days that we was waiting on the
managers approval and the gate to be removed could have been used for
curb replacement if we had known.
iii. Please also note that the final pour occurred on May 7, 2013 on a re -pour
that was not our fault. Yet we have been charged for liquidation damages
through May 16, 2013. (Nine additional days)
8. Please notice that the amount of liquidations of $4,500 dollars and the additional work
cost of $4,000 dollars.
a. $1000.00 dollars for the equipment, labor, and materials for the inspector's error
in cutting and breaking concrete that was not in the scope of the work.
b. $3000.00 dollars for the re -pour of the fire gate that we were told to break,
remove, and re -pour.
Please note that W and W is a small company and $4000 to $6000 dollars is a major lost to our
company. We borrowed the money to do this job and feel we should be paid the entire amount.
We meet with the city engineer and inspector and felt it had been resolved only to discover that it
was not. We meet with the city Manager and he stated we should not be charged for work
approved by the city officials. Then I was called and told we had to submit to city council for
approval or accept $24,524.75 Dollars. This constitutes a 4000 dollar lost on top of the lost we
already experience due to rework because of rain.
The inspector even had us to put lime one time in to help dry the ground so that we could
proceed. Five days later we had to remove the materials and remove the lime, dirt and replace
with new material to get that portion poured.
Walter Washington and Kurt Washington
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Department of Public Works
FINAL PAYMENT
9th Avenue - Phase 2 ADA Project
Contractor: W. & W. Construction
Time Calculations Calendar Day Project
Construction Duration: January 14, 2013 to May 16, 2013 IJ - TA DAYS 122
No Charge Dates: January: 14, 15, 16, 21
February: 6, 7, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 19, 20, 21, 22, 24
March: 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 23, 24, 25, 31
April: 1, 2, 5, 10, 11, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21,
22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30
May: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10
SUBTOTAL DAYS 57
Time Submitted in the Contractor's Bid: SUBTOTAL DAYS 35
Days in Liquidated Damages: TOTAL DAYS -30
Final Payment Calculations
Bid Amount: $24,524.75
C. O. Amount
Timber Creek: $1,902.47 (Drwy Rem: $531.53 + Drwy Rep: $1370.94) Z 7 e .a-
P.A. Town Homes $789.72 (Drwy Rem: $220.64 + Drwy Rep: $569.08)
Liquidated Damages: - $4,500.00 (30 Days x $150 per day)
TOTAL CONTRACT PAYMENT $22,716.94 (Less Original Bid: $1,825.81)
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