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Consider a resolution authorizing the Mayor to execute Quantity Adjustment/Change Order No. 1 with Control Panels USA Inc. for the Communications and Water Treatment Plant Control System Improvements Project.
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The City of Round Rock’s Communications and Water Plant Control System Improvements project will involve updating communication infrastructure in Round Rock’s Water Treatment Plant (WTP), water and reuse water distribution system, and wastewater collection system.
Due to the rapid advancement of technology, the electronic control system infrastructure associated with Round Rock’s WTP has either become outdated, reached its design life, or is no longer supported by the manufacturer. This project will reorganize, consolidate controls, upgrade the hardware, and network components to current industry standards. Updating the WTP’s hardware also provides the opportunity to switch the WTP’s operating platform to match the operating platform currently being installed at the Brushy Creek East Regional Wastewater Treatment Plant. Updating the hardware and using the same operating platform and programming architecture across the entire water and wastewater system provides for operational efficiency and a more maintainable system.
This project will update the current field communication network to a modern cellular network. Doing this will allow for increased reliability in the system, the ability to transmit more information, and increased ease in adding additional monitoring to the system.
Change Order No. 1 will add additional cellular monitoring sites which are needed as the City of Round Rock continues to grow. These additional sites include the new Jonah SUD Interconnect, Fern Bluff water interconnect, Williamson County Municipal Utility District No. 3 water interconnect, and the new wastewater lift station being built as part of the University Heights Subdivision. Construction of these monitoring sites was not contemplated in design and we w...
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