Meeting_Body
CONSTRUCTION COMMITTEE
JULY 17, 2024
Subject
SUBJECT: OFFICE OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL COMPARISON OF METRO RAIL DESIGN CRITERIA TO 11 CITIES ALONG THE SOUTHEAST GATEWAY LINE
Action
ACTION: RECEIVE AND FILE
Heading
RECOMMENDATION
Title
RECEIVE AND FILE Office of the Inspector General Comparison of Metro Rail Design Criteria to 11 Cities Along the Southeast Gateway Line.
Issue
ISSUE
The Metro Office of the Inspector General (OIG) initiated a study to determine what differences exist between the Metro Technical Specifications and Rail Design Criteria (MRDC) for the design of construction projects and the typical design specifications of cities in Los Angeles County to warrant the creation of costly permitting packages, lengthy permitting review processes, permitting fees, contractor frustrations, and schedule delays resulting therefrom, and if improvements can be made in consistency between the two specifications to reduce these impacts.
Background
BACKGROUND
The OIG's Construction Change Order Spot Check Program focuses on approved change orders and modifications that exceed $500,000. In the course of performing our review of change orders, it appears that the change orders are subjected to review by cities, permitting fees, and can result in schedule impacts. Change orders can result from several circumstances including differences in design specifications of Metro and the city where Metro construction is occurring. The Southeast Gateway (SEG) Line alignment will be going through Los Angeles, Huntington Park, Vernon, Bell, Cudahy, Downey, South Gate, Paramount, Bellflower, Cerritos, and Artesia (the "11 Cities"). Those cities' specifications were chosen as examples to study. The OIG, along with its consultant, Mott MacDonald, endeavored to compare the MRDC with the design specifications from those SEG Line 11 Cities.
Discussion
DISCUSSION
Focus on Section 3 of the MRDC.
The MRDC consists of 12 sections. Each section cove...
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