{"id":189682,"date":"2025-04-25T11:17:45","date_gmt":"2025-04-25T15:17:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/doppleronline.ca\/huntsville\/?p=189682"},"modified":"2025-04-25T11:17:48","modified_gmt":"2025-04-25T15:17:48","slug":"district-awards-1m-contract-for-permanent-concrete-barriers-at-transfer-stations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/doppleronline.ca\/huntsville\/district-awards-1m-contract-for-permanent-concrete-barriers-at-transfer-stations\/","title":{"rendered":"District awards $1M contract for permanent concrete barriers at transfer stations"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"float: left; margin-right: 14px;\"><strong><broadstreet-zone zone-id=\"45658\" keywords=\"\" soft-keywords=\"true\" zone-alias=\"\"><\/broadstreet-zone><\/strong><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Arenes Construction Ltd. has been awarded the contract for the installation of permanent concrete waste ramps at nine District of Muskoka transfer stations in the amount of $1,059,254 (excluding HST).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to a municipal staff report, temporary barriers were rented and installed in August 2023 to &#8220;mitigate potential fall hazards and create a safer waste drop-off experience.&#8221; The report notes that the temporary barriers caused some challenges with lifting materials over the barriers, and where these challenges occurred, residents were redirected to the Rosewarne Landfill.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It also notes that the rental of the barriers costs the District $9,600 per month or $115,200 per calendar year (excluding non-recoverable HST), which represents 37% of the transfer station budget.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In 2024, Tatham Engineering was retained to design permanent safety barriers for the elevated waste ramps at District transfer stations with final drawings provided in November 2024 and reviewed by the District operations team. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;The original submission from Arenes Construction&#8230; was $1,157,054 which is above the approved budget of $864,800,&#8221; noted staff who entered into a negotiation with the sole bidder and managed to reduce the cost by $97,800 &#8220;a result of overall reduction in total steel and concrete required that were not impactful on the design loading considerations for the barriers.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Disruptions to the transfer sites will be communicated as work gets underway.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You can find the staff report <a href=\"https:\/\/media-doppleronline-ca.s3-accelerate.amazonaws.com\/2025\/04\/Report-62025-1-Award-of-Contract-450-43-A-25-Supply-and-Installation-of-Elevated-Waste-Ramps-1.pdf\">HERE<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n<h5 style=\"text-align: center;\">Don\u2019t miss out on Doppler!<\/h5>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Sign up <a href=\"https:\/\/doppleronline.ca\/huntsville\/dont-miss-out-on-doppler\/\"><u>here<\/u><\/a> to receive our email digest with links to our most recent stories.<br \/>\nLocal news in your inbox so you don&#8217;t miss anything!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a style=\"background: #5cb85c url('https:\/\/d1iczxrky3cnb2.cloudfront.net\/red_logo.png') no-repeat 37px; color: #fff; text-decoration: none; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; display: inline-block; font-size: 16px; padding: 15px 38px; padding-left: 75px; -webkit-border-radius: 2px; -moz-border-radius: 2px; border-radius: 2px; box-shadow: 0 1px 0 0 #1f5a89; text-shadow: 0 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.3);\" href=\"https:\/\/donorbox.org\/support-huntsville-doppler\">Click here to support local news<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><broadstreet-zone zone-id=\"45657\" keywords=\"\" soft-keywords=\"true\" zone-alias=\"\"><\/broadstreet-zone>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Arenes Construction Ltd. has been awarded the contract for the installation of permanent concrete waste ramps at nine District of Muskoka transfer stations in the amount of $1,059,254 (excluding HST). 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