US Army Corps of Engineers

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Chicago District - U.S. Army

Corps of Engineers

Colonel Christopher T. Drew

Commander

Chicago District

March 2016

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USACE’s Value to the Nation

USACE provides value for the Nation in many ways

to diverse stakeholders.

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• We deliver positive impacts for today and tomorrow - in

construction, natural resource management, energy and

sustainability and capacity building, and more.

• We have the “right” people: world-class professionals, civilians,

and soldiers alike.

• We are U.S. Army “ambassadors” on a daily basis to political

leaders, America’s small businesses, and to citizens wherever we

serve them.

• We are the “Nation’s Engineers.”

Mission: USACE-Chicago District provides valued, world class leadership, engineering

services, and management capabilities for diverse stakeholders and partners within the

greater Chicago-land metropolitan area and to the Nation.

USACE-Chicago District

9 Counties (IL – 6; IN – 2+); 5,000 Sq. Mi.; 9.1 Million people

Great Lakes and

Ohio River Division

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LRC Mission Areas:

Flood Risk Management

Shoreline Protection

Navigation

Environmental

Emergency Management

Overseas Contingency Ops

IIS Program

Regulatory Support

Real Estate

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Mission: Conduct feasibility studies to determine cost effective solutions. These studies

have the potential to lead to design and construction of various projects in the future.

General Investigations (GI)

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Current Feasibility Studies Include:

Upper Des Plaines River and Tributaries

DuPage River

Great Lakes and Mississippi

River Interbasin Study

Chicago – Flood Risk Management

•$1.37B in flood damages

prevented since 1996

• $130M in 2011

• $ 48M in 2012

• $319M in 2013

• $ 95M in 2014

• $ 77M in 2015

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Chicago – Navigation

• Seven Harbor projects

• 90% traffic within system

• 14,287 jobs in Chicago area

• $652 M in wages, salaries

• $2.8 B in business revenue

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Since 1979, the operations and maintenance of the Illinois Waterway

has been the responsibility of the USACE, Rock Island District.

Chicago – Ecosystem Restoration

Ecosystem Restoration:

•30 projects completed or

in construction for over 3200

acres of habitat & 60 miles

of unimpeded river flow

• On target to award 3 and

possibly 4 new construction

projects in 2016

•28 studies in progress

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Contract Compliance

Cardinal Rules – Keeping it simple, there

are only 2!

►Safety

►Quality

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Safety

Read Safety Specification

Key Player is Site Safety and Health

Officer

Key Submittal is Accident Prevention Plan

Key Reference Document is EM 385-1-1

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Safety Spec

Government Safety Specification

– Section 01 35 26 (ish)

►SSHO see EM385-1-1; Paragraph

01.A.17

►SSHO or approved Alternate shall be on

site for all work.

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Safety

Miscellaneous Items

►Cranes – Need to be tested

►Operators – Need to be qualified

►Cranes – Now all crane lifts require a Lift Plan

– format now in EM-385-1-1.

►Critical Lifts – Strict lift plan requirements.

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Quality

Read the Specifications!!

Key Player is the Contractor’s Quality

Control System Manager (CQCSM)

Key Submittal is the Quality Control Plan

(QCP)

Key resource is the Project Specification –

section 01 45 00.00 (ish)

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Quality

QC system is more than one person!

See the Experience Matrix in the spec for

additional required personnel.

Submittals are certified by the CQCSM

Three Phase Control:

►Preparatory Phase

►Initial Phase

►Follow-Up Phase

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Miscellaneous

Billing

►Set up billings via schedule (SDEF format)

►QCS

►Sworn Statement is a legal certification

►Pencil Review

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Questions ???

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Chicago District

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