white paper session

Design-Build Best Practices for Environmental, MOT, Utilities, ATC’s and Right of Way

April 19, 2016Charlotte, NC

Transportation CommitteeFirst Name Last Name Company

James Avitabile RS&HJohn Bale JWBale, Inc.

Lanford Pritchett J. L. Patterson & Associates, Inc.

Hilda Lefebre JPB/SamTrans

Jeff Gagne HNTB

Shailendra Patel VDOT

Jeff LewisFederal Highway Administration

Scott Drobney Kiewit

Ray Moran Parsons Brinckerhoff

Hamid Tabassian Jacksonville Transportation Authority

Rex Huffman Huffman Consulting, LLC

Phil Sheridan Clark Civil, LLC

Lismary Gavillán Federal Highway Administration

First Name Last Name CompanyShannon Sweitzer S&ME, Inc.

Baabak Ashuri Georgia TechEvan Caplicki Nossaman LLP

Benjamin Dzioba Braun Intertec

Chandu Bhoraniya T.Y. Lin International

Gene Niemasz Parsons Transportation Group

Chuck TomascoC3M Power Systems (subsidiary of Clark Construction)

Jeffery Folden Maryland State Highway Administration

Virginia McAllister Iron Horse ArchitectsPaul Huston HNTB

Peter Davich Minnesota Department of Transportation

Steven Roberts RK & KPhil Schwab RS&H

MissionThe charge of the Transportation Markets Committee is to identify key obstacles to design-build in the transportation sector, and develop short- and long-term strategies to overcome them. To this end, the committee will:• Recommend methods and strategies to expand opportunities for owner education.• Collaborate with industry organizations on key issues to collectively facilitate positive

change.• Assess and continually update best practices specific to the Transportation sector.• Recommend needed tools/resources to assist owners in executing design-build more

effectively.• Provide input on the content development phase of the Transportation Conference.• Broaden DBIA’s view of the transportation markets to include all transportation sub-

markets, public and private, and at all levels; national, county, and municipality.• Collaborate with the P3 committee as it pertains to the Transportation sector.

Sub-Committees• Owners Outreach Subcommittee– Chair: Shannon Sweitzer PE, DBIA

• Education Subcommittee– Chair: John Bale, PE, DBIA, MBA

• Legislative Subcommittee– DBIA Staff: Richard Thomas

• Industry Outreach Subcommittee– Vacant

Major Accomplishments• Developed transportation specific courses• Published transportation Best Practices document• Transportation Best Practices white papers• Transportation owners survey published, additional research

and expansion on-going• Collaborated on workshops with industry stakeholders• Assisted owners with design-build manuals• Commented on federal rulemaking• Effective state, local and federal advocacy

Join the Committee • To be considered for a Committee, you must be an active member in

good standing. • Tenure on Committees is for a three-year term (2016 – 2018), reviewed

annually for eligibility based on evaluation of the following:

o Committee member’s ability to maintain a positive and supportive attitude as it relates to the committee’s work, the organization, and the DBIA staff.

o Level of participation and positive contributions to the successful work of the Committee.

• Interested persons can complete an application and send it to

[email protected]

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Design-Build Best Practices Additional Guidance

Presented by John W. Bale, P.E., DBIA - Introduction

Phil Sheridan, P.E. DBIA - ATC’sBaabak Ashuri, P.E. DBIA-Environmental

Ray Moran, P.E. DBIA - MOTShannon Sweitzer, P.E. DBIA - ROW

Hamid Tabassian, P.E. DBIA - Utilities

History - 2014 DBIA Presents at National Conference

• 2014 DBIA Presents at National Conference, Universally Applicable Best Practices

• 2015 DBIA drafts Transportation Specific Best Practices

• 2015 Transportation Conference – Workshop

• Current - 2016 Transportation Conference – Additional guidance (Implementing Techniques) for Transportation Sector specific Best Practices

History - 2014 DBIA Presents at National Conference

Design-Build Done Right Universally Applicable Best Design-Build Practices

History – Universal Best Practices

• Procuring Design-Build Services• Contracting for Design-Build Services• Executing the Delivery of Design-

Build Services• Best Practice • Implementing Technique

History - 2015 Transportation Specific Best Practices

Design-Build Done Right Transportation Sector Best Design-Build Practices

History -2015 Transportation Specific Best Practices

• Initially Focused on 5 Subject Areas Specific to Transportation • Alternative Technical Concepts• Environmental• Maintenance of Traffic• Right-of-Way• Utilities

