PDB Implementation on a Complex Urban Bus Division Replacement Project

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CONTENT EXPIRES: December 31, 2024

WMATA was faced with the challenge of how to replace a 100 year old bus maintenance division in a dense unban neighborhood in Washington. With close neighbors who had significant concerns about the facility remaining in their neighborhood and the additional challenge of the facility being listed on the National Register of Historic Properties WMATA knew this would not be an ordinary bus division modernization project. With these challenges in front of them WMATA understood extreme collaboration was going to be needed to assure a new bus division could be constructed to continue to serve some of their highest density routes in downtown DC and they elected to use Progressive Design Build for the first time after having used traditional DB for nearly two decades. This presentation will walk through the many complex challenges including responding to a WMATA board action to add full ZEB capabilities to the building after 75% design was complete, and solutions the team developed throughout the design development preconstruction phase, collaboration tools used to obtain jurisdictional approvals and the open book cost development process used to finalize the construction phase cost, schedule, risk allocation and award of the phase 2 firm fixed price. 

Objectives  

1. Better understand Progressive DB best practices in action  

2. Gain insights on effective team building and collaboration  

3. Gain understanding of open book cost development and risk allocation process in PDB  

4. Gain insights on tools to engage jurisdictional stakeholders throughout the design process


Diana Levy, MSPM, PMP

Director, Replacement, Expansion & Capacity Projects (RECP)

Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA)

Diana Levy brings 15 years of experience managing complex energy and infrastructure projects for private and public sectors. At WMATA, Diana is responsible for a $1.5B portfolio of capital projects with a mix of PDB and DB delivery methods. In 2021 Diana was recognized in the list of 40 under 40 by Mass Transit magazine for her work on advancing development of Metro's Northern Bus Garage.

Michael Randolph, P.E.

Senior Associate

STV Incorporated

Michael Randolph, P.E. has a BS in Civil Engineering from the University of Maryland. He is a Senior Associate with STV Incorporated that brings 20 years of experience in design of roadway and transit transportation projects including several design build projects in Virginia and Washington DC. He most recently has served as the Project Manager for the WMATA Northern Bus Garage Replacement Project (a progressive design-build project).

Philip Sheridan, PE, FDBIA

Senior Vice President

Clark Construction Group, LLC

Philip J. Sheridan, P.E., DBIA has a BS from WPI in Civil Engineering with a concentration in structural design and has over 32 years of experience in the design and construction industry. He is a licensed PE in several jurisdictions and is a DBIA Designated Professional. He currently is a Senior Vice President of Clark Civil, LLC the heavy civil infrastructure division of the Clark Construction Group, LLC based in Bethesda, MD where he has worked for the last 20 years. In this role he principally leads the division’s Alternative Delivery pursuit and construction of Rail and Highway infrastructure projects. Throughout his career he has worked on projects in nearly every sector of the infrastructure industry including water and waste water, marine piers, highway, heavy and light passenger rail, Class 1 freight rail, highways, tunnels and aviation.

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