PORT OF SEATTLE 
MEMORANDUM 
COMMISSION AGENDA             Item No.      5c 
ACTION ITEM             Date of Meeting    April 9, 2013 
DATE:    April 1, 2013 
TO:      Tay Yoshitani, Chief Executive Officer 
FROM:    Ralph Graves, Managing Director, Capital Development Division 
Janice Zahn, Assistant Director of Engineering  Construction Services 
SUBJECT:  Bag Claim Device 14 and Lower Inbound Conveyor Replacement at Seattle-
Tacoma International Airport - Contract MC-0317221 
Change Order No.009 for a contract time extension 
Amount of This Request:                Amount of This Request:  $0        Total Project Cost: $1,086,053.00 

Source of Funds: No additional funds requested 
Est. State and Local Taxes: $103,175.04       Jobs Created: N/A 
ACTION REQUESTED:
Request Commission authorization for the Chief Executive Officer to issue Change Order
No. 009 for the Bag Claim Device 14 and Lower Inbound Conveyor Replacement project to
grant a no-cost time extension of 71 calendar days to the contract completion date. Upon
approval of this change order, the new contract completion date will be March 30, 2013. No
additional funds are requested as this is a no-cost change order. 
SYNOPSIS:
The Bag Claim Device 14 and Lower Inbound Conveyor Replacement project removed the
existing baggage claim 14 device and replaced it with a new device. The work also included the
installation of a new inbound conveyor that removes the under-conveyor feed and routes the new
feed overhead.
During shipment of the new baggage claim device to the project site, the crated components were
damaged by Hurricane Sandy while in the Port of New York and New Jersey. Some components
sustained saltwater damage and had to be reordered. The time to refabricate and deliver the
replacement components resulted in a delay to the completion of the Bag Claim Device 14 and
Lower Inbound Conveyor Replacement project of 71 calendar days.

COMMISSION AGENDA 
Tay Yoshitani, Chief Executive Officer 
April 1, 2013 
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BACKGROUND: 
Baggage claim device #14 is primarily used by Alaska Airlines Group. The new baggage claim
device was fabricated by the contractor's supplier Vanderlande in Spain and shipped to the
United States in crates. On October 29, 2012, while at the customs dock at the Port of New York
and New Jersey, the crated components were exposed to the weather impact of Hurricane Sandy.
The Port of New York and New Jersey was closed for several days as a result of the hurricane. 
The original construction schedule had these components arriving to the project site on
November 4, 2012. Delays in getting the device through customs and out of the New York area
resulted in its late arrival to the project site on November 13, 2012.
The contractor, Vanderlande, and the Port inspected the components upon arrival on site. It was
concluded that saltwater damage to some of the components would reduce the serviceable life of
the claim device. Vanderlande indicated that an inventory would be taken of all damaged parts
and the parts would be replaced. The replacement parts arrived on the project site January 14,
2013, 77 days after Hurricane Sandy hit New York and New Jersey and 71 calendar days after
the project's original contract delivery date.
The Port's construction contract allows for contract time to be extended without compensation
for delays to the work caused by unusual and severe weather beyond the control of the Port and
the contractor. The contractor is therefore entitled to a non-compensable, excusable time
extension of 71 calendar days. The project is now complete and the new contract completion
date will be March 30, 2013.
FINANCIAL ANALYSIS: 
This change order extends time only. No additional project funds are being requested as a result
of this change order. 
CONTRACT INFORMATION: 
The following information relates to the contract and competitive award: 
Contract award date:                             May 29, 2012 
Original period of performance:        May 29, 2012, to January 18, 2013 
Previous contract extensions:                             0 Days 
Contract extension this Change Order:                     71 Days 
Requested Contract Completion Date:                March 30, 2013 
Original Contract amount:                        $1,040,000.00 
Previous Change Order Nos. 001  008:                  $46,053.00

COMMISSION AGENDA 
Tay Yoshitani, Chief Executive Officer 
April 1, 2013 
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Current Contract amount                         $1,086,053.00 
This Request, Change Order No. 009                       $0.00 
Subtotal Construction Costs                        $1,086,053.00 
Anticipated WSST @ 9.5%                      $103,175.04 
Revised Contract amount:                       $1,189,228.04 
OTHER DOCUMENTS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS REQUEST: 
None. 
PREVIOUS COMMISSION ACTIONS OR BRIEFINGS: 
On March 25, 2011, the Port Commission authorized the Chief Executive Officer to proceed with
design of the Baggage Claim Device 14 and Lower Inbound Conveyor Replacement at Seattle-
Tacoma International Airport. 
On January 24, 2012, the Port Commission authorized the Chief Executive Officer to bid and award
a major construction contract for the Baggage Claim Device 14 and Lower Inbound Conveyor
Replacement at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport in an amount of $3,361,000 for a total project
cost of $3,900,000.00.