LA County Flood Control Eyes $8.5M-$12.75M Sawpit Dam Retrofit
A Sawpit debris dam seismic retrofit goes to the LA County Board on Nov. 17 with a proposed $8.5M to $12.75M construction estimate and a bid advertisement.
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Los Angeles County Public Works is asking the Board of Supervisors to put a seismic retrofit of the Sawpit debris dam out to bid, with an estimated construction contract of $8.5 million to $12.75 million. The request is item 37 on the Nov. 17 agenda and has not been voted on.
Why it matters
The item sits in Supervisorial District 5 and comes from Public Works acting for the County Flood Control District. It asks the Board to approve the project and authorize the Chief Engineer to adopt the plans and specifications and advertise for construction bids. The agenda lists the action as exempt from CEQA.
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For contractors, advertising is the signal that matters. No contractor is named on the record, because the job has not been bid. A $12.75 million ceiling is large enough to draw heavy civil and dam work firms, and the spread between the low and high estimate is wide at $4.25 million. Bidders will price against the plans and specs the Chief Engineer adopts, so those documents set the scope everyone competes on.
This is public flood-control work, not a private development. It belongs in our Los Angeles coverage because county capital spending on dam safety feeds the local heavy-civil bid pipeline.
The numbers
- Estimated construction contract cost: $8,500,000 to $12,750,000.
- Agenda item: 37, file 26-6812, Supervisorial District 5.
- Action requested: approve project, authorize the Chief Engineer to adopt plans and specs and advertise for bids.
- Environmental status on the agenda: CEQA exempt.
The agenda does not state the dam’s size or the exact work location, so we do not report either here.
What’s next
The Board takes up the item on Nov. 17. If it approves, Public Works advertises the contract and bids follow. Because the estimate is a range, the low bid will show where within it the market lands. We will update when a vote or a bid opening is on the record.
Quick answers
- Did LA County Flood Control eye $8.5M-$12.75M Sawpit Dam Retrofit in Los Angeles?
- A Sawpit debris dam seismic retrofit goes to the LA County Board on Nov. 17 with a proposed $8.5M to $12.75M construction estimate and a bid advertisement.
- What are the key numbers for Los Angeles County Public Works?
- estimated construction contract cost: $8.5M-$12.75M; Board agenda date: Nov. 17; file 26-6812, District 5: Item 37.
- Where does the information on Los Angeles County Public Works come from?
- The story cites LA County Board of Supervisors.
On the record
Item 37 (file 26-6812) on the Nov. 17 Board agenda asks the Board, acting as the governing body of the County Flood Control District, to approve the Sawpit debris dam seismic retrofit project at an estimated construction contract cost of $8,500,000 to $12,750,000 and authorize advertising for bids.
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