2014 AGC Conference Highway Section

Mark Johnnie, PE Ron Hancock, PE

Lamar Sylvester, PE July 31, 2014

Joint Committees • There are Four Committees –

• NCDOT/CAGC Joint Cooperative Committee • NCDOT/CAGC Joint Roadway Committee • NCDOT/CAGC Joint Structure Committee • NCDOT/CAGC/ACEC Design Build Committee

• Forum for Sharing Ideas and Discussing Issues Affecting the Industry

• Meeting minutes can be found on

• http://www.ncdot.gov/business/committees/

NCDOT/CAGC Joint Cooperative Committee Alan Cahill Blythe Construction

Bret Barton Granite Bryan Long Dane Construction Donny Oldham Sanford Contractors Drew Johnson Barnhill Contracting George Hassfurter Lane Construction Graham Moore Barnhill Contracting Ivan Clayton Sharpe Brothers Jule Smith Fred Smith Company Kevin Burns R.E. Burns Luke Blythe Blythe Development Mark Johnnie Balfour Beatty Infrastructure Mike Long Buckeye Construction Mike Manning Archer Western Ricky Vick S.T. Wooten Corp. Ron Shaw Lee Construction Sam Young Young & McQueen Tim Goodson Tennoca NCDOT Lead: Roger Rochelle – Technical Services Administrator

NCDOT/CAGC Joint Roadway Committee

Brian Webb Blythe Construction John Bridge Walsh Group Chris Byers Young & McQueen Danny Eudy Lane/Rea Contracting Jonathan Bivens S.T. Wooten Corp Kevin Thomas Lynn Thomas Grading Michael Taylor Barnhill Contracting Ben Lanier Lanier Construction Ian Scott Sanford Contracting NCDOT Lead: Randy Garris – State Contract Officer Lamar Sylvester – State Roadway Engineer

NCDOT/CAGC Joint Structure Committee

Adam Holcombe Dane Construction Ben Bishop Crowder Construction Chris Britton Buckeye Construction Chris Powers Lee Construction Dan Nickel Carolina Bridge Damien Hollifield Young & McQueen Don Tutterow The Hurley Group Erick Frazier S.T. Wooten Corp. Bill Heston Balfour Beatty Infrastructure Larry Cagle APAC Lee Bradley Blythe Construction Michael Moore Palmetto Phillip Creasman NHM Constructors Randall Gattis Sanford Contractors Troy Carter Lane Construction NCDOT Leads: Greg Perfetti – State Structures Engineer Kevin Bowen – State Bridge Construction Eng.

NCDOT/CAGC/ACEC Design Build Committee

Bret Barton Granite David Fletcher Lane Construction Drew Johnson Barnhill Contracting Chuck Gallant Blythe Construction Greg McVey Balfour Beatty Infrastructure Jim Schneiderman PCL Joel Michael Austin Industries John Couture Flatiron Jon Wallace Fred Smith Company Johnathan Bivens S.T. Wooten Corp Mike Manning Archer Western Chuck Hucks Kiewit Pete Weber Dane Construction Steve Strohm Webber NCDOT Lead: Roger Rochelle – Technical Services Administrator

12 Month Let List

Technology

• Content Management • Construction Team Sites • E-Signature • Electronic Inspection • AMG and 3-D Models • Certified Payrolls

DOT Content Management Vision

• Users can find, share, and collaborate on business content from wherever they are

• Formal DOT information is stored online, managed and retained, and disposed of when no longer needed

SharePoint Construction Contract Sites

• An online “Construction Contract Site” is established for every new highway or bridge construction project contract

• DOT construction users can store & collaborate on documents.

• Site is accessible from anywhere…. Office/home/car, desktop/laptop/tablet

Online collaboration and storage space

for each construction project

2014

• Awarded construction contractors gain access to online Construction sites

• Construction contractors will have user administrators who manage access to each site on behalf of their employees based on roles.

Contractor Access to Construction

Sites 2015

Goals for Let Plans & Contracts

• Better quality deliverables - crisp & clear plan sheets • Searchable

• Find documents through search • Search within the documents

• Consistent • Provided in a consistent manner & location for all projects (on the SharePoint

Construction Sites) • Maintained

• Current plans (with construction revisions) available online

E-signatures Pilots underway • B-4475 Small bridge project in Columbus County (Div 6)

• Feb 2014 Let

• B-4591 Bridge project in New Hanover/Pender (Div 3) • May 2014 Let

• B-5164 Bridge over Buffalo Creek in Moore County (Div 8) • May 2014 Let

• B-4983 Bridge over RR in Burke County (Div 13) • June 2014 Let

• R-3620 New route in Washington County (Div 1) • June 2014 Let

• U-2579B Winston-Salem Northern Beltway in Forsyth County (Div 9) • Oct 2014 Let

All Projects - November 2014 Let For Centrally designed & let Design-Bid-Build projects

Other Letting processes will follow shortly

3-D Models

• Models Created for All New Projects • Microstation Corridor Modeling Software • TIN Files Provided Post Bid • Proposed Surface Model Based on

Cross Section

Automated Machine Guidance (AMG)