History – Transportation Best Practices Expanded format of universal Best Practices

• Procuring Design-Build Services• Contracting for Design-Build Services• Executing the Delivery of Design-

Build Services• Best Practice• Implementing Technique

History -2015 Transportation Conference Work Shop

Requested additional thoughts from industry for the 5 Subject Areas:• Alternative Technical Concepts• Environmental• Maintenance of Traffic• Right-of-Way• Utilities

Current -2016 Transportation Conference

• Transportation Best Practices• Best Practice• Implementing technique

White papers may result in:• New proposed Best Practice • New Implementing Technique of a Best Practice• Additional or deeper information of an

Implementing Technique

Use of ATC’s in Transportation Design-Build Projects

Presented by Philip Sheridan P.E., DBIA

Alternative Technical ConceptsAdditional Guidance/Further Considerations

• Procurement: Implementing Technique 1.kOwners should develop ATC guidelines that define the process in which ATC’s are reviewed, evaluated and accepted. This is especially important for Owners with limited staff resources. In addition, on significantly large and complex projects, these guidelines can help steer the process productively towards the desired areas of innovation and maximizes the opportunities for the owner to achieve positive results

• Clearly identify requirements for content and review process used for ATC evaluation. • The RFP documents should define the levels of

approval for ATC’s.


• Procurement: Implementing Technique 1.kConditional approvals are commonly used to expedite the timelines of the procurement process. A conditional approval allows for two primary benefits:

• The design-build team is not required to continue to progress an ATC design concept during the proposal for further detailed evaluation.

• The Owner may still receive added value where the proposers can evaluate the risk associated with the conditional ATC versus the solution presented in the RFP Documents/Criteria Package they are trying to modify and price that risk accordingly, often at a lower overall cost to the Owner.


• Procurement: Implementing Technique 1.kOwners with limited resources for reviewing ATC’s can use one of the following techniques to minimize the overall efforts to evaluate ATC’s:

• One on One meetings to discuss ATC's in principle before formally making submissions for full evaluation.

• Submitting a shortened version of the ATC evaluation package "Conceptual ATC's" that provides the fundamental components to generally evaluate the ATC (generally a brief narrative scope description and one or two concept plans to present key elements).


• Procurement: Implementing Technique 2.cIf prescriptive requirements are included, owners should take the design to the minimum level required to obtain major approvals required for project development, and consider other means that encourage design flexibility, such as allowing: (a) shortlisted proposers to propose ATC’s; and (b) the design to deviate from the project configuration defined in the preliminary design, within specified parameters

• Owners should consider and encourage a broad array of ATC’s– Not limit approval of ATC’s to just those that reduce costs. – Be open to new concepts and processes utilized in other

states.


• Procurement: Implementing Technique 2.jProposers should be encouraged to submit ATC’s that do not compromise project quality or intent, and that allow proposers to provide input to the owner regarding new ideas, innovations or concepts that may not have been reflected in the RFP documents

• If an ATC submission is approved, the proposer may elect to incorporate the approved ATC into their proposal or not. A proposer should be required to clearly indicate within their proposal submission which ATC's have been incorporated in their technical and price submissions.

• Only ATC’s that are accepted or accepted with conditions should be allowed to be included. The submitted ATC’s should be included in the conformed contract at the time of award.


• Procurement: Implementing Technique 3.eOwners should protect the intellectual property of all proposers and should not disclose such information during the proposal process

• The ATC evaluation and approval process must remain proprietary and confidential to not only encourage, but also to ensure proposers pursue the most effective enhancements and cost solutions prior to submission. An ATC evaluation process that is effectively managed with true confidentiality on an equal playing field with all proposers in combination with clearly articulated evaluation criteria, there should be very little risk of the ATC process being the basis for an award protest by an unsuccessful proposer.


• Post Award : Implementing Technique 4.aThe owner and design-builder should acknowledge the significant level of effort required to manage the development and review of the design and, consequently: (a) dedicate sufficient resources to foster a collaborative environment for this work; and (b) mutually develop a realistic design development plan that efficiently engages the owner and key members of the design-builder’s team (e.g., designer(s)-of-record and key subcontractors) in purposeful meetings

• All incorporated ATC’s should be tracked to ensure they are captured in final design drawings.• Incorporated ATC’s may require modification to the

schedule of values or payment system used on the project.


