RICHARD BRADY & ASSOCIATES, INC-A-2020-064

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are we a designer of reservoir projects, we also possess a State of California Class A contractor's license (#778834) and have completed numerous design -build reservoir projects as the General Contractor. Our outstanding service and reputation in Southern California area result of successfully completing challenging reservoir designs, construction and rehabilitation projects. In 2017 we were contacted by Vista Irrigation District (VID) regarding a serious structural issue with one of their critical 5.0 MG prestressed concrete reservoirs constructed in 1961. The external gunite coating had spalled in several areas at the base of the tank, allowing corrosion and failure of the external wrapping wire (see photos). With the failure of the 5.0 MG Westminster Reservoir in 1998 forever in the memories of firms working in the reservoir design and construction business, we immediately advised VID to take the tank out of service and commenced an evaluation of the structural integrity of the 55-year-old reservoir. We developed a rehabilitation Plan that BRADY Performed under a sole source contract as the General Contractor and Designer of Record for $3 490 000 with the primary purpose to return this reservoir to service as soon as possible. The work was completed in less than 9 months, roughly twice as fast as that would be achieved through a design - bid -build execution model. The project was deemed a huge success for VID, and as result thev contracted BRADY for a second similar 5.0 MG reservoir rehabilitation project that is currently underway at a sole -sourced contract cost of $6 317 331(see photo below). For further proof that BRADY is southern California's leader for the rehabilitation of concrete tanks, the City of Upland chose BRADY over all other firms in the industry to assess their existing 7.5 MG Reservoir 15 in November 2016. The existing Reservoir 15 is a "Pritzker Tank" (a form of a prestressed concrete reservoir similar to Santa Ana's South Reservoir) built in the mid-1970s. It is similar in construction to the 5.0 million -gallon Pritzker tank that failed catastrophically in Westminster, CA. Due to this unfortunate design similarity and because the tank is completely exposed at grade, the City made the decision to build a new reservoir adjacent to the existing reservoir. BRADY designed the new 7.5 MG replacement reservoir that will begin construction in 2020. In the meantime. the City hired BRADY via a sole source contract to install a number of 7-wire strand "belts" around the entire reservoir as a Precautionary move given the new tank won't be in service for up to two years (see Photos below). , C RICHARD BRADY & ASSOCIATES, INC.