• Project Special Provision • New Location, Large Grading complex

Widening Projects • Models Submitted for Review • Contractor Provides Rover for Checking • Notify RE at Precon

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Certified Payrolls

• AASHTOWare • Civil Rights Labor (CRL) • Web-Based

• Certified Payroll Submission • Phased Approach Late 2015

• Developing Workgroups

Erosion and Sedimentation Control Program

• Delegated Program • Report Card • Annual Reviews

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Erosion and Sedimentation Control Program

Size of the Program

1985 1989 1993 1997 2001 2005 2007 2011 2013 2014

598 Total Land Disturbing Projects in 2013 And estimated 5800 acres of disturbance

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Erosion and Sedimentation Control Program The Delegated Program gives NCDOT the authority to: 1. Design and/or approve all erosion control

plans for land-disturbing activities under its purview.

2. The authority to inspect and monitor its own Erosion and Sedimentation Program.

3. The responsibility of planning and providing Erosion and Sedimentation Control /Stormwater training.

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NCDOT – Erosion Control Program

Consultant EngineeringDesignRoadside EnvironmentalUnit DesignDivision Personnel Design

- Plan Design -

700+ Erosion Control Plans Designed Per Year

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NCDOT – Erosion Control Program - Monitoring -

Total Number of Compliance Reviews in 2013

6013

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NCDOT – Erosion Control Program - Violations -

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DLQ DWQ DCM

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NCDOT – Erosion Control Program - Research -

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NCDOT – Erosion Control Program - Training-

CERTIFICATION LEVELS Level I: Erosion & Sediment Control/ Stormwater Inspector /Installer Currently Certified - 2524 Level II: Erosion & Sediment Control/ Stormwater Site Management. Currently Certified - 5528 Level III: Design of Erosion and Sediment Control Plans Currently Certified - 443

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NCDOT – Erosion Control Program

DENR - Delegation Annual Review • Random Projects Evaluated • Plan Design • Implementation • Stabilization

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Vegetation Establishment

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Vegetation Establishment

• February 2012 Letting • 80% Stand or Permanent Vegetation • 114 Projects with Provision Completed • Average Time – 102 Days

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Vegetation Establishment

• Provision Revised – September 3, 2013 • Effective October 2013 Let

• Monitoring During Establishment Period • NCDOT will monitor per NPDES

Requirements • Resident Engineer completes NPDES

Documentation during establishment period • Contractor Still Performs Corrective Work

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2013 Weather

• July 2014 Memo • Consider 2013 Independently • Standard Reporting Method • Continued Review of Contract Time

Guidelines

Walls – Measurement and Payment Policy Change

Walls – Measurement and Payment Policy Change CURRENT MEASUREMENT AND PAYMENT • MSE Retaining Walls will be measured and paid in square feet. MSE walls

will be measured as the square feet of exposed wall face area with the height equal to the difference between top and bottom of wall elevations. Define “top of wall” as top of coping or top of panels or SRW units for MSE walls without coping. Define “bottom of wall” as shown in the plans and no measurement will be made for portions of MSE walls embedded below bottom of wall elevations.

PROPOSED MEASUREMENT AND PAYMENT • MSE walls will be measured and paid as the square feet of wall face area

that is constructed above the footing. This measurement is inclusive of areas of the MSE wall that are to be embedded.

• Article 109-4(B) • Requires payment within 7 days • Allows retainage of up to 10%

• Only if no bond is provided • Mutual agreement between Prime and Sub • Agreement must be provided to Resident

Engineer

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Prompt Payment

• Submit ALL DBEs at bid time • Letters of Intent must be submitted only for

those DBEs necessary to meet the goal • These become the Committed DBEs • Letter of Intent must be received by noon on the

6th day following the opening of bids • Additional DBEs

• No Letter of Intent submission • Replacement rules do not apply

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Disadvantaged Business Enterprise(DBE) Provision Changes

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Additional DBE Subcontractors

• Committed DBEs can be replaced • Performance Related Issues • Decertification

• NCDOT must concur with replacement • Submit a DBE/MBE/WBE Replacement

Request Form(RF-4) to RE for concurrence https://connect.ncdot.gov/projects/construction/Pages/default.aspx

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Replacement of DBE Subcontractors

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DBE/MBE/WBE Replacement Request Form

• Additional DBE can be used as replacement • Just submit RF-4 Form listing the Additional DBE • Can list Additional DBE that has completed work

• Good Faith Effort for Replacement • Required when there are no Additional DBEs • Must seek DBEs to participate in the contract

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Replacement of DBE Subcontractors

Disparity Study

• Study is Complete • Native Americans Should Be Included • Approximately 15 Recommendations • Implementation Committee Formed • Reauthorization of State M/WBE

Program

On-The-Job Training (OJT) Program

• Standard Special Provision (5-21-13) • All Prime Contractors • Required to Meet Annual Training Goals

• 1 Trainee per $10 Million of Work • Based on 3 Year Average

• Melvin Williams – Program Coordinator • Geoff Gill – Assistant

Utility Construction

• Service Lines Incidental – Currently • Pay Items – Proposed • Water Service, Gravity Sewer Service,

Fire Hydrant Leg • 2015 Construction Season