WSP09985

• File Number: 8210.470
• Description: Pacific Southwest Interagency Committee
• State: CO
• Basin: Colorado Mainstem
• Water Division: 5
• Date: 3/2/1971
• Author: PSIAC
• Title: Quarterly Reports - 71-1 through 71-4
• Water Supply Pro - Doc Type: Report/Study

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PACIFIC SOUTHWEST INTER-AGENCY COMMITTEE
Quarterly Report for Colorado
71-2 Meeting

Construction

Bids for Crystal Dam, the third and final dam
for the Curecanti Unit near Gunnison, were opened May 25,
1971. Apparent low bidder was Hensel Phelps Construction
Company of Greeley, Colorado, with a bid of $25..983,380.
A Bureau of Reclamation spokesman said the contract probably
will be awarded in July, and the contractor has 1500 days
to complete the project. That would make completion date in
the fall of 1975.

Six other bids were submitted, all of which were
higher than the engineer's estimate of $20,999,997. The
next lowest bidders were the Guy F. Atkinson Co. of San
Francisco at $31.7 million and Gordon H. Ball Inc. of
Danville, California, at $33.6 million. The high bid was
$38.8 million.

Silver Jack Dam of the Bostwick Park Project near
Montrose, Colorado, has been completed except for second-
stage work in the outlet works and cleanup work in the
general area. Storage of water in the reservoir has been
started and will continue during the spring runoff. Bids
were opened on May 13 for installation of a trash barrier
and ~otective fencing in the spillway area.

Advance Planninq

Designs and cost estimates have been completed
for the definite plan report of the Savery-Pot Hook Project
near Craig, Colorado. The financial analysis and a draft
of the report are now being completed and will be forwarded
to the Regional Office of the Bureau of Reclamation for
review and processing in the near future.

Useof advance planning funds for the Dallas Creek
Project near Montrose, Colorado, was interrupted for about
three months by the temporary placement of the funds in
budgetary reserve, The funds were restored about three