2016 LPA DAY FHWA Ohio Division Updates Jim DeSanto, PE (614) - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

2016 LPA DAY

FHWA Ohio Division Updates Jim DeSanto, PE (614) 280-6830, Jim.DeSanto@dot.gov

• Fixing America’s Surface Transportation

(FAST) Act

• Contract Administration Compliance
• Work Zone Safety
• Non-Discrimination
• Innovation
• E-Construction

Overview

• Signed into law on December 4, 2015
• Provides 5 years of funding certainty for

infrastructure planning and investment

• Authorizes $305 B (all modes) over FY 2016-

2020 ($226 B thru FHWA)

• Continued focus on accelerating project

delivery

FAST Act

• Review for federal compliance
• Random sample, state- & local-let

– +/- 60 projects per year, statistically valid sample

• 3 year cycle (focus on local-let in Year 3)
• Few issues of non-compliance
• Several opportunities to improve documentation and

reduce risk

Compliance Assessment Program (CAP) Reviews

• Use LPA bid document template
• Use electronic project files
• Perform & document bid analysis
• Verifications at beginning & throughout project

– Prime performing at least 30% (or local minimum > 30%) – DBE goal attainment – Initial check for excluded parties (SAM.gov)

• Best practice: Run the sub list through SAM.gov too!

Steps to Ensure Compliance

• Properly record change orders
• Communicate DBE substitutions
• Use a system to track testing & material

acceptance

• Document process & payment of stockpiled

materials

Steps to Ensure Compliance (cont.)

• Track CE time & costs
• Ensure SWPPP inspections are recorded in

daily work reports

• Record and file approvals for patented and

proprietary materials

Steps to Ensure Compliance (cont.)

What are some steps you can take to have a more successful local-let project? What are some best practices in your agency?

Steps to Ensure Compliance (cont.)

• Work Zone Safety

– 2015: 6,000 WZ crashes in Ohio

• 188 serious injuries, 30 fatalities

– Look for ways to reduce hazards (attachment) – The public is paying for a work zone that meets specification

Safety

• April 2015 conciliation agreement
• ODOT increasing outreach & training
• Proposal note 13 (DBE)

– ODOT-let projects in 2015, local-let starting Oct. 1, 2016

• All projects now considered for DBE goal
• Monitoring sub-recipient non-discrimination

assurances

• ODOT will collect & analyze data to monitor

compliance

Non-Discrimination

• Required of all public agencies

– 50 or more employees (published plans) – Americans with Disabilities Act (1990) – Section 504 (1973)

• Outreach & LTAP training

ADA Transition Plans

• Initiative led by USDOT Secretary Foxx
• Transportation policy

– Restore community connections & employment

• pportunities

– Ensure public engagement process has integrity – Work to make current infrastructure inclusive of needs of all

Connecting People to Opportunity

• Every Day Counts (EDC)

– Promote widespread implementation of transportation innovations – Round 4 products and upcoming webinars – Learn more and register at

www.fhwa.dot.gov/innovation/everydaycounts/edc_4/

Innovation & Acceleration

• Some EDC innovations in Ohio

– Warm mix asphalt – Safety Edge & High Friction Surface Courses – Road Diet – LPA stakeholder partnering (LPA Advisory Group) – Traffic incident management responder training – Accelerated Bridge Construction (GRS-IBS, PBES, SIBC)

Innovation & Acceleration

• Construction administration

– Secure, paperless process – Submittals, approvals, inspections, etc. – Efficient, saves time & money

• ODOT & FHWA evaluating platforms

– +100 mobile devices in all districts (EDC & OH $) – Pickaway County Eng’r piloting use of ODOT SiteManager for local-let project to test viability

E-Construction

Questions?

FHWA Ohio Division Jim DeSanto, PE (614) 280-6830, Jim.DeSanto@dot.gov