SFPUC awards $17.3m Sunset District water-main replacement contract
San Francisco Public Utilities Commission, California · Meeting date: October 27, 2026 · Published: October 28, 2026
The San Francisco Public Utilities Commission approved a $17.27 million award to M Squared Construction for replacement of aging 8-inch ductile-iron water mains in the Sunset District. The 765-day contract covers Lincoln Way, Irving Street and various side streets.
Key points
- M Squared Construction received the $17,266,695 contract as the lowest responsive bidder.
- The project will replace water-main pipelines that are more than 100 years old.
- Work is scheduled over 765 consecutive calendar days, or approximately two years and one month.
- The Commission also approved a $727,503 wastewater force-main rehabilitation contract and a $5 million Hetch Hetchy general-engineering job order contract.
Full report
San Francisco Public Utilities Commission has approved a $17.27 million construction contract to replace aging water-main pipelines, some more than a century old, in the city’s Sunset District.
The Commission awarded Contract WD-2922A to M Squared Construction Inc., the lowest responsive bidder, for $17,266,695. The contractor will have 765 consecutive calendar days—approximately two years and one month—to complete the work.
The programme covers replacement of 8-inch ductile-iron water mains on Lincoln Way and Irving Street between Sunset Boulevard and 19th Avenue, as well as on various side streets. The award was approved as part of the Commission’s consent calendar on 27 October.
The water-main package was the largest individual construction award before the Commission. The Planning Department determined that the project is exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act, and the Commission’s action serves as the project approval action for CEQA purposes.
The approval came alongside several other water and wastewater infrastructure actions. The Commission awarded Corcus Construction Inc. a $727,503, 270-day contract to rehabilitate portions of the Griffith dry-weather force main, install a new connection manhole, inspect the remaining concrete section and replace it if conditions are poor.
It also awarded Big Valley Electric a two-year, not-to-exceed $5 million job order contract for A-licensed general-engineering construction across SFPUC systems and operations around Hetch Hetchy. The contract carries a guaranteed minimum task-order opportunity of $50,000.
In a separate sewer action, the Commission accepted work completed by Precision Engineering Inc. under Contract WW-684 for sewer replacement on 45th, 46th and 47th avenues, Vicente and Wawona streets, and Sloat Boulevard. The final modification reduces the contract value by $18,855 to $7.54 million, while extending its duration by 177 days to 704 calendar days.
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