The Vancouver Port Commission in the US state of Washington has authorised an extension of the management and railway construction contract for a section of the port's West Vancouver Freight Access Project.

The commission's action authorised executive director Larry Paulson to sign a change order to a contract with David Evans and Associates to extend services to include construction services on Schedule 1 of the rail project. The change order increases the contract by US$492,020, for a not-to-exceed total of $2.03 million.

The firm selected to perform final design engineering for the project, David Evans and Associates, has completed the design documents. Services provided by David Evans and Associates include project management for design and constructability, project closeout, and sub-consultant services for surveying, staking and grade checking.

Design costs under the personal services contract awarded to David Evans and Associates through competitive solicitation were approved at $1.5 million.

The anticipated construction costs for the Schedule 1 Rail project have been estimated to be between $13 million and $15 million.