Shimmick given construction contract to expand EVMWD reclamation facility
Shimmick Construction Company, Inc. has been awarded the Elsinore Valley Municipal Water District contract to expand and upgrade the district’s Regional Water Reclamation Facility.One 4-0 EVMWD board vote June 8, with Jack Ferguson absent, approved a public works contract with Shimmick Construction Company, which is based in Irvine. A second 4-0 board vote that day approved a deductive change order to reduce the total contract amount from $248,540,000 to $217,335,000. The change order did not reduce the authorization amounts of $738,916 for staff time, $111,500 for overhead, and $15,213,450 for contingency.The upgrades and expansion of the Regional Water Reclamation Facility, which is located off of Chaney Street behind the district's headquarters, is a three-phase project. In Ju