It will cost at least $193,115 more to install five new slides at Parrot Island Waterpark, according to an email from Fort Smith City Administrator Jeff Dingman to the Fort Smith Board of Directors. It is not welcome news for a project that has seen the city’s share of the cost balloon from $2.1 million to more than $6 million.
Dingman’s email to the board about a possible change order was sent Friday (Oct. 23), and it was made public during Tuesday’s (Oct. 27) board study session.
San Clemente, Calif.-based CSM Waterworks was hired by the city to install the slides, with the original contract – valued at $509,500 – calling for CSM to begin in early 2025. The estimated start date was March 3, 2025. However, the foundations and other prep work necessary to install the slides was delayed, which changed the schedule for CSM…