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Value Engineering (VE) won the selection for this small business enterprise contract through MDOT’s Metro Region in Detroit, Michigan. This project focused on learning and training VE staff in Construction Engineering: Project Inspection. The scope of work for this project included inspection services to document field conditions, activities, and progress. Inspections of the roadway include inspection and quality assurance testing; measurements, reporting, computations, documentation and payment of quantities; reporting & record keeping. The work also included ensuring that the project is consistent with MDOT standards, plans, and specifications.
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Originally built in the mid-1900s, MDOT first recognized the need for reconstructing the deteriorating freeway in the 1990s. In 2006 the Federal Highway Administration approved the reconstruction of a 6.7 mile segment, including the following:Reconstruction of 6.7 miles of freeway from the I-94/I-96 interchange to east of Conner Avenue
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VE contributed the following:
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This project consisted of developing a project log to include a variety of different pavement restoration fix types within the park for approximately 1.2 miles of park roadways and drives. The project also encompasses culvert replacements, pavement marking, and maintenance of traffic within the park, including on M-124, while maintaining access for customers to each area of the park.
Due to the demand for the park during the construction season, the VE team identified and recommended ways to minimize the time of construction and impacts to customers based on repair types and maintenance of traffic design. Work required coordination with MDOT for the resolution of any utility conflicts. Value Engineering LLC & Subs (VE Team) performed pavement condition scoping and developed a project log of plans, proposals, and deliverables as per the requirements stated in the RFP. |
Value Engineering performed an asset management of the permanent pavement markings for the Michigan Department of Transportation. Pavement markings are important to ensure safe and smooth flow of traffic. Delineation of each lane is necessary to avoid accidents and inconvenience to motorists.
The company performed the job for three MDOT regions: 1) Metro, 2) Grand, and 3) University. Work for this project consisted of taking retroreflectivity measurements on 10-20 percent of the pavement markings on state trunk lines in each of the above regions. A 30 meter mobile laser retroreflectometer was used to collect the data in the field. Value Engineering staff created staffing and logistics plans for each Region separately and assigned daily data collection routes to the field teams. The measurements were taken on Interstate Highways, US Highways, and Michigan State Highways. Data was collected for each color and line pavement marking type, including those on rumble strips. A daily calibration process was used for quality control purposes. The post data collection process involved the compiling of raw data, preparing of reports, and calculation of averages for different material types as well as line types. Dedication on the part of Value Engineering staff provided for successful delivery of this project. |
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Interstate 275 (I-275), a divided six-lane freeway extending from north to south through the western suburbs in the Detroit metropolitan area, was originally constructed in the 1970s. The roadway surface was given a considerable rehabilitation after the turn of the century, and the freeway is again undergoing rehabilitation.
Value Engineering's role on this project consisted of the permanent pavement marking final design portion of the larger 3R (resurfacing, restoration, and rehabilitation) project, extending from Ford Rd. to 5 Mile Rd. through Canton Township, Plymouth Township, and the city of Livonia. Work encompassed the milling of three inches of existing material from the travel lanes of the freeway, concrete patching, correcting cross slope and super-elevation with HMA leveling, placing a combined thickness of 3.5 inches of HMA, shoulder widening (where necessary to meet standards) and reconstruction, ramp rehabilitation for the I-275/M-153 (Ford Road) and I-275/Ann Arbor Road interchanges, addressing entrance ramp length in locations where pavement marking for the gore is unusually long, as well as signal modernization, signing design, and possibly bridge work. |
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Originally constructed in the 1960s, Interstate 75 (I-75) is a major thoroughfare in the state of Michigan. It begins at the Ohio border in the south and continues north through Detroit and its suburbs, around Pontiac, extending finally to Sault Ste. Marie at the Canadian border.Over the years, growth and change in land use along the corridor have led to increased congestion on the freeway. Additionally, the section from M-102 to south of M-59 has not seen comprehensive corridor improvements since it was built. The I-75 Modernization Project, in development for nearly 20 years, is borne out of these factors.
Our role on this project consisted of landscape design for two stretches along I-75, performed in conjunction with a larger project which was to design landscaping for a 3.1 mile segment of the freeway, from Coolidge Highway to South Boulevard, under the greater I-75 Modernization Project. The SBE project was performed in coordination with a different landscape architect consultant, responsible for landscape design of the 3.1 mile segment, and a construction manager / general contractor, responsible for landscape installation and maintenance. The locations of the two areas are 1) along the freeway near the Heathers Condominium complex and, 2) along the freeway near the Adams Woods Condominium complex. The project involved identifying and recommending plant species, for landscaping and screening purposes, for the two small slope areas. This was in order to provide plant diversity, visual interest, and sustainability, as well as to meet the context of the corridor. Plants chosen are those which are the hardiest natural species based on soil and site conditions and those which are proven to be tolerant of salt spray and saline soils, are drought tolerant, and require minimal maintenance after establishment. Native plants are preferred. This work included confirming the concept plan, which was developed with extensive community input, as well as providing solutions to any unique problems arising during the design of the project. |