Additional Resources for Construction Management and Inspection

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Additional Resources for Construction Management
and Inspection

• Stan Adams, P.E.
• UDOT Deputy Construction Engineer
• Regions 3 4

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Why is This Important?

• Assures Materials and Practices incorporated into
  the project are of highest quality and follow the
  plans and specifications
• Result Better Quality Projects
• Mandated by Title 23, Part 637 Subsection 205 of
  the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR)

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23CFR 637.205

• Policy
• (b) SHA capabilities. The SHA shall maintain an
  adequate, qualified staff to administer its
  quality assurance program..

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Key Words

• Adequate Enough personnel to perform the
  inspection and testing programs to assure
  compliance with the plans and specifications.
• Qualified Training and experience in what their
  duties are.

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What can we do if we have more projects than we
have qualified technicians?

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SOLUTION

• PUNT..? No

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SOLUTIONS.

• Transportation Techs
• Consultants
• Rent A Tech
• Retired UDOT Employees
• Using a Construction Crew from another Region

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Transportation Techs

• Besides your own assigned Trans Techs, these are
  Maintenance personnel who are in the Trans-Tech
  program.
• Resource needs identified early on and then meet
  with the Maintenance Area Supervisor and/or the
  Maintenance Engineer to discuss possible
  shortages in your needs on upcoming construction
  projects.

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Trans Tech Training

• Trans-Tech Academy (new hires)
• Transportation Education Program (TEP) (4-year
  Program)
• On-the-Job Training Program (OJT). Works under
  the supervision of a Constr. Tech III or IV for 1
  year to gain experience and certification in
  materials testing.
• Responsibility of Trans Tech to sign up for this
  program.
• IQP (Inspector Qualification Program) qualified
  through UDOT

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Transportation Techs (Cont.)

• Transportation Technician Qualification Program
  (TTQP)
• Important that Trans Techs be encouraged to
  attend the TEP, OJT and TTQP Training Programs to
  get qualified to better help us on our
  construction projects.
• By doing so, increases the pool of in-house
  personnel resources available to the REs

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Transportation Techs (Cont.)

• Important that REs work with Area
  Supervisors/Maintenance Engineers early on to
  identify resource needs.
• Lastly, make sure you supply all of your Trans
  Techs with a set of Project Plans and Specs that
  apply to the area they are responsible for on the
  project inspection
• This is currently and has been a problem in the
  past

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Consultants

• Used mainly for complete project management
  including inspection and testing responsibilities
• The Consultant acts as the Resident Engineer on
  the project. Inspection personnel must be OJT,
  IQP and/or TTQP qualified through UDOT

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Consultants (Cont.)

• Needs identified early on. RCE PM should know
  manpower needs and contact Consultant Services to
  use a consultant from the Construction Engineer
  and Management Pool (See Consultant Contract
  handout)
• Know your local Consultants and their individual
  personnel for possible future help with your
  projects
• Consultant Services Contract Handout

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Rent-A-Tech

• Use of a specific Technician already employed by
  a Consultant for inspection and/or testing
  services only. Must be OJT, IQP, and/or TTQP
  qualified through UDOT.
• The Technician is directly responsible to the
  UDOT Resident Engineer and becomes part of
  his/her crew for the duration of the project or
  temporary employment.
• Identify the need early on. PM and RE should
  contact Consultant Services for help in securing
  the Technician through a Pool Contract. (See
  Consultant Contract handout)

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Consultants (Cont.)

• Know your local Consultant personnel for possible
  future help with your projects as a Rent-A-Tech

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Retired UDOT Employees

• Identify the need early on
• Identify those who have an interest and the
  qualifications to help with inspection and/or
  testing
• Contact your Region Human Resources
  representative for help in retaining a retiree
  for your project needs

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Retired UDOT Employees (Cont.)

• Keep a contact list of retired UDOT personnel who
  are qualified to perform inspection and/or
  testing work

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Using A Crew From Another Region

• Identify the need early on and work through your
  Region Construction Engineer and the Region
  Construction Engineer of the other Region to
  identify a crew that may be available.

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Summary and Conclusions
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Keys To Success

• EARLY PLANNING (Identifying the need early on)
• Find out what projects are being assigned to your
  crew as early as possible in the year
• Determine personnel resource needs for each
  project
• Coordinate with Maintenance Area Supervisors to
  maximize use of the Trans Techs
• Make contact with RCE, Consultant Services, etc.
  as soon as needs are identified

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Options

• There are NO options for having inadequate
  numbers of qualified inspection and testing
  personnel on UDOT projects
• UDOT/FHWA Quality Assurance Program Process
  Review found that we as a Department need to
  improve in our qualifications of construction
  personnel including making sure we are covering
  the projects with adequate numbers of personnel
  to get the job done.

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Consequences

• If we do not adhere to Department Policy and
  Procedure, Minimum Sampling Testing Guide,
  Duties outlined in the UDOT Construction Manual
  of Instruction and the requirements for the DOT
  to develop and follow a Quality Assurance Program
  as outlined in the Code of Federal Regulations
  (CFR) Title 23 Part 637, We Lose..
• What do we lose?..
• Federal Funding for our construction projects.

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We have no alternatives and no excuses..A
problem has been identified, We are committed to
solving it.