• Post Award: Implementing Technique 4.a• The Proposer should be bound to deliver the Project

including the stated ATC’s and not be entitled contract modifications (without mutual agreement of the Parties) if the Proposer determines after contract award they cannot deliver the Project with the accepted ATC’s that were used by Owner as the basis of award. In this case they must deliver the original RFP scope at no increase in cost to the owner (unless subsequent approvals needed for the ATC to advance have been unreasonably withheld or otherwise affected by a third party outside the control of the successful proposer).

Environmental Analysis & Permitting Best Practices in Transportation Design-Build

ProjectsPresented by

David Hannon, PE., CPESC

NEPA Analysis & Permitting in Design-BuildAdditional Guidance/Further Considerations

• National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) planning, environmental permitting, and post-award environmental management are often identified as the critical path for delivery of transportation projects.

• NEPA analysis and permitting activities include the following:– Identification of environmental resources and coordination

with regulatory agencies– NEPA Process (Quantification and Mitigation of Environmental

Impacts)– Acquisition of environmental permits

NEPA Analysis & Permitting in Design-BuildAdditional Guidance/Further ConsiderationsProcurement: Implementing Technique 2.k or 3.a2.K Owners should perform an adequate search to identify necessary environmental permits for the project in order to avoid potential permit issues with the RFP conceptual design. If necessary, prior to issuance of the RFP, a risk management strategy tied to the permitting process should be considered

3.A Owners should perform appropriate front-end tasks (e.g., geotechnical investigations, environmental assessments, subsurface utility and other applicable surveys) to enable the owner to: (a) develop a realistic understanding of the project’s scope and budget; and (b) furnish proposers with information that they can reasonably rely upon in establishing their price and other commercial decisions

• A large obstacle to innovation is restrictive environmental processes or prescriptive design requirements introduced by owners through the permitting process.

• Allowing for a design that has room for flexibility and innovation is preferred in the NEPA process. – This is accomplished by focusing on clearing a project footprint for impacts and not a

specific design solution.


Procurement: Implementing Technique 2.k or 3.a


• Depending on project risks and potential for innovation, the environmental permits should be obtained by the party who can best manage the risks.

• Owners may employ three strategies to obtain environmental permits: – Acquire permits in advance of advertising the RFP

• Best used for high-risk/critical or non-construction related permits– Transfer of the responsibility the design-builder for any

amendment/change


Procurement: Implementing Technique 2.k or 3.a

2.K Owners should perform an adequate search to identify necessary environmental permits for the project in order to avoid potential permit issues with the RFP conceptual design. If necessary, prior to issuance of the RFP, a risk management strategy tied to the permitting process should be considered


– Acquire permits after procurement• Coordinate the impacts and permit requirements based on the design-builder’s

proposed design– Reduce or eliminate the schedule benefit of obtaining the permit in advance– Provide the design-builder with the additional flexibility in finalizing the design

– Require the design-builder to prepare permits• Best used for permits that extensively depend on design-builder’s design


Contract: Implementing Technique 2.c

2.C The contract should clearly specify the owner’s role during project execution, particularly relative to: (a) the process for the design-builder reporting to and communicating/meeting with the owner; (b) the owner’s role in acting upon design and other required submittals; and (c) the owner’s role, if any, in Quality Assurance/Quality Control. Additionally, the contract should clearly specify the respective responsibilities of the owner and design-builder in the areas of design, permitting, ROW, environmental mitigation measures, improvements that will be owned by third parties, and utility relocations

2.L The contract should clearly establish which party has responsibility for risks associated with: (a) governmental approvals, including permits required for project development; (b) any changes to the existing NEPA documents, including any NEPA re- evaluation; and (c) changes in law and changes in standards.

• It is critical to clearly define the permits or portions of permits the design-builder will be responsible to acquire. – Risk allocations and responsibilities related to delays associated with different environmental permits

should be properly addressed.

• Many permits require design input.– The contract should identify any specifics regarding the level of design required to secure a permit.


Post Award: Implementing Technique 1.eDesign-builders should be familiar with the entire NEPA process and its requirements, as this can be a critical factor if the design-builder proposes changes to approved concepts that deviate from the approved NEPA documents.

• Design-builders familiar with the NEPA process can help prevent designs from triggering a NEPA re-evaluation.

