Ashtabula Baseline Sediment Assessment

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Chicago District
Colonel Vincent V. Quarles District Commander
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Chicago District
Mission
The Chicago District provides vital engineering
services and capabilities to reduce the impacts
of storm and flood damage, protect and restore
the environment, support navigation, and respond
to national emergencies.

• 5,000 Sq. Mi.
• 8.5 M people
• 6 counties in IL 2 in IN (civil works only

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Chicago Area Harbors

• 7 Harbors
• 1 Lock
• 10 miles of structures
• 31 miles of channel
• 135 miles of coastline

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Contracting Opportunities
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McCook Reservoir
System
Lake
Michigan
O'Hare

• 30,000 acre-ft Reservoir (10 billion gallons)
• 1 of 2 Tunnels finished
• Pumps motors finished
• Gates and valves
• Aeration system
• Scheduled Completion
• Phase 1 - 2014
• Phase 2 - 2023

OHare Reservoir
Mainstream
System
Des Plaines
System
McCook Reservoir
Calumet
System
Thornton Reservoir
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McCook Reservoir

• Current Construction
• Stage 2 Cutoff Wall
• Stage 1 Grout Curtain
• Stage 1 Rock Wall
• Distribution Tunnel
• Main Tunnel System
• Main Gates Fabrication

• FY 09 Construction
• Stage 2 Grout Curtain

• FY 10 Construction
• Award Main Tunnel
• System Access Shaft

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McCook Reservoir
GROUTING

• Planned
  Advertisement
• Description Size Date
  Method
• Main Tunnel Access Shaft (90 diam, 300deep)
  25-100M Aug 09 Unrestricted
• Grout Stage II (deep rock grouting, 300 deep)
  25-100M Aug 09 Unrestricted
• Construction Services IDIQ
  1- 5 M Mar 09
  Awarded
• Main Tunnel gt 100M Aug 10
  Unrestricted
• advertised

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Little Calumet River
Levee, Stage VII
Levee, Stage VIII
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Little Calumet River

• 22 miles of levees floodwalls, control
  structures
• pump stations
• Preserve 500 acres of wetlands
• Provides recreation features
• Approximately 70 constructed,
• Completion - 2011

Pump Stations
Levee, Stage VIII
Levee, Stage VII

Planned Advertisement Description
Size Date
Method Stage VII Levees
10 - 25 M May 09 Awarded
Stage VIII Levees 10 - 25
M May 09 Awarded Recreation
Trails TBD Jun 10 TBD
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Dispersal Barriers

• Innovative Technology, high interest
• Demonstration Barrier Status
• - In Continuous Operation, maintaining
  necessary field strength
• - Will operate at least until Barrier IIA
  is on-line
• Barrier IIA construction complete, ongoing
  Safety investigations

Flow
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Dispersal Barriers
Prevent Movement of Invasive Fish Species
Between the Great Lakes and Mississippi River
Basins
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Permanent Barrier II-B Status

• Complete design
• and initiate construction
• of Barrier IIB

IIB
IIA
Planned
Advertisement Description
Size Date
Method Barrier II Warning Sign Install.
250-500 K Oct 09 Sole Source 8(a)
Set Aside Barrier IIB Beta Building, HVAC
5-10 M Aug 09
Unrestricted advertised
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Burns Waterway Harbor

• Dredging to maintain navigation
• Open lake or beach area disposal

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Calumet Harbor and River

• Dredging to maintain navigation
• Disposal in Chicago CDF

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Waukegan Harbor

• Dredging approach channel to maintain navigation
• Open lake disposal

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Indiana Harbor CDF

• Currently completing south cutoff wall and
  gradient control system
• Operating temporary WTP
• Plan to award south end facilities contract

CDF
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Support to Veterans Affairs

• Replacing switchgear at Jesse Brown Hospital

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ARRA Chicago Harbor Breakwater
Breakwater

• Rehabilitation of Breakwater that protects
  navigation through the Chicago Harbor Lock

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ARRA Chicago Lock

• Replacement of the East and West Gates

Gates
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FY09 Contract Awards to Date

