00110000-71849.pdf

This document is a Task Work Order Amendment for a master agreement between the Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) and the University of South Florida (USF), specifically involving the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering. The contract is for a research project (Contract #BDK84, Task Work Order #977-06) focused on "Reinforced Concrete Pipe Cracks - Acceptance Criteria" with the USF campus located in Tampa, Florida.

The contract was originally executed on 7/1/2009 with an initial amount of $80,000.00 and an end date of 4/1/2011. The amendment requests a no-added-cost, 3-month extension of the contract period from the original termination date of April 1, 2011 to June 30, 2011. The extension is needed to complete specimen preparation, develop custom testing methodologies, and resolve experimental difficulties in the research project. The principal investigator, Alberto Sagués from USF, noted that sufficient funds remain to complete the necessary work without requiring additional costs, and the extension will allow the research team to better benefit from the experimental results.