Working the Forces – Pulling Together TxDOT, Contractors, and CEI October 10, 2017

WORKING THE FORCES PULLING TOGETHER TXDOT, CONTRACTORS, AND CEI

October 10, 2017

Working the Forces – Pulling Together TxDOT, Contractors, and CEI October 10, 2017

Bexar Metro Area Office

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Dallam Sherman Hansford Ochiltree Lipscomb

Hartley Moore Roberts Hemphill

Oldham Potter Carson Gray Wheeler

Deaf Smith Randall Armstrong Donley Collings- worth

Parmer Castro Swisher Briscoe Hall

Bailey Lamb Hale Floyd Motley

Dickens King Knox Hockley Lubbock

Crosby

Garza Lynn Terry Yoakum

Gaines Dawson Borden Scurry Fisher Jones

Kent Stonewall Haskell Throck- morton

Baylor

Wilbarger Wichita

WICHITA FALLS

Clay

Archer

Young Jack

Howard Mitchell Nolan Taylor Callahan Eastland

Glasscock Sterling Coke Runnels

Reagan Irion

Cooke Grayson Fannin

Lamar

Delta

Red River PARIS

Bowie

Wise Denton Collin Hunt Hopkins

Rains Wood Upshur

Marion

Cass

Titus

Mor

ris

Camp

ATLANTA

Harrison

Smith

Van Zandt

Henderson TYLER Rusk Panola

Anderson Cherokee

Freestone

Dallas DALLAS

Rockwall

Palo Pinto

Parker Tarrant

Shelby

Sabine Houston LUFKIN

Angelina

Tyler Polk

Trinity

Jasp

er

New

ton

San Jacinto

Walker

Leon

Navarro

Ellis

Hardin

FORT WORTH

Erath

Hood Johnson

Hill

Bosque Mc

Lennan Hamilton

Coryell

Bell

Falls

WACO

Robertson Madison

Milam Brazos

Grim

es

Burleson BRYAN

Washington Lee

Austin

Fayette Harris

Montgomery Liberty

BEAUMONT Orange

Jefferson

Chambers HOUSTON

Fort Bend

Brazoria

Matagorda

Wharton

Colorado

Lavaca Gonzales

Dewitt

YOAKUM

Jackson

Victoria

Calhoun

Goliad

Bee Refugio

Karnes

Live Oak

Jim Wells

San Patricio

Nueces

CORPUS CHRISTI

Kleberg

Kenedy

Willacy

Hidalgo

Brooks Jim

Hogg Zapata

Starr

PHARR

Duval

Webb

LAREDO

La Salle Dimmit

Zavala Frio Atascosa

Mc Mullen

Guadalupe

Wilson

Bexar

Medina Uvalde

Real Bandera

Kerr Kendall

Gillespie Blanco

Kinney

SAN ANTONIO

Edwards

Sutton Kimble

Mason Llano Burnet

Williamson

Travis AUSTIN

Bastrop Hays

Caldwell Comal

Brown Comanche

BROWNWOOD

Coleman

Mills

Mc Culloch

San Saba Lampasas

Concho

Menard

SAN ANGELO

Schleicher

Tom Green

Andrews Martin

Midland

Pecos

Ector

Crane Ward

Winkler Loving

Crockett

Val Verde

Upton

Terrell

Reeves Culberson

Jeff Davis

Brewster Presidio

Hudspeth

El Paso

EL PASO

ODESSA

LUBBOCK

AMARILLO

ABILENE

Cottle Foard

CHILDRESS

Fran

klin

Cameron

Working the Forces – Pulling Together TxDOT, Contractors, and CEI October 10, 2017

CEI Projects

11 CEI firms

14 Projects

$180M interchange

$5M overlays

Started using CEIs in 2013

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Working the Forces – Pulling Together TxDOT, Contractors, and CEI October 10, 2017

Consistent Construction Management

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LP 1604 (FM 1957 to US 90)

$60 Million

LP 1604 (FM 471 to FM 1957)

$60 Million

Working the Forces – Pulling Together TxDOT, Contractors, and CEI October 10, 2017

What went well

Engagement by the Area Office is key

Contractor sees involvement and support—lines of communication

Schedule Review

Documentation

Issue escalation

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Working the Forces – Pulling Together TxDOT, Contractors, and CEI October 10, 2017

Lessons Learned

Contractor Expectations

Sense of Urgency

Internal Process

– Change Orders

- Estimates

- Correspondence

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Working the Forces – Pulling Together TxDOT, Contractors, and CEI October 10, 2017

What we learned/Conclusion

Have regularl meetings

Have Roundtable meetings with CEI firms with relevant agenda topics

Better communication

– Convey expectations

– Be consistent

– Get rid of bottlenecks

– Own the problem

– Problem solving by all involved

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