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1' <br />I <br />I'MiSRUM, EIGREERS November 14, 1995 <br />File: 230 - 223 -30 <br />1326 Energy Park Drive <br />St. Paul, MN 55108 <br />Mr. Paul Flykt <br />612.644.4389 Barbarossa & Sons, Inc. <br />1- 800. 888.2923 11000 93rd Avenue North <br />Fax: 612.644 -9446 Osseo, MN 55369 <br />RE: DOWNTOWN PARKING LOT PAVING <br />CITY OF ELK RIVER <br />Dear Mr. Flykt: <br />Sincerely, <br />MSA, CONSULTING ENGINEERS <br />OFFICES IN: Terry . aurer, P.E. <br />MINNEAPOLIS <br />TJM:tw <br />PRIOR LAKE <br />223- 1409.nov <br />ST. PAUL <br />WASECA <br />An Equal Opportunity Employer <br />As you are aware, Bauerly Brothers recently paved the downtown parking lot in the City <br />of Elk River. This was done as a subcontractor to you and a change order to the Western <br />Area project. The quality of the workmanship in the paving of this parking lot is <br />01VIL ENGINEERING <br />questionable. Many of the joints overlap and leave small ridges and, in some areas, it <br />ENVIRCNMENTAL <br />appears it was not properly compacted. The surface texture is rather loose and rough. <br />MUNICIPAL <br />Finally, the aesthetics of the job are very poor. We have reviewed the situation with both <br />'LANNING <br />Ralph Bader, our construction inspector, and Phil Halls, Street Superintendent. We <br />SOLID WASTE <br />believe that a reasonable solution to the quality of work on this paving would be to seal <br />STRUCTURAL <br />coat the parking lot in spring and then restripe it. <br />SURVEYING <br />TRAFFIC <br />The City of Elk River annually has a seal coating program. We would suggest that <br />TRANSPCRTAT1CN <br />sufficient funds be withheld from this portion of the contract for the City to include the <br />parking lot in their 1996 seal coating program and then restripe it after seal coating. We <br />.LECTRICAL /MECF;ANCAL <br />estimate the seal coating cost to be approximately $1,800. The striping costs would be <br />ENG!NE;RING <br />„AC <br />similar to whatever we are charged this year for striping a parking lot. Unless you have <br />?CWER o STRIBU-CN <br />a better suggestion of how to deal with this issue, it would be my intent to withhold this <br />sCAOA <br />amount from the final pay estimate on this project for the corrections in 1996. <br />SYSTEM CONTR91LS <br />If you have any questions or comments, please call. <br />Sincerely, <br />MSA, CONSULTING ENGINEERS <br />OFFICES IN: Terry . aurer, P.E. <br />MINNEAPOLIS <br />TJM:tw <br />PRIOR LAKE <br />223- 1409.nov <br />ST. PAUL <br />WASECA <br />An Equal Opportunity Employer <br />