High Point awards $2.21m Upper Boulding Branch sewer rehabilitation contract
City of High Point Public Services Water and Sewer Mains, North Carolina · Meeting date: November 2, 2026 · Published: November 3, 2026
High Point City Council has approved a $2.21 million contract with KRG Utility for Phase 1 rehabilitation in the Upper Boulding Branch sewer basin. The work is paired with a $281,304 construction-administration task order and a $2.51 million revenue-bond capital appropriation.
Key points
- KRG Utility will carry out $2,207,480.43 of sanitary sewer rehabilitation work in the Upper Boulding Branch basin.
- The city’s Sanitary Sewer Master Plan ranked the basin its highest priority for infiltration and inflow reduction because of downstream capacity constraints.
- CHA Consulting received a $281,304 task order for construction administration and inspection; the project is Phase 1 of five annual rehabilitation contracts.
- A capital project ordinance appropriates $2,507,490 in water and sewer revenue-bond proceeds; debt service will be paid from water and sewer revenues.
Full report
High Point City Council has launched the first phase of a planned five-year sewer rehabilitation programme in the Upper Boulding Branch basin, approving a $2,207,480.43 construction contract with KRG Utility Inc. to address infiltration and inflow (I/I) and downstream capacity constraints.
The Upper Boulding Branch basin was identified in the city’s Sanitary Sewer Master Plan as the highest-priority area for I/I reduction because of downstream capacity. The Phase 1 scope includes repair, replacement, slip lining or pipe bursting of deteriorated gravity sewers, manhole rehabilitation and other repairs identified within the system.
Council also approved a capital project ordinance appropriating $2,507,490 in water and sewer revenue-bond proceeds for the work. The city said the associated bonds are estimated to be issued in 2027 under its financing plan, with debt service to be paid from water and sewer revenues.
KRG was selected after the lowest bid, from Sam W. Smith at $2,193,791.52, was deemed non-responsive because its bid information form was unsigned and it used an incorrect bid form. KRG’s bid was followed by Breece at $2,213,515.52 and North American Pipeline Management at $2,500,792.60.
The council separately approved a $281,304 Task Order No. 7 with CHA Consulting for construction administration and inspection. CHA had previously developed contract documents for the first of five annual rehabilitation contracts. Its services include full-time inspection, review of CCTV data and rehabilitation recommendations, permit coordination, pay-estimate review, acceptance testing and record documents.
CHA’s task order assumes construction will begin around 1 December 2026 and last about nine months, ending around 31 August 2027. The firm will review contractor CCTV inspections coded in the Pipeline Assessment Certification Program format to determine rehabilitation needs, including point repairs, cured-in-place pipe lining and sewer replacement where lining is not feasible.
The approvals put High Point’s first Upper Boulding Branch contract into delivery while establishing engineering oversight for a basin-wide programme intended to reduce groundwater and rainfall-derived flows entering the sewer network.
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Source: Regular Meeting of the High Point City Council, City of High Point Public Services Water and Sewer Mains