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PCDOT, Our Upcoming Construction. 4 large scale improvement projects: -La Cholla. -Orange Grove. -Valencia. -Magee. 2 Transportation Enhancements: -Homer Davis Elementary. -Centennial Elementary. PCDOT, Our Current Design Activities and Challenges.
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PCDOT, Our Upcoming Construction • 4 large scale improvement projects:-La Cholla.-Orange Grove.-Valencia.-Magee. • 2 Transportation Enhancements:-Homer Davis Elementary.-Centennial Elementary.
PCDOT, Our Current Design Activities and Challenges • Working hard to solve the utility component:-Concise and accurate information up front i.e. potholing.-Clear, accurate, and constructable plans and overall design.-Timeframes; how to integrate their schedule and activities with our time frames and milestones.
PCDOT, Our Current Design Activities and Challenges (cont.) • Trying to determine best overall strategy:-Tried the “drop the project on top and let them work it out” method……..-Now evaluating three other methods on three separate projects: *Hard phasing. *Integrated phasing. *Joint Trench incorporated into the project.
PCDOT, Our Current Design Activities and Challenges (cont.) • Working to reduce time frames for TE projects:-Staying focused on scope from the beginning; don’t stray and try to solve other problems.-Going to the appropriate level of design to ensure solutions function, and impacts, and costs are quantified.-Dedicated efforts to completing documentation phase i.e. PA, Tech Docs, CE, etc.-NO CHANGES after documents are approved!-Target is to reduce time frames to one year from NTP to Advertisement.
PCDOT, Our Current Design Activities and Challenges (cont.) • Working to address the soft costs concerns:*We paid a lot, but got a lot; hard to undo what has been working!*Evaluating all aspects of engineering, environmental and community outreach.*Additional challenge in trying to address perceptions vs. reality.*Struggling to avoid impacts to plan quality, timeframes, and efficiency (minimal opportunity for VE and redesign).
PCDOT, Our Future……. • Working to evaluate all projects region wide, and determine how much money can be freed up. • Possibly some for Pavement Preservation plus hope to initiate design and environmental clearance efforts (up to about 30% levels) on some major corridors within the next year……. • Our director’s message has always been; be ready to jump when needed.