• Require the design-builders to perform the re-evaluation. – Can expedite the development of the re-evaluation and promote

better management of the project design and compliance with the NEPA document.


Post Award: Implementing Technique 3.cThe owner and design-builder should develop processes that enable key stakeholders (e.g., government agencies, utility and property owners, and third-party operators) to interface directly with the design-builder and its design professionals on significant elements of the work. Among the processes that might be considered are the use of special task forces to address issues related to ROW acquisition, utility relocation and environmental permitting that will engage key stakeholders into the process.• Permit modifications are needed to update permits to match the final

design impacts.– Transferring the responsibility for updating permits to the design-builder is more

desirable for all parties• Owner’s should work with regulatory agencies to establish which permits

should be obtained in advance and which should be acquired after award of a design-build contract.– Allows Owner’s to evaluate the benefits of early permit acquisition with the risk of

permit modification


Post Award: Implementing Technique 3.hDesign-builders should gain an understanding of the owner’s goals and should be aware that compliance with environmental mitigation requirements and other legal requirements (e.g. affirmative action, DBE) are often of critical importance to the owner even though they may not affect the ultimate work product.• Owners, regulatory agencies, and design-builders can enhance

environmental analysis and permitting.– Owners should empower the design-builder to assume the role defined

in the contract.• Owners should work to enforce environmental compliance and

incentivize design-builders to work to minimize environmental impacts.

Maintenance Of Traffic in Transportation Design-Build

Projects

Presented by Ray Moran, P.E., DBIA

Maintenance of Traffic

• Identified as a Best Practice in the Draft Document for Industry Input

• Little Detail Provided• Industry input• Procurement Identified as a Critical Period

Maintenance of TrafficAdditional Guidance/Further Considerations

Procurement: Implementing Technique 2.cOwners should develop their design-build procurement with the goal of minimizing the use of prescriptive requirements and maximizing the use of performance-based requirements, which will allow the design-build team to meet or exceed the owner’s needs through innovation and creativity. If prescriptive requirements are included, owners should take the design to the minimum level required to obtain major approvals required for project development, and consider other means that encourage design flexibility, such as allowing: (a) shortlisted proposers to propose ATC’s; and (b) the design to deviate from the project configuration defined in the preliminary design, within specified parameters

• The criteria documents (RFP documents) should provide clear criteria with an emphasis on flexible criteria whenever possible. Criteria can focus on level of service (LOS) requirements and travel times through the corridor versus dictating the number of lanes to remain operational at different times


Procurement: Implementing Technique 2.c• ATC’s should be allowed if proposer can demonstrate

performance requirements are met. • Criteria Documents (RFP) should clearly indicate responsibilities

of the owner and design-builder regarding adjacent roads, residents, businesses, sidewalks, bike paths, share use paths and the like.

• Criteria Documents (RFP) should identify all impacted agencies, stakeholders, and adjacent project which may require coordination for lane closures and traffic shifts.

• Flexibility in MOT specifically if there are schedule incentives.


Procurement: Implementing Technique 2.c• Restrictions regarding allowed lane closure times, rental costs

should be stated clearly in the criteria documents (RFP).• MOT is a driving force in determining technical solutions,

construction cost and project duration. • If the criteria Documents (RFP) do not make the requirements

clear – the design-builder teams should submit questions • If the work zone is such that the MOT requirements must be

prescriptive, then enough detail needs to be provided to the design-build proposers and provide an explanation as to why ATC’s may not be allowed.


Contract: Implementing Technique 2.kThe contract should clearly identify the scope of the design-builder’s responsibilities for maintenance of traffic (e.g., flagging) and traffic management constraints affecting the construction schedule (e.g., lane closure restrictions, lane rental, maintenance of access, special events)

• MOT development and application is a responsibility typically assigned to the design-build team within limits defined by the owner in the RFP documents

• Responsibility for providing tow truck services, breakdown or accident clearing in the work zones occupied by the DB should be clearly established.

• Responsibility of snow removal and road repair requirements should be clearly defined in the criteria Documents (RFP). The need for temporary snow storage, if any, should also be defined.

