Metro - File #: 2024-0512

• File #: 2024-0512
• Type: Contract
• Status: Agenda Ready
• File created: 7/30/2024
• In control: Construction Committee
• On agenda: 9/18/2024
• Title: CONSIDER: A. ESTABLISHING a Life-of-Project (LOP) budget for the G Line Improvements Project in the amount of $668,450,000; and B. AUTHORIZING the Chief Executive Officer to negotiate and execute project-related agreements, including Early Works Packages (EWPs), the Phase 2 Supplement and contract modifications, up to the authorized Life-of-Project budget.
• Sponsors: Board of Directors - Regular Board Meeting
• Indexes: Bids, Bikeways, Budget, Budgeting, City of Los Angeles, Commerce, Construction, Construction Support, Construction Support Services Contract, Contract administration, Contractors, Contracts, Design build, Formula Funds, Funding plan, Grade separations, Grant Aid, Intersections, Measure M, Metro Busway G Line, Metro Rail B Line, Outreach, Partnerships, Plan, Policy, Procurement, Program, Progressive Design/Build, Project, Project delivery, Proposition C, Rail Operations Control Center, Safety, San Fernando, San Fernando Valley Service Sector, Senate Bill 1, Start of first construction, State Transportation Improvement Program, Station 0636, Strategic planning, Van Nuys, Variance

Meeting_Body
CONSTRUCTION COMMITTEE
SEPTEMBER 18, 2024

Subject
SUBJECT: G LINE IMPROVEMENTS PROJECT

Action
ACTION: APPROVE RECOMMENDATION

Heading
RECOMMENDATION

Title
CONSIDER:

A. ESTABLISHING a Life-of-Project (LOP) budget for the G Line Improvements Project in the amount of $668,450,000; and

B. AUTHORIZING the Chief Executive Officer to negotiate and execute project-related agreements, including Early Works Packages (EWPs), the Phase 2 Supplement and contract modifications, up to the authorized Life-of-Project budget.

Issue
ISSUE

On August 25, 2022, the Board authorized a Preconstruction Budget for Phase 1 of the G Line Improvements Project, which included preconstruction services (design through 85%, value engineering, and estimating and price build-up). Since that time, Metro staff have worked with the Progressive Design Build (PDB) partner to collaboratively advance the design, complete field investigations, undergo constructability reviews and explore scope refinement and value engineering opportunities. A number of scope refinements were presented to the Board in November 2023 and align with the current project planning. The Project is nearing completion of Phase 1 of the PDB contract and is now ready to establish the LOP budget. Establishment of the LOP budget is a required next step to keep the Project on track for successful completion.

Background
BACKGROUND

The Project seeks to improve transit ridership through safety enhancements and improvements designed to increase operating speeds, which will benefit customers and the surrounding communities of the San Fernando Valley.

The Project is using the PDB delivery method, which was selected to provide Metro with the opportunity to collaborate with the contractor on value engineering exercises, participate in constructability reviews and negotiate scopes of work to maintain affordability for the Project. Under traditional delivery methods such as Design-Bid-Build, the scope is se...