FPUD approves change order for Gum Tree Pipeline replacement

Joe Naiman

Village News Reporter

The Fallbrook Public Utility District contract with SRK Engineering to replace FPUD's Gum Tree Pipeline required a change order, but the April 25 FPUD board meeting authorized that change order.

The board’s 5-0 vote approved an additional $13,355.42 for asbestos removal and disposal and an additional $5,591.77 for erosion control. A previous $39,982.04 change order for pipeline alignment changes had been approved administratively and was ratified as part of the April 25 board action.

FPUD's pipeline and valve replacement program includes a priority list of repl...