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Legislation Details
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Type:
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Contract
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Status:
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Passed
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On agenda:
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4/15/2026
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Final action:
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4/23/2026
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Title:
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AUTHORIZE the Chief Executive Officer or their designee to:
A. EXECUTE Modification No. 01 to Contract No. PS1334-5600 with Dr. Youssef Hashash to continue to provide Tunnel Advisory Panel Services, in an amount Not-To-Exceed (NTE) $781,459 increasing the total contract value from $329,562 to $1,111,021 and extend the contract from June 30, 2026, to June 30, 2029;
B. EXECUTE Modification No. 09 to Contract No. PS-8510-2493 with Dr. Edward J. Cording, to continue to provide Tunnel Advisory Panel Services, in an amount NTE $781,610, increasing the total contract value from $3,671,235 to $4,452,845 and extend the contract from June 30, 2026 to June 30, 2029; and
C. EXECUTE Modification No. 03 to Contract No. PS1620-80000, with Dr. Thomas O'Rourke, to continue to provide Tunnel Advisory Panel Services, in an amount NTE $642,469, increasing the total contract value from $1,586,457 to $2,228,926 and extend the contract from June 30, 2026, to June 30, 2029.
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Indexes:
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Alignment, Atlantic Station, Budgeting, Central Los Angeles subregion, Century City/Constellation Station, Construction, Construction engineering, Contractors, Contracts, Crenshaw Northern Extension, Design build, East Los Angeles, Excavation and tunneling, Gateway Cities (Southeast LA County) Service Sector, Gateway Cities subregion, Geotechnical engineering, Gold Line Eastside Transit Corridor Phase 2, Groundwater, Hollywood/Highland Station, Light rail transit, Metro Rail A Line, Metro Rail B Line, Metro Rail D Line, Metro Rail E Line, Metro Rail K Line, Metro Vision 2028 Plan, Procurement, Project, Project management, Rail transit, Research, Safety, Southeast Gateway Line, Subway stations, Tunnel supports, Twenty-eight by '28 Initiative, Underground construction, Westside Subway Extension/Purple Line Extension Phase 1, Westside Subway Extension/Purple Line Extension Phase 2, Westside Subway Extension/Purple Line Extension Phase 3, Westside/Central Service Sector, Westwood/VA Hospital Station, Whittier, Wilshire/La Cienega Station, Zoning
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Meeting_Body CONSTRUCTION COMMITTEE APRIL 15, 2026 Subject SUBJECT: TUNNEL ADVISORY PANEL SERVICES Action ACTION: APPROVE RECOMMENDATION Heading RECOMMENDATION Title AUTHORIZE the Chief Executive Officer or their designee to: A. EXECUTE Modification No. 01 to Contract No. PS1334-5600 with Dr. Youssef Hashash to continue to provide Tunnel Advisory Panel Services, in an amount Not-To-Exceed (NTE) $781,459 increasing the total contract value from $329,562 to $1,111,021 and extend the contract from June 30, 2026, to June 30, 2029; B. EXECUTE Modification No. 09 to Contract No. PS-8510-2493 with Dr. Edward J. Cording, to continue to provide Tunnel Advisory Panel Services, in an amount NTE $781,610, increasing the total contract value from $3,671,235 to $4,452,845 and extend the contract from June 30, 2026 to June 30, 2029; and C. EXECUTE Modification No. 03 to Contract No. PS1620-80000, with Dr. Thomas O'Rourke, to continue to provide Tunnel Advisory Panel Services, in an amount NTE $642,469, increasing the total contract value from $1,586,457 to $2,228,926 and extend the contract from June 30, 2026, to June 30, 2029. Issue ISSUE Metro is currently planning, designing, and constructing rail transit projects with extensive underground engineering and construction that involve complex geotechnical and tunneling conditions. Current projects with tunnel segments include the Westside Purple Line Extension Section 2 and Section 3 Projects, Southeast Gateway Line Project, Sepulveda Transit Project, Eastside Transit Corridor Phase 2 Project, and K Line Northern Extension. Los Angeles County has challenging geologic, seismic and tunneling conditions and deep underground station construction, with some through fault rupture zones, tar impregnated soil, toxic gases, high concentration of methane, squeezing ground and high groundwater pressures. While Metro has extensive experience from both staff and engineering consultants, there is the need for an ind... Click here for full text
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