Identification of Utility Conflicts and Solutions: Pilot Implementation of the SHRP 2 R15B Products at the Maryland State Highway Administration (2014) / Chapter Skim
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CHAPTER 2 Use of the Stand-Alone UCM in Maryland Introduction The pilot implementation in Maryland involved completing the following major activities: • Coordinate with MDSHA officials on the identification of projects to conduct the pilot implementation, UCM training opportunities, and technical support logistics. • Conduct the one-day UCM training course for selected users.
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District Project Design Stage at the Beginning of the Pilot Implementation 3 MD 210 at Kerby Hill Road and Livingston Road Interchange Project <30% 3 MD 212 (Powder Mill Road) from Montgomery Road to US 1 (Baltimore Avenue)
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Table 2.1. Project Status and UCM Implementation as of December 2013 District Project Project Status UCM1 Comment 3 MD 210 30% design meeting with utilities June 2013.
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value engineering study was conducted in April 2011. The resulting revised scope includes construction of a median ramp interchange on MD 210 at Kerby Hill Road/Livingston Road.
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firm was selected as a utility coordination and design consultant to determine utility conflicts, need for quality level B (QLB) utility investigations and quality level A (QLA)
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actions for utility conflicts, and identified utility conflicts that needed further investigation using test holes. The assessment resulted in 107 conflicts, as follows: • Level 3 Communications: 10 conflicts • PEPCO Electric: 35 conflicts (added 27 conflicts)
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• Not enough information is available yet to quantify benefits. District officials expected that an assessment of benefits (time or money savings)
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utility data (e.g., from a set of as-builts, field locates, utility designation, or geographic information system (GIS) or the actual graphic or picture of the utility in conflict.
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Figure 2.4. MD 212 from Montgomery Road to US 1 project location.
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Figure 2.5. MD 212 from Montgomery Road to US 1.
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Figure 2.6. MD 147 at Joppa Road intersection improvement project location.
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Figure 2.7. MD 147 at Joppa Road.
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• The UCM is helpful for documentation, discussion, and resolution of utility conflicts. Having designers populate the UCM first gives those designers a greater appreciation for utility issues and helps them to design more effectively earlier in the process.
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MD 715 interchange design–build project. The improvements will result in three through lanes, one left-turn lane, and one right-turn lane on westbound US 40 at the intersection with MD 7, as well as three through lanes, one left-turn lane, and one shared through/right lane on eastbound US 40 at the intersection with MD 159.
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Figure 2.9.
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results were available in November 2013. District officials will schedule a utility coordination meeting after the utility owners have reviewed the updated plans.
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• Graphical representations of utility conflicts are needed in MicroStation. For example, conflict outlines or icons could be generated in MicroStation and saved on a separate level.
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Figure 2.11. Wayson's Corner park-and-ride lot.
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• Populating and maintaining UCMs takes time. The utility coordinator saw potential on the use of the UCM (particularly for other stakeholders such as designers and project managers)
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District 7: MD 32 Road Widening from Day Road to West Friendship Road This project involves widening approximately one mile of MD 32 from approximately 750 feet south of Day Road to approximately 500 feet north of West Friendship Road to accommodate a 13-foot-wide continuous center turn lane and shoulders that vary from 6 to 10 feet wide in addition to 11-foot-wide through lanes (Figure 2.12 and Figure 2.13)
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Figure 2.13. MD 32 between Day Road and West Friendship Road.
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to the new poles, and finally Verizon Wireless would relocate its facilities. According to the UCM, this process was estimated to take nine months from February 2014 to October 2014.
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by utility owners. Utility owners noted that MDSHA made a significant effort to avoid unnecessary relocations, which resulted in a much better working relationship with utility owners (and will likely have a positive impact on future projects)
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utilities need to relocate. It is worth noting that the updated training materials (see Chapter 4)
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