Meeting_Body
CONSTRUCTION COMMITTEE
MAY 16, 2024
Subject
SUBJECT: PURPLE (D LINE) EXTENSION PROJECT SECTION 1
Action
ACTION: APPROVE RECOMMENDATION
Heading
RECOMMENDATION
Title
AMEND the Life-of-Project (LOP) budget for the Purple (D Line) Extension Project Section 1 (Project) by $225,000,000 from $3,128,879,593 to $3,353,879,593 using the fund sources as summarized in Attachment A and consistent with the provisions of the Board-adopted Measure R and Measure M Unified Cost Management Policy (Attachment B).
Issue
ISSUE
The Project has reached the ninth year of its anticipated 10-year duration, and as of April 2024 is 91% complete. Currently, the Project has less than 3% of its current LOP budget contingency remaining. It is expected that this contingency will be exhausted by June 2024. This Board Report requests an LOP budget increase to address several unresolved requests for changes (RFCs). This LOP budget increase encompasses the settlement of a comprehensive claim submitted by the design/build Contractor, Skanska Traylor Shea (STS), which resolves thirty-three unresolved RFCs as well as a request for an extension of Contract Time. It also provides additional funding that is needed for real estate and professional services that were impacted by schedule delays, while replenishing sufficient contingency needed for the remainder of the Project.
Background
BACKGROUND
Section 1 of the nine-mile Purple (D Line) Extension Project represents the initial phase of three sections, all part of Metro's Measure R Program. This section, entirely underground, encompasses the construction of approximately 3.92 miles of double-track heavy rail subway and introduces three new stations: Wilshire/La Brea, Wilshire/Fairfax, and Wilshire/La Cienega. Additionally, it includes the procurement of 34 heavy rail vehicles and the construction of a Maintenance-of-Way and Non-Revenue Vehicle Building at the south end of the existing Division 20 Yard (Location 64).
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