Right-Of-Way Acquisition in Transportation Design-Build

Projects

Presented byShannon Sweitzer, P.E., DBIA

Right-of-Way AcquisitionAdditional Guidance/Further Considerations

Procurement: Implementing Technique 2.gOwners should take appropriate steps to reduce right-of-way acquisition (ROW) risk for the project. The owner should: (a) clearly define the existing ROW boundaries; (b) provide expected dates for owner ROW acquisitions affecting the construction schedule (if the owner will be responsible for the acquisitions); and (c) provide other information enabling the proposers to understand how the ROW acquisition process interrelates with the construction schedule. Owners should be closely involved when ROW acquisition is the responsibility of the design-builder, or when the ROW needed for the project may vary based on the final project design. The owner should clearly specify the scope of the design-builder’s responsibilities and identify the procedures that the design-builder must follow with respect to acquisitions. The owner should retain responsibility for paying ROW acquisition costs and costs of relocations so as to reduce contingency that will otherwise be included in the contract price

Owner involvement should include:• Assuming financial risk of the property and relocation costs, unless these

financial risks can be quantified or an incentive cost structure established.• Knowing variables which affect ROW cost and schedule and the associated

risk profile• Defining the Party responsible for ROW acquisition and relocation services• Acting as final oversight agency with eminent domain authority


Procurement: Implementing Technique 2.g

Providing procurement documents that clearly define the existing ROW:• Current mapping, tied to survey control, with accurate parcel and

property information• Parcels previously acquired• Parcels with known environmental contamination• High risk parcel which could affect cost or schedule• ROW restrictions, such as borrow material or wasting



Providing specific guidance regarding the ROW acquisition process, schedule, guidelines and procedures:• Specificity for each step in process• Each Parties responsibility• Documentation requirements• Submittals/approvals/hold points• Negotiation thresholds• Flexibility is revising the project footprint along with associated

permitting, if required



When the design-builder is performing the ROW acquisition, owners should remain involved throughout the acquisition process:

• Owner should assign a capable right of way manager to project who is empowered to make final decisions

• Align design-builder goals with project goals– Encourage ROW cost savings – Encourage design changes to reduce ROW cost, while understanding

schedule implications– Discourage eminent domain cases


Contract: Implementing Technique 2.cThe contract should clearly specify the owner’s role during project execution, particularly relative to: (a) the process for the design-builder reporting to and communicating/meeting with the owner; (b) the owner’s role in acting upon design and other required submittals; and (c) the owner’s role, if any, in Quality Assurance/Quality Control. Additionally, the contract should clearly specify the respective responsibilities of the owner and design-builder in the areas of design, permitting, ROW, environmental mitigation measures, improvements that will be owned by third parties, and utility relocationsThe contract should specify the owner’s responsibilities and the design-builder’s responsibilities. This should include ROW and coordination aspects. Risk allocations and responsibilities related to delays should be properly addressed• Specificity for each step in process• Each Party’s responsibility• Documentation requirements• Submittals/approvals/hold points• Negotiation thresholds• Flexibility is revising the project footprint along with associated permitting, if required• Responsibility for cost and schedule impacts• Incentives for reduction in ROW, number or parcel impacts, relocations and condemnation claims


Post Award: Implementing Technique 3.eThe owner should be fully engaged and prepared to make the timely decisions necessary to facilitate the design-builder’s performance, including being represented by staff that has the authority to make decisions and perform its project functions

• When right-of-way acquisition is included as a responsibility of the design-build team, owner guidance; continuous owner support and the inclusion of contract incentives may lead to increased efficiencies and cost reduction

• Establish process to promote clear communication, transparency and information sharing

• Implement the use of a tracking report or GIS application to keep parties abreast of acquisition/relocation status

• Discuss at each project meeting until ROW is complete

• Establish protocol for timely review of ROW submittals, approvals, settlements, and eminent domain packages


Post Award: Implementing Technique 3.cThe owner and design-builder should develop processes that enable key stakeholders (e.g., government agencies, utility and property owners, and third-party operators) to interface directly with the design-builder and its design professionals on significant elements of the work. Among the processes that might be considered are the use of special task forces to address issues related to ROW acquisition, utility relocation and environmental permitting that will engage key stakeholders into the process

• Design-builders should consider special task forces or interdisciplinary teams to address issues related to ROW acquisition and property owners into the process

• Early involvement of property owners

• Take advantage of the Public Meetings

• Pursue high risk parcels first

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Post Award: Implementing Technique 3.c• Provide three dimensional plans or visualizations detailing property impacts

