46959 | I-95 Design Review Manager (Philadelphia City)

This project will provide assistance to the PennDOT project manager and design review services for the I-95 Reconstruction Projects in the City of Philadelphia. These projects include, but are not limited to, the following sections: Section RVS, GIR, AFC, BRI, BSR, and CPR. The limits of the contract cover the City of Philadelphia. The selected firm will be required to provide engineering management assistance and design review services during the preliminary and final design phases. They will be required to provide sufficient staff to assist the Department in adequately maintaining project coordination and schedule for design through bidding of the construction contracts. Other tasks required include, but are not limited to: review of design submissions, hydraulic reports, type size and location submissions, final bridge plans and computations, geotechnical reports, preliminary and final right of way plans, design plans, special provisions, specification and estimates prepared by other consulting engineering firms. Conduct design review meetings and plan checks; review environmental items of work; coordinate required permit applications; standardize design details, coordinate design and right of way acquisition activities, coordinate all traffic control plans to provide optimum traffic flow, coordinate with the various agencies, public officials, interested groups, communities, and utilities by means of periodic meetings; prepare master timetables to coordinate all phases of the projects; monitor schedule to assure compliance with master schedule; evaluate all value engineering submissions and make recommendations to the District. Tasks also include public involvement, development of project newsletters, environmental permit review and tracking of mitigation strategies, preparation of materials for the project website, assist in preparing applicable inter-agency agreements, and responding to public inquiries both through written and e-mail.
An investment of more than $2.7 billion will provide for the repair, reconstruction and restoration of I-95, a major facility built in the 1960's which runs through Bucks, Philadelphia, and Delaware Counties in the DVRPC region. Current construction efforts in Philadelphia, are addressing critical repairs on aging bridges and interchanges, and improve traffic flow, along the approximately eight miles of I-95 between I-676/Vine Street and Cottman Avenue (Sector A), by adding new ramps and creating a more consistent four-lane highway in both directions by eliminating lane-drops and providing continuous lanes connecting the on-off ramps. Appropriate pedestrian, bicycle, and transit facilities may also be expanded depending on the context of the construction section. The reconstruction of I-95 has been broken out to over 20 separate MPMS #'s, some of which appear in the Interstate Management Program, which is strictly for reconstruction components, and some of which appear in the DVRPC Regional TIP. MPMS #’s include: 17821 (Section GIR design: GR0, GR1, GR2, GR3, GR4, GR5, GR6, GR7), 47394 (Section CPR design: CP1, CP2), 47811 (Section BSR design: BS1, BS2, BS3), 47812 (Section BRI design:BR0, BR2, BR3), 47813 (Section AFC design: AF1, AF2), 79683 (Section CP1 construction), 79685 (Section CP2 construction), 79686 (Section GR1 construction), 79826 (Section GR3 construction), 79827 (Section GR4 construction), 79828 (Section GR5 construction), 79903 (Section BR0 construction), 79904 (Section BR2 construction), 79905 (Section BR3 construction), 79908 (Section BS1 construction), 79910 (Section BS2 construction), 79911 (Section AF1 construction), 79912 (Section AF2 construction), 80094 (Section GR0 construction), 83640 (Section GR2 construction), 87784 (Section BS3 construction), 98207 (I95 Congestion Management), 103553 (Section GR6 Construction), 103554 (Section GR7 construction), 103555 (Section GR8 construction), 102309 (I95 Corridor Drainage). Please refer to the DVRPC I-95 Reconstruction Project in Philadelphia Roadmap in the TIP for additional information about the various sections and corresponding MPMS#’s as well as notations on future and previous projects which may not currently be active and do not appear in the IMP or TIP.

No milestones are available for this project.