The city originally hired Milone & MacBroom to a $543,000 contract providing construction oversight. After three subsequent amendments adding time and tasks to the contract, the city is paying the company – now called SLR International Corp. – $666,599. Waterbury Development Corp. is now asking the Board of Aldermen to allow another increase, this time for $181,948. That would bring construction oversight costs on the project to $848,548, 56% more than the original contract. The board is expected to vote on the request at its Oct. 12 meeting. City officials blame much of the increase on surprise delays and unexpected work that came up after the street was opened, exposing century-old utility pipes in locations other than were pictured on city utility maps. Dayton Construction was paid $2.7 million for a yearlong project to replace and repair water and sewer utilities under East Main Street between the city Green and police headquarters. Oxford-based Guerrera Construction then was brought in under a $2.9 million contract to rebuild the street and sidewalks. The job also requires new lighting, seating, bus shelters and trash receptacles.
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