Metro - File #: 2021-0765

• File #: 2021-0765
• Type: Contract
• Status: Passed
• File created: 11/22/2021
• In control: Board of Directors - Regular Board Meeting
• On agenda: 2/24/2022
• Final action: 2/24/2022
• Title: AMEND the Life-of-Project (LOP) budget by $75,000,000 for the Division 20 Portal Widening Turnback Facility (Project) from $801,749,577 to $876,749,577 using the fund sources (Attachment A), consistent with the provisions of the Board-adopted Measure R and Measure M Unified Cost Management Policy (Attachment B).
• Sponsors: Construction Committee
• Indexes: 7th Street/Metro Center Station, Alignment, Bids, Budget, Budgeting, Cleaning, Construction, Contract administration, Contractors, Contracts, Division 20, Division 20 Portal Widening Turnback Facility Project, Federal Transit Administration, Full Funding Grant Agreement, Funding plan, Hazardous materials, Link Union Station, Los Angeles Union Station, Measure R and Measure M Unified Cost Management Policy, Metro Rail B Line, Metro Rail D Line, Metro Rail L Line, Metro Vision 2028 Plan, Plan, Policy, Policy analysis, Procurement, Project, Project management, Regional Connector Transit Corridor Project, Rolling stock, Safety, Station 0602, Storage facilities, Switches (Electricity), Switches (Railroads), Switching, Testing, Tracking systems, Train operation, Twenty-eight by '28 Initiative, Volume, Westside Subway Extension/Purple Line Extension Phase 1, Westside Subway Extension/Purple Line Extension Phase 2

Date	Action By	Action	Result
2/24/2022	Board of Directors - Regular Board Meeting
2/17/2022	Construction Committee

CONSTRUCTION COMMITTEE
FEBRUARY 17, 2022


Subject
SUBJECT: DIVISION 20 PORTAL WIDENING TURNBACK FACILITY INCREASE

Action
ACTION: APPROVE RECOMMENDATIONS

Heading
RECOMMENDATION

Title
AMEND the Life-of-Project (LOP) budget by $75,000,000 for the Division 20 Portal Widening Turnback Facility (Project) from $801,749,577 to $876,749,577 using the fund sources (Attachment A), consistent with the provisions of the Board-adopted Measure R and Measure M Unified Cost Management Policy (Attachment B).

Issue
ISSUE

Division 20 Turnback Facility is a highly complex project to provide a turnback facility that enables trains to operate at reduced headways. The Purple Line Section 1 Project (PLE1), obtained a Full Funding Grant Agreement (FFGA) from the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) that commits to reduced headways consistent with Metro's planned service levels. The Division 20 Turnback Project will allow Purple Line trains to turn back quickly and meet planned service levels and the FTA requirements. In order to achieve the reduced headways, modifications to the Division 20 Yard are being implemented, including major modifications to track, civil work, power and train control systems.

Significant issues with the design have generated changes and delays to the project. In addition to challenges with the design, the Division 20 scope of work has increased due to the complex nature of working in an operating yard over 30-years old. The Project's location over an old industrial site, it's multiple interfacing projects, third-party requirements and the need to reconfigure the structural features of a 100-year-old bridge, have led to cost and schedule increases that were not anticipated as part of the original contract. The Project has not exceeded the Life of Project Budget (LOP) and has funded the changes with the contingency that was provided in the original LOP.

Due to these additional costs, the project has nearly depleted the contrac...