The contracts involve design work for the widening of Hughes Road, and approving construction services for the Barry Rose Water Reclamation and Longwood Water Reclamation Facility Decommission Project, according to city documents.
Both items were approved unanimously with one member absent.
What readers need to know
The contract for the Barry Rose plant totals nearly $3.5 million and will go to Texas-based Freese & Nichols, according to city documents.
Freese & Nichols have been involved in the design of the project dating back to 2023, documents show. This new contract now includes construction phase services, which could include construction submittals and meetings, and other construction-related tasks.
The money for this contract is not new money, officials confirmed at the meeting. It was part of the original budget for the project.
The background
The project as a whole calls for reconstructing and expanding the Barry Rose Water Reclamation Facility to to pump 5 million gallons a day, as well as decommission the Longwood Water Reclamation Facility, City Manager Trent Epperson said at the meeting. Water going through Longwood would then be transferred to Barry Rose.
In February 2023, City Council approved a design project with Freese & Nichols, city documents show. However, that contract did not include construction phase services.
Meanwhile, construction on the project started earlier in the year and is ongoing, city documents show. Further work packages are expected to be approved at a later date.
Also on the agenda
City Council approved a $1.43 million contract with Ardurra Group Inc. to prepare construction plans for widening Hughes Road between Pearland Parkway and Pearland’s city limits, according to city documents.
The work calls for widening the road from two lanes to four, along with other elements, such as curbs and gutter, sidewalk, a raised median and stormwater system, and traffic signals at the Hughes Road and Alexander Ridge Lane intersection, documents show.
According to city documents, the contract is broken up into:
- $748,392 for basic design
- $519,608 for additional services, such as surveying, and environmental, geotechnical and tree protection
- $141,771 for the construction phase
- $23,940 for the bid phase
In January, the city entered into an agreement with Harris County for the project, documents show. Harris County will contribute about $4.86 million to the project.
