Preconstruction Expectations
Why Lead a quality process that meet the needs of UDOT? The importance of your work must be examined in order to answer the question of why. UDOT needs both Region design and planning to ensure that the transportation system is safe, efficient and meets the needs of your State. As the Region's designers and planners you are considered the backbone of UDOT decision making. You make decisions everyday that have a profound effect on the people who depend on the highways for their livelihood and their health and welfare. The way you conduct your business could literally mean life or death to those who depend on you. During your everyday work you make decision that may save historic artifacts or determine how a roadway feature is designed to maximize safety. You are tasked to find the most effective way to spend the taxpayer's money that will provide a safe and efficient transportation system. You are the first line of defence when it comes to ensuring quality transportation in Northern Utah. Without your leadership and dedication the quality of life for everyone in Northern Utah is diminished greatly. So why Lead a quality process that meet the needs of UDOT? The answers are; to promote safety, economic development, communication, and a high quality of life. I have only named just a few reasons why your work is so important and there are many more.
Please lead the way!
I agree with everything you have said here, but I don’t think you have fully addressed the challenges we face going forward. In particular, that we are tasked with doing as much with less. I don’t see this Great Recession ending any time soon, and we will be required to stretch our dollars and our projects further than before. In addition to this, we are now implementing P+T bidding, which will add additional challenges. As much of a challenge as this new advertising, bidding, and contracting system is for Preconstruction, it will be an even greater challenge for Construction. After award, the Construction division will now have to ensure quality AND schedule. I wonder if there is some way that we can provide them with additional support? Just some random thoughts…
ReplyDeleteAt issue for construction is the compliance to the time portion of P+T. Construction crews have always been responsible to ensure quality and schedule. The issue at hand is that we must help by making the specifications clear and concise in what the contractor is expected to do in respects to P+T. This will require that we have a pre-bid meeting on every project and present UDOT's expectations to the perspective contractors so that everyone is clear on how to proceed and the consequences if the specifications are not adhered too. This will take some added effort from both preconstruction and construction teams. Finding the best process by which to implement P+T is the challenge. A rigorous review of the specifications and early input from construction will be key factors for success.
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