• LRC awarded 17 construction contracts for over
  78M in FY09
• SMALL BUSINESS PERFORMANCE
• Category Number
  Obligation
• Unrestricted 0
  0
• Small Business 5
  26,755,324
• SDB 0
  0
• Hub Zone 5
  5,878,655
• WO 0
  0
• SDV 0
  0
• HBCU/MI 0
  0

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Chicago District FY 09 Construction Contract
Awards

• Project Award Award Work Contractor
• Name Date Amount Description
• Fort Sheridan Estuary 30 Jan 09 314,804
  Habitat Restoration V3
  Companies, IL LTD
• 
  (Large
  Business)
• CSSC Dispersal Barrier II 27 Feb 09 599,093
  Phase B Alpha JEI
• (Hubzone SB)
• Calumet Harbor and River 17 Apr 09 1,732,300
  Dredging Luedtke Engineering
• (HUBZone SB)
• Des Plaines River, 31 Mar 09 115,468
  Vegetation management Natural Resources
• Flow Improvements (Small Business)
• Little Calumet River, 16
  Apr 09 13,814,973 Construct levee,
  floodwalls and Ceres Environmental
• Stage VII Levee other flood
  protection measures (Large Business)

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Chicago District FY 09 Construction Contract
Awards

• Project Award Award Work
  Contractor
• Name Date Amount Description
• Cady Marsh Ditch 18 Jun 09 59,050
  2 acre wetland mitigation Tallgrass Restoration
• 
  (Small Business)
• Little Calumet River,
  26 Jun 09 12,995,886 Construct levee,
  floodwalls and Walsh Construction
• Stage VIII Levee other flood
  protection measures (Large Business)
• McCook Reservoir 30 Jun 09 25,000,000
  General Construction IDIQ Schwartz
  Excavating
• (Small Business)
• Burns Harbor NIPSCO 23 Jul 09 2,024,900
  Maintenance Dredging Luedtke
  Engineering
• (HUBZone SB)
• Waukegan Harbor 24 Jul 09 923,269
  Approach channel Great Lakes Dock
  Dredging Materials
• (HUBZone SB)

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Chicago District FY 09 Construction Contract
Awards

• Project Award Award Work Contractor
• Name Date Amount Description
• CSSC Dispersal Barrier 2A 31 Jul 09
  499,294 Building construction Hill
  Mechanical Corp
• (Large Business)
• VA Medical Center 31 Jul 09 1,525,673
  Switch Gear Replacement Far East Construction
• Jesse Brown (8A SB)
• Chicago Harbor Lock 15 Jul
  09 14,752,000 Lock Gates
  Replacement James McHugh
• ARRA Construction
• 
  
  (Large Business)
• Calumet Harbor
  17 Jul 09 975,320
  Pre-cast Concrete Blocks Burling
  Builders, Inc
• ARRA
  
  
  (Large Business)

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FY 09 Contracting Opportunities

• LRC plans to award 11 more construction contracts
  totaling between 40M and 80M
• PROPOSED FY 09 SET-ASIDES
• Category
  Contracts
• Unrestricted
  1
• Small Business 3
  
• SDB
  0
• Hub Zone
  0
• WO
  0
• SDV
  0
• HBCU/MI
  0
• TBD
  5
• Detailed information on LRC Contracts available
• through Regina Blair, Contracting Officer

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Planned FY 09 Advertisement Schedule

• Name Date Range Description Method
• Chicago Harbor Breakwater Aug 09 1M-5M Breakwate
  r Repair TBD
• ARRA
• Indiana Harbor Aug 09 5M-10M Dikes
  Construction TBD
• North Branch Chicago River, Aug 09 250k -
  500k Deepen reservoir, new stone SB
  set aside
• Reservoir 27 spillway
• Indiana Shoreline Erosion Aug 09 500k -
  1M Beach nourishment
  Sole Source 8(a)
• McCook Reservoir, Aug 09 25M - 100M
  Excavation of 90 dia., 300 RFP
  LPTA
• Main Tunnel Shaft deep access
  shaft unrestricted
• Burns Small Boat Harbor Aug 09 500k -
  1M Hydraulic maintenance dredging LRE -
  MATOC
• Calumet Region, Gary Aug 09 TBD Sewer
  Line TBD

