ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY

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ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY

• Northwest Public Works Institute
• Liz Moorhead, PE
• Senior Engineer, City of Portland

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Engineering and Technology Overview

• Roles and responsibilities of municipal engineers
• Career issues
• Best management practices in
• Planning, development engineering design
• The bid process
• Construction
• Utility coordination
• Engineering technology
• Emerging issues

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Roles and Responsibilities of Municipal Engineers

• Project manager
• Designer
• Engineer-of-Record/Permit reviewer
• Construction Manager
• Inspector
• Subdivision Plan Checker
• Emergency Responder
• Technical Expert
• Traffic, structural, civil, hydraulic, etc.

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Engineer as Supervisor/Manager

• Design Team Leader
• Technical Manager
• Construction Manager
• Project Manager
• City Engineer
• Director of Public Works

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Career Issues

• Licensing (www.osbeels.org)
• Continuing education (30 PDHs in 2 years)
• Professional development - APWA, ASCE,
  conferences, subscriptions
• Rotation to promote well-rounded engineers
• Training
• Management/Leadership/Scheduling/
  Computer/Design/Construction Mgmt

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Best Management Practices Planning, Development
Design

• Project scope, schedule, budget coordination
• Stakeholder input
• Design criteria, regulations, standards and
  specifications
• Consultant or in-house design
• Utility coordination
• Production of (biddable and buildable) plans,
  specifications and estimate

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Best Management Practices Bid Process

• Advertise notice to bidders (Oct-Apr)
• Daily Journal of Commerce, Oregonian
• Pre-bid/Pre-proposal meeting (opt)
• Bidder Pre-qualification - insurance, bond,
  capacity, equipment, experience
• Bid opening evaluation
• 7-day notice of intent to award
• Bid award/rejection
• Execute contract - provide ins. bond

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Best Management Practices Pre-Construction

• Issue notice to proceed
• Assign inspector construction manager
• Have a preconstruction utility coordination
  meeting
• Have a preconstruction meeting
• Site survey

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Best Management Practices During and After
Construction

• Inspection and record keeping
• Material testing
• Measurement and payment
• Change orders
• Acceptance and final payment
• 2 year warranty bond,
• record drawings,
• close out cert.
• of completion

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Best Management Practice Utility Coordination

• Identification coordination
• Long-range utility planning
• Utility maps and records (GIS)
• One Call Centers/Uniform Color Code

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Engineering Technology

• Computerization
• Basics (Excel, Word, Outlook)
• Drafting, survey and geometric design (AutoCAD,
  Microstation, INRoads, Land Dev. Desktop, Civil
  3D, TDS)
• Analysis (SWMM, SAP)
• Record
• Keeping
• (MMS GIS)

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Emerging Issues

• Decrease in engineering graduates
• Fragmentation of public works
• Non-engineers as project managers department of
  public works directors
• Greenstreet facilities
• Paying to maintain
• infrastructure
• Privatization

SE 20th and Division