Construction

MDOT ACTT Workshop

I-94 Accelerated Construction Technology
Detroit, Michigan
April 17-19, 2007

MDOT ACTT Workshop

Utilities/Railroad Coordination

Final Presentation

Utilities/Railroad Coordination

Team Members

• Marion Leaphart, Utilities Manager, SC DOT
• Veena Jasuja, MDOT, Detroit TSC
• Nick Lefke, MDOT, Lansing, Design
• Bill Stonebrook, MDOT, Lansing, Design
• Steve Rapp, MDOT, Lansing, Design

Facilitator:

• Anu Taneja, MDOT, Lansing, Contract Services

Notes:

• Lynn Venturino, MDOT, Lansing, Design Support

Utilities

Designate a full time MDOT utilities coordinator

• Oversee all aspects of utility coordination, communication, and cooperation during design and construction
• Act as "go to" person for MDOT, utilities, and vendors

Utilize Subsurface Utility Engineering (SUE)

• Have SUE provider available during design and construction
• Update current SUE data
• Utilize SUE deliverables effectively with stakeholders
• Expedites conflict resolution

Identify and resolve municipal utility issues

• Early and often involvement of municipal utilities
• Early identification of potential "show stoppers"
• Identify all relocation and proposed new work
• Coordination with stakeholders

Identify and resolve private/public utility issues

• Early and often involvement of private/public utilities
• Early identification of potential "show stoppers"
• Identify all relocation and proposed new work
• Identify reimbursable relocations
• Advanced utility relocations
• Coordination with stakeholders

Participate in preliminary engineering costs for private/public utilities

• Provides incentive to private/public utilities to cooperate in a timely manner
• Increases cooperation during design phase

Railroads

Form Steering Committee of officials from MDOT and Railroads (RR)

• Authority to make high level decisions
• Expedite RR decision making (i.e. trackage rights, union work rules, etc.)

Form a Design Engineering Committee

• Early and often involvement of railroads
• Early identification of design constraints
• Early identification of potential "show stoppers"

Provide adequate time for RR coordination in the MDOT process

• Two year minimum coordination time
• Coordination time begins from submittal of preliminary plans from MDOT to RR

Contract with qualified vendor to perform RR coordination

• Vendor must be knowledgeable in RR operations
• Effective in obtaining RR approvals
• Involve MDOT RR experts in vendor selection process

Coordinate at-grade crossings with service roads

Diagnostic Team Review (DTR) meeting should take place well in advance of construction, if required.

Maintenance of RR traffic

• Early and often involvement of RR
• Construct temporary runaround "shoo-fly" tracks
• Part width bridge construction
• Roll-in/lift-in superstructure
• Build new permanent bridges parallel to existing RR
• Trackage rights agreements between RR during construction

Possible elimination of two RR structures over I-75

• RR approval required