A Utah experience with CMGC

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A Utah experience with CMGC

• Jim McMinimee, P.E.
• UDOT
• Kip Wadsworth,
• Ralph Wadsworth Construction

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CMGC

• Why?
• What it is
• The process we use
• Benefits and Risks
• Where are we headed?
• Case Study

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Utah Statistics

• Population 2,233,169 (2000 Census)
• Land Area 84,916 sq. miles
• Highest Point Kings Peak 13,528 ft
• Lowest Point Beaver Dam Wash 2,350 ft
• 2nd most Urbanized population

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Dollars in Volume

• 1996 - 450 Million Federal Aid program
• 1997 5.5 cent State Gas tax funds 3.2B
  (290/yr)
• 2007 1.4B General fund (1B bond) next 2-3 yrs
  (700 to 500/yr)
• 143 projects 1.1B under construction right now
• 2008?
• Program Growth required changes in project
  delivery

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Upcoming Innovative Program
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Innovations to Reduce Project Delivery Time
Design Build
ABC
CMGC/CM at Risk
Total Closure
AB
Lane Rental
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Traditional Cost Curve for Construction Projects
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User Costs vs. Time in Work Zones
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Project Cost Curve
Construction User
Lowest Cost Project
Lowest Construction Cost
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Innovative Methods Learning Curve
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How does Innovative Delivery work?
DB/CMGC/ABC
Partnership involves entire industry
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CMGC What is it?

• Two part contracting method
• Part one Construction Management
• Part two General Contractor
• Part one
• Work with Owner, and Designer to design Job
• Provide advice on Constructability, Schedule,
  Materials, Budget
• Bid on project
• Part two-
• Build project

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CMGC process

• Owner hires Designer and CMGC contractor
• CMGC contractor hired with Best Value selection
  the earlier the better
• UDOTS selection criteria has Experience, Project
  Approach, Price, and Approach to Price
• Team works on design
• Periodically owner asks CMGC to price job
• UDOTs model has two estimates- Designer
  furnishing Engineers estimate, and an Independent
  Cost Estimate (ICE)
• Iterations address risk

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CMGC process (cont)

• Two possible outcomes of bid
• Owner gets acceptable price
• Proceed with build
• Owner doesnt get acceptable price
• Proceed with more design ultimately convert to
  Design-Bid-Build
• Build contract can be Guaranteed Max price or
  Unit price

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Risk
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What Does UDOT expect from CMGC?

• Better Designs
• Better schedules
• Lower costs
• Savings in design
• Savings in constructability
• Savings in innovation

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CMGC Benefits

• UDOT Benefits
• UDOT collaborates in design
• UDOT helps steer innovation
• Reduce design errors
• Improved Constructability
• Less detail required in design
• Identify and manage risk
• Early Procurement
• Early start on critical path

• Contractor Benefits

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CMGC Risks

• UDOT Risks
• Sole source contract
• Unable to negotiate on project cost (schedule)
• New process

• Contractor Risks

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Strategy for CMGC

• Projects where UDOT needs Contractor involvement,
  but desires to control design
• Projects with high need for innovation
• Projects that can benefit from early procurement
• Projects with third-party risk or unknowns

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CMGC PROGRAM

• 15 projects
• Dollar Volume
• Draft Report for FHWA

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Case Study 4500 south Bridge Replacement

• Working with the Contracting Industry to deliver
  projects quickly
• Uses CMGC and ABC
• Rapid Bridge replacement

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Project Timeline

• Design Bid Build
• January 2007 - Begin design
• September 2007 - Advertise project
• Fall 2008 - Construction completion
• CMGC
• January 2007 - Began preliminary design
• March 2007 - Hired contractor
• Fall 2007 - Construction completion

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Success!

• Interstate traffic closed only 52 hours
• Decreased construction impacts from months to
  hours
• Opened interstate 6 hours earlier than expected
• Saved 4 million in user costs
• Future plans to build using this innovation
• I-80
• Parleys Canyon
• 33rd south, I-215

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Questions?