Facilities Design Facilities Design and Construction and Construction

RequirementsRequirements

Engineering ReviewEngineering Review

Design IssuesDesign Issues Procurement IssuesProcurement Issues Construction IssuesConstruction Issues

Design IssuesDesign Issues

ADA Accessibility Guidelines ADA Accessibility Guidelines (ADAAG) (ADAAG)

Value EngineeringValue Engineering Constructability/Peer ReviewConstructability/Peer Review Service Life (Useful Life)Service Life (Useful Life)

– Service LifeService Life (Useful Life): The (Useful Life): The expected expected lifetime of project property, or the lifetime of project property, or the acceptable period of use in service. acceptable period of use in service.

Design IssuesDesign Issues

Select Materials that provide best Select Materials that provide best valuevalue

Efficient site layoutEfficient site layout– Proper sight distancesProper sight distances– Adequate egressAdequate egress– Right Sizing Right Sizing

Design IssuesDesign Issues

Facility elements with little or no transit Facility elements with little or no transit nexusnexus

Joint DevelopmentJoint Development Designing Shared Use FacilitiesDesigning Shared Use Facilities

– Shared Use refers to those instances whereby Shared Use refers to those instances whereby a project partner, separate from the transit a project partner, separate from the transit agency or grantee, occupies part of a larger agency or grantee, occupies part of a larger facility and pays for its prorata share of the facility and pays for its prorata share of the construction, maintenance and operation costs. construction, maintenance and operation costs.

Design IssuesDesign Issues

Incidental Use– Non-transit use of FTA financially

assisted project property is acceptable so long as it is incidental, does not interfere with transit use (i.e., transit has priority), and income generated is retained by the grantee for transit use.

Procurement IssuesProcurement Issues Specifications must include all required Specifications must include all required

clausesclauses Buy America certification must be signedBuy America certification must be signed Independent Cost Estimate must be Independent Cost Estimate must be

performedperformed Ability to negotiate with Ability to negotiate with

Architect/Engineering Consultants Architect/Engineering Consultants Cost and/or Price Analysis must be Cost and/or Price Analysis must be

conducted for every procurement actionconducted for every procurement action Brooks Act must be followed for AE Brooks Act must be followed for AE

services services

Construction IssuesConstruction Issues The final deliverable must adhere to plans and The final deliverable must adhere to plans and

specsspecs Original Scope of project must be carried out in Original Scope of project must be carried out in

constructionconstruction– The grantee agrees to provide and maintain The grantee agrees to provide and maintain

competent and adequate engineering supervision at competent and adequate engineering supervision at the construction site to ensure that the completed the construction site to ensure that the completed work conforms to the approved plans and work conforms to the approved plans and specifications and that the intent of the scope of the specifications and that the intent of the scope of the project is carried out.project is carried out.

Emphasis placed on managing a project within Emphasis placed on managing a project within its budgetits budget

Delivery of project within scheduleDelivery of project within schedule Quality Assurance in final productQuality Assurance in final product

Construction IssuesConstruction Issues

MaintenanceMaintenance– The grantee agrees to maintain project property in good The grantee agrees to maintain project property in good

operating order and in compliance with any applicable operating order and in compliance with any applicable federal regulations or directives that may be issued.federal regulations or directives that may be issued.

– The grantee agrees to keep satisfactory records The grantee agrees to keep satisfactory records pertaining to the use of project property, and to submit pertaining to the use of project property, and to submit to FTA upon request such information as may be to FTA upon request such information as may be required to assure compliance with Federal required to assure compliance with Federal requirements. requirements.

– The grantee is required to have a written The grantee is required to have a written Facility/equipment maintenance plan. Facility/equipment maintenance plan.

These plans should describe a system of periodic These plans should describe a system of periodic inspections and preventive maintenance to be performed inspections and preventive maintenance to be performed at certain defined intervals.at certain defined intervals.

Construction GuidanceConstruction Guidance

Construction Project Management Construction Project Management HandbookHandbook

http://http://www.fta.dot.gov/documents/Construcwww.fta.dot.gov/documents/Construct_Proj_Mangmnt_CD.pdft_Proj_Mangmnt_CD.pdf

Construction Project Management Construction Project Management HandbookHandbook

IntroductionIntroduction Chapter 2 Project DevelopmentChapter 2 Project Development Chapter 3 Project Initiation Chapter 3 Project Initiation Chapter 4 Planning, Environmental Chapter 4 Planning, Environmental

Clearance, Real Estate AcquisitionClearance, Real Estate Acquisition Chapter 5 DesignChapter 5 Design Chapter 6 ConstructionChapter 6 Construction Chapter 7 CommissioningChapter 7 Commissioning Chapter 8 Project CloseoutChapter 8 Project Closeout Chapter 9 Project SupportChapter 9 Project Support