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Planned FY 09 Advertisement Schedule

• Name Date Range Description Method
• Red Mill Pond, GLFER Sep 09 500k - 1M
  Water level control structure, TBD
• dam notching, native
  planting,
• channel riffles, grading
• McCook Reservoir Aug 09 25M-100M Deep
  Rock Grouting RFP - Best Value Trade
  off
• Cook County, Flossmoor Sep 09 TBD Water
  Main TBD
• ARRA

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FY 10 Contracting Opportunities

• LRC plans to award 20 construction contracts
  worth between
• 110 - 140M
• PROPOSED FY 09 SET-ASIDES
• Category
  Contracts
• Unrestricted
  4
• Small Business 7
  
• SDB
  0
• Hub Zone
  3
• WO
  0
• SDV
  0
• HBCU/MI
  0
• TBD
  5
• Detailed information on LRC Contracts available
• through Regina Blair, Contracting Officer

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Planned FY 10 Advertisement Schedule

• Name Date Range Description Method
• Eugene Field Oct 09 1M-5M Ecosystem
  Restoration SB service contract
• CSSC Dispersal Barrier II Oct 09
  lt1M Warning Sign Installation Sole Source
  8A
• Deer Creek Oct 09 lt1M Flap Gates
  Sources sought Hubzone
• Calumet Region, Whiting Nov 09 1M - 5M
  New sanitary sewer and SB set aside
• water force main
• Calumet Region, Chesterton2 Dec 09 1M -
  5M New sanitary sewer and SB set aside
• water force main
• 63rd Street Beach, GLFR Dec 09 lt1M Ecosystem
  Restoration SB service contract
• Deer Creek Jan 10 lt1M Ecosystem Mitigation
  Unrestricted Supply contract
• Calumet Region, Lake County Jan 10 1M -
  5M New sanitary sewer and SB set aside

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Planned FY 10 Advertisement Schedule

• Name Date Range Description Method
• CSSC Dispersal Barrier Feb 10
  TBD Pulsar Installation Unrestricted
• Calumet Harbor and River Feb 10 TBD Dredging
  TBD
• Indian Ridge Marsh Apr 10 TBD Ecosystem
  Restoration TBD
• Calumet Region, Griffith Apr 10 1M - 5M
  New sanitary sewer and SB set aside
• water force main
• Waukegan Harbor May 10 TBD Dredging
  Hubzone SB
• Lake Michigan Inter May 10 1M-5M Shoreline
  Protection Hubzone or 8A
• Highland Park, IL
• Hoffman Dam Removal Jun 10 1M-5M Ecosystem
  Restoration Sources Sought

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Planned FY 10 Advertisement Schedule

• Name Date Range Description Method
• Little Calumet River Jun 10 TBD Recreation
  Trails TBD
• Little Calumet River Jul 10 TBD Ecosystem
  Restoration TBD
• Hobart Marsh
• McCook Reservoir Jul 10 gt100M Main Tunnel
  RFP Unrestricted
• Indiana Harbor Jul 10 1M-5M Southside
  Facilities TBD

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Chicago District A-E Contracting
Name Description Size Award
Expiration Date
Date Black and Veatch Design 5M Jan
09 Jan 13 American Surveying
Land Surveying 2.5 M
May 08 May
13 Engineers TetraTech Design 5M
Jul 08 Jul 13 STS
Consultants Geotechnical 3 M Feb 06
Aug 09 Matrix Environmental
Environmental 2.25 M Apr 06
Oct 09 Sampling New Environmental
(In negotiation) New (joint action with
LRE) Geotechnical (In negotiation for 1 SB and 1
unrestricted)
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Chicago District Points of Contact

• Colonel Vincent Quarles [phone]
• Mr. Roy J. Deda [phone]
• Ms. Linda M. Sorn [phone]
• Ms. Regina Blair [phone]
• Ms. Priscilla Abeyta [phone]

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Chicago District

• www.lrc.usace.army.mil