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Extracted from Consolidated Report
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San Bernardino County Grand Jury
• 2014-2015
Bloomington Sewer Contract 14-71
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Findings 3 findings
F1
Page 18
The boring samples were not taken from the area of the excavation where the sewer line was to be installed.
F2
Page 18
Performance of additional boring along the relocated pipeline and utilization of Dig Alert in the early stages of the project would have identified the concrete highway beneath the asphalt and the additional utility crossovers. Incorporation of this information into the initial bid documents would have eliminated the necessity of returning to the Board of Supervisors for the excessive overrun cost of the allocated budget.
F3
Page 18
Accurate drawings were not available identifying crossover utilities.
Recommendations 4
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R14-71Page 14project. The original contract awarded by the Board of Supervisors to a contractor on February 25, 2014, was for $1,257,200.27. With approval of the additional requested funds, the revised cost for the project totaled $2,011,590.15. This amount constituted an approximate 73% cost overrun of the original contract. The average percentage range of overruns for previous Special District projects is four to eight percent. On August 14, 2014, the Grand Jury chose to investigate the reasons for this cost overrun.
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R15-01Page 18For future projects, the Special Districts Department personnel should ensure the boring soil sample locations specified in the contract be performed on the site where the actual excavation is to be conducted.
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R15-02Page 18The County of San Bernardino Board of Supervisors approve a measure that requires the Special Districts to have surveys conducted at reasonable intervals to update their existing utility drawings in order to reduce inaccurate information given to contractors.
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R15-03Page 18Dig Alert should be used by Special Districts in the preliminary scoping of all future underground projects as required by State law.