• Provide quality appraisals

• Address utility easements during ROW acquisition

• Streamline asbestos abatement and environmental contamination remediation

Management of Utilities in Transportation Design-Build Projects

Presented by Hamid Tabassian, P.E., DBIA

Management of UtilitiesAdditional Guidance/Further Considerations

Procurement: Implementing Technique 3.aOwners should perform appropriate front-end tasks (e.g., geotechnical investigations, environmental assessments, subsurface utility and other applicable surveys) to enable the owner to: (a) develop a realistic understanding of the project’s scope and budget; and (b) furnish proposers with information that they can reasonably rely upon in establishing their price and other commercial decisions• Identify utility owners and obtain survey • Compare owners record with survey info• Perform GPR• Perform vacuum excavation for selected utilities• Investigate existence of any prior rights• Develop Utility Relocation Agreement • RFP to include a utility conflict matrix


Procurement: Implementing Technique 1.cOwners should identify and involve key project holders at the early stages of project planning, as stakeholder goals, expectations, challenges, constraints, and priorities should guide all project planning and procurement activities, including the determination and implementation of design excellence and sustainability goals• Owners should participate in open meetings in advance of the procurement

to meet with stakeholders and provide advance notice of relocation activities • Provide scope, concept plans and schedule • Obtain as-built info• Discuss conflicts and strategies to avoid them

Management of UtilitiesAdditional Guidance/Further ConsiderationsProcurement: Implementing Technique 2.hOwners should be actively involved and take appropriate steps to reduce project risks relating to utility relocation, including:(a) developing risk mitigation strategies and evaluating how best to assign risks associated with utility relocation; (b) including, where appropriate from a risk mitigation perspective, an allowance in the contract for utility relocation cost instead of requiring a lump sum; and, to the extent reasonably possible, (c) negotiating and securing, before the RFP is released, agreements with utility owners and stakeholders that establish the parameters for work to be performed by the design-builder. Utility agreements should clearly define divisions of responsibilities and, when work is being performed by the private utility, should include schedule commitments that can be relied upon by the design-builder• Owners are encouraged to develop risk mitigation strategies and evaluate how best to

assign risks associated with utilities relocation• Develop a risk matrix and risk mitigation strategies• Determine how best to assign risks and who most capable of managing them• Encourage ATC’s to reduce risk or avoid relocations• Reach an agreement for including utilities scope of work in the transportation project RFP• RFP to include the construction/relocation schedule for any self-performing work


Procurement: Implementing Technique 2.kOwners should meet early with any impacted railroad management team to discuss the project and define scope.

If a Railroad is impacted, owners should meet early with Railroad management team to discuss the project and define scope:• Obtain owner specs, TSP’s and performance requirements• RFP to clearly specify rules of engagement• RFP to specify Parties responsibilities• If allowed by RFP, utility owners should be contacted prior to

submittal of price proposals

Management of UtilitiesAdditional Guidance/Further ConsiderationsContract Implementing Techniques 2.cThe contract should clearly specify the owner’s role during project execution, particularly relative to: (a) the process for the design-builder reporting to and communicating/meeting with the owner; (b) the owner’s role in acting upon design and other required submittals; and (c) the owner’s role, if any, in Quality Assurance/Quality Control. Additionally, the contract should clearly specify the respective responsibilities of the owner and design-builder in the areas of design, permitting, ROW, environmental mitigation measures, improvements that will be owned by third parties, and utility relocations• In absent of any advance existing utility info, the contract language should clearly

specify the responsibility and timeline for submitting a preliminary utility status report that includes a listing of all utilities, a conflict evaluation and cost responsibility determination for each utility. In this case, “utility relocation allowance budget” is highly recommended.


Post Award: Implementing Technique 3.cThe owner and design-builder should develop processes that enable key stakeholders (e.g., government agencies, utility and property owners, and third-party operators) to interface directly with the design-builder and its design professionals on significant elements of the work. Among the processes that might be considered are the use of special task forces to address issues related to ROW acquisition, utility relocation and environmental permitting that will engage key stakeholders into the process• Owners should schedule a meeting early in the post-award phase to introduce the

design-builder to the third parties to develop communications, responsibilities and schedules regimes

• In coordination with owner, conduct utility review meetings to assess and explain the impact of the project construction

• Establish a protocol for open communication, decision making and partnering• Provide complete design plans punctually• Make all reasonable efforts to avoid conflicts, and to avoid the need for additional

TCE’s and/or ROW

Questions??

Any comments or questions please email DBIA – Richard Thomas [email protected]