City officials awarded a bid to a Seymour-based contractor who will be doing concrete work that’s part of a bus pull-off to be located at NexusPark.
The Columbus Board of Public Works and Safety on Tuesday unanimously agreed to award PAF Construction, LLC after they submitted the low bid of $47,137 for a pull-off that will be between the entrances to NexusPark along Herman Darlage Drive.
A bus pull-off is a designated spot on the side of a roadway where buses can pull out of the flow of traffic to safely pick up and drop off passengers.
City Engineer Andrew Beckort said when bids were opened last week that the work is expected to be complete by April 7.
The other five bids received were:
- CASE Construction for $75,135.74
- All Star Paving for $76,719.49
- Lawyer Excavation, Inc for $106,635.43
- King’s Trucking & Excavation for $108,300
- Milestone Contractors for $144,701
A breakdown of the quote provided by PAF shows just over $16,000 will go towards common excavation, $5,555 for construction engineering and just over $4,000 for 6-inch vertical curb. The pull-off will also connect to the People Trail, according to a copy of the overall project plan.
The city is working with students from IU’s J. Irwin Miller Architecture Program who designed an accompanying bus shelter that will be at the location. The shelter was fueled by a $15,000 grant from the American Institute of Steel Construction (AISC), along with funding from Heritage Fund and the city, among others.
Lucas Brown, an architect and professor for the J. Irwin Miller Architecture Program, said the bus shelter will be made of bent-plate steel, perforated with glass with ceramic threading. The bus shelter will feature a pattern of dancing Cs that follows the map of rivers that go through Columbus.
Glover said previously that he expects the bus shelter to be installed by the end of next month.
