Water projects awarded

The Grand Coulee council voted to fund three water projects at its meeting March 18.

The three projects were awarded to Pipkin Construction of Wenatchee on a low bid of $422,539.64, and will be funded from the city’s water reserve fund.

The projects are:

(1) Replace water main along SR-155 from SR-174 to Main Street and along Main Street from SR-155 to Spokane Way. Pipkin’s bid on this leg of the project was $204,267.65;

(2) Replacement of water main along Van Tyne Avenue from Kimball Street to St. Henry’s Catholic Church. Pipkin’s bid on this portion of the overall project was $32,075.70; and

(3) Replace water main along Butler Street from Roosevelt Drive to SR-174, along SR-174 from Butler Street to Granger Avenue NE, and along Granger Avenue NE from SR-174 to Boulder Avenue NE. Pipkin’s bid was $186,196.29.

The engineer’s estimate of the three parts of the water project was $397,072. Jeff Stevens from the city’s engineering firm, Gray & Osborne, recommended that the council award the bid to the Wenatchee firm.

Three firms bid on the project. Each of the other two firms were about $100,000 higher than Pipkin’s bid.

City officials said the work on the water projects would begin soon.