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... APPENDIX F: PORTLAND TRANSIT MALL REVITALIZATION, OREGON Project Overview Basic Information Project Name: Portland Transit Mall (Greenline) Revitalization Name of Agency: Tri-County Metropolitan Transportation District of Oregon (TriMet)
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... intervening years, the condition of the Portland Mall and its fixtures deteriorated. While the full revitalization project improved road and walk ways both physically and aesthetically and encouraged and resulted in a number of storefront improvements and nearby development, this case study deals with the installation of the light rail line along the full length of the Portland Transit Mall.
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... Preconstruction Contract Award: March 2006 Construction Contract Award: January 2007 Original Project Delivery Period: September 2009 Final Project Delivery: September 2009 Project Delivery Method Agency Project Delivery Experience Table F1: Agency Project Delivery Method Experience Project Delivery Method Legislative/Legal Authority Number of years of experience with PDM DBB NA; Pilot projects only; General authorization NA; 1-5; 5-10; > 10 CMGC NA; Pilot projects only; General authorization NA; 1-5; 5-10; > 10 DB NA; Pilot projects only; General authorization NA; 1-5; 5-10; > 10 PPP NA; Pilot projects only; General authorization NA; 1-5; 5-10; > 10 Other NA; Pilot projects only; General authorization NA; 1-5; 5-10; > 10 Project delivery method used on this project Construction Manager/General Contractor (CM/GC)
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... Procurement and Prequalification Process Prequalification Table F2: Administrative and Performance Based Prequalification Requirements Designer prequalification program factors Prequalification Type Administrative Performance Based Prequalification required for all projects Prequalification required for selected projects only Prequalification standards are the same for all projects Prequalification standards are different by project class Construction prequalification program factors Prequalification Type Administrative Performance Based Prequalification required for all projects Prequalification required for selected projects only Prequalification standards are the same for all projects Prequalification standards are different by project class Design TriMet traditionally only self-performs preliminary engineering on their projects before handing them off to engineering consultants for more detailed design and completion. When procuring a designer, TriMet uses a standard two-stage process beginning with a request for qualifications.
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... Required Document Submittals for Bidding Table F3: Required Bidding Documents Did your project advertising/solicitation documents (i.e.
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... Table F4: Design Quality Management Roles Responsible Party (select all that apply) Responsibility allocation for design management tasks Agency Design Staff Agency PM Staff Design Consultant Staff Constructor's Pre-const.
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... Table F5: Construction Quality Management Roles Responsible Party (select all that apply) Responsibility allocation for construction management tasks Agency Design Staff Agency PM Staff Design Consultant Staff Constructor's Construction Staff Agency-hired QA/oversight Consultant Other Technical review of construction shop drawings N/A S P Technical review of construction material submittals N/A P S Checking of pay quantities N/A P Routine construction inspection N/A S P Quality control testing N/A P S Verification testing – Note 1 N/A P P Acceptance testing N/A P Approval of progress payments for construction progress N/A P Approval of construction postaward QM/QA/QC plans N/A P Report of nonconforming work or punchlist.
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... QAO Analysis The QAO for this project lies somewhere between a deterministic and an assurance model. On this project, construction QC was run by the contractor with inspections and assurance and verification testing performed by the owner.
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... quality tests later on. The early involvement also allowed the contractor to begin relocating conflicting utilities during design before the official construction contract was issued.

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