A change order was approved by city council on Monday night for the servicing of the southeast industrial park, at a price tag of over $217,000. 

The change order was quite complex as the city hired ISL Engineering as a consultant for the project and split it into two tasks. 

“One is specific to the Saskpower servicing and the second part is the City of Moose Jaw's infrastructure that we can address while we're doing this feeder main for SaskPower,” said director of engineering Bevan Harlton. 

Task 1 

The first task of servicing the SaskPower Great Plains Power Station construction site was through an agreement with SaskPower that was made in 2018. This includes a 70/30 cost sharing split, with SaskPower covering 70 per cent of the costs. 

About $110,000 of the change order is part of the first task because the water lines would need to cross a couple of railroad crossings and a river crossing. 

“So, there's additional geotech, which is about half the cost of this whole change order,” said city manager Jim Puffalt. 

The water line will be hooked up to the east feeder main at the intersection of Fairford Street and Third Avenue East, which leads to the second task of assessing the city’s infrastructure. 

Task 2 

ISL was asked by the city to assess the cast iron and storm main situation in the area of the east feeder main. The assessment showed that 290 metres of cast iron water mains and 290 metres of sanitary mains need to be replaced.  

Seventy metres of pipes would need to be pipe-jacked under the CN Rail bridge at Third and Fourth Avenue East along Fairford Street. There are 35 metres of storm sewers that need to be replaced and 175 metres of storm sewers that need new linings. Seven manholes will also be replaced. 

All of the costs for the second task will be paid solely by the city. 

The total of over $217,000 covers both tasks. Under the agreement with SaskPower, the city’s share would be $103,000. The cost split for the change order has not been confirmed yet with SaskPower. 

The city’s share would be covered by the existing budget for the southeast industrial park and remaining funds from the Clean Water and Wastewater Fund, a previous grant the city received for the servicing of the southeast industrial park. 

The change order was passed unanimously with Mayor Fraser Tolmie absent.