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ACTT Workshop: Oklahoma
May 25-27, 2004, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Appendix C (continued): Skill Set Reporting Forms
Construction/Materials
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IDEA (Construction and Materials) |
Implementation Details (Barriers, Skill Set Coordination, etc.) |
| Railroad and utilities. |
- Agreements with contractor.
- Total buy-in from railroads.
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- Sit-down meetings for construction review.
- Master agreement for railroads and utilities.
- Incentive/disincentive supplemental agreements.
- Resolve issues with utilities within railroad right-of-way.
- Time commitment-solidify on ODOT's part.
- Give railroads incentive for early completion of relocation.
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| Constructability review. |
- Constructability review on existing plans, CPM, and quantities.
- Tie-in to existing alignments.
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- Review at 30 percent and 70 percent by local contractors and independent reviewers.
- 90 percent specification review.
- Develop specifications along with plans.
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| Contracts. |
- Too many mainline construction projects.
- Projects are interrelated and will require cooperation and coordination between two or more contractors.
- Cooperation of UPRR and BNSF is required for successful completion of project.
- Disputes between owners and contractors can slow down or stop progress on construction projects.
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- Reduce number of contracts based on logical construction sequence.
- Incentive for contractor cooperation and early completion while obtaining high quality.
- Dispute resolution board and partnering used to keep project moving.
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| Innovative processes. |
- GPS/electronic data.
- Pre-procurement of precast items, etc.
- Contractor staging area/real estate issues.
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- Use GPS and electronic data gathering and recordkeeping to speed up surveying, project documentation and progressive/final contractor payment.
- Contractor would include purchase price of excess right-of-way in bid and assume ownership of parcel(s) when project is complete.
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| Contract administration. |
- Shop drawing and submittal review can delay projects.
- Oklahoma statutes require that change orders be micro-managed by ODOT senior staff and Highway Commission.
- Materials tests are being duplicated by ODOT and contractors, causing wasted man hours, disputes, and delays in providing test results.
- Due to the size and type of work on this project, it will difficult or impossible for prime contractor to complete 50 percent of work.
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- Use electronic submittals with 15-day turnaround.
- Single resident engineer point of contact for entire project.
- Raise limit of change orders. Give division engineer $100,000 and director $500,000 limit on change orders without Commission approval.
- Use contractors test results for acceptance with ODOT oversight.
- Allow 70 percent subcontracting by special provision. Prime contractor will still have primary responsibility for contract.
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| Materials availability. |
- There is a possibility that obtaining paving materials and steel will cause delays due to shortages.
- 2.5 million cubic yards of borrow is required for this project.
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- Use material procurement contracts to obtain long lead-time items before work begins on construction projects.
- Have preestablished borrow sites designated before project is let to contract.
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| Miscellaneous issues. |
- It will be difficult to obtain water for concrete plants in this area.
- This project is complex and has many items of work that are sequential.
- Coordination of aesthetic elements of the project may cause construction and scheduling problems if not properly managed and addressed.
- This project is being constructed in an environmentally sensitive area.
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- Use canal water for mixing concrete.
- Let initial contracts for drainage, rail, water lines, and sewer lines early to clear the way for future projects.
- Give civic groups an active part early on to obtain buy-in so that aesthetic elements are manageable, cost effective, maintainable, properly defined, and constructible.
- Partner with DEQ to develop project specific erosion control plan to keep project within guidelines and on schedule.
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