Metro - File #: 2022-0337

• File #: 2022-0337
• Type: Project
• Status: Consent Calendar
• File created: 5/10/2022
• In control: Board of Directors - Regular Board Meeting
• On agenda: 6/23/2022
• Final action: 6/23/2022
• Title: AMEND the Life-of-Project (LOP) budget by $17,000,000 for the Crenshaw/LAX Close-Out Project (CP 869512) from $30,000,000 to $47,000,000.
• Sponsors: Construction Committee
• Indexes: Airport Metro Connector (AMC) Station Project, Alignment, Aviation/LAX Station, Bids, Board approved Life-of-Project Budget, Budget, Budgeting, Construction, Contracts, Crenshaw/LAX Transit Corridor Project, Design build, Division 16, El Segundo, Funding plan, Hawthorne, Inglewood, Los Angeles International Airport, Measure R and Measure M Unified Cost Management Policy, Metro Rail A Line, Metro Rail C Line, Metro Rail E Line, Metro Rail K Line, Plan, Policy analysis, Procurement, Professional Services, Project, Project management, Revenue Service, South Bay Cities subregion

Date	Action By	Action	Result
6/23/2022	Board of Directors - Regular Board Meeting
6/16/2022	Construction Committee

Meeting_Body
CONSTRUCTION COMMITTEE
JUNE 16, 2022

Subject
SUBJECT: CRENSHAW/LAX CLOSE-OUT PROJECT

Action
ACTION: APPROVE LIFE-OF-PROJECT BUDGET INCREASE

Heading
RECOMMENDATION

Title
AMEND the Life-of-Project (LOP) budget by $17,000,000 for the Crenshaw/LAX Close-Out Project (CP 869512) from $30,000,000 to $47,000,000.

Issue
ISSUE

The Crenshaw/LAX Close-Out Project Life of Project (LOP) budget requires an increase of $17,000,000 to pay for construction cost escalation due to market conditions, increased legal and claim support services, supportd costs for Metro staff, and professional service contracts to continue management and oversight of the Project necessary for project completion.
The funding requested is to provide continued support for the close-out project and funding for punch-out work commencing after substantial completion of the Crenshaw/LAX Design-Build Project has been achieved, yet still allowing revenue service to commence in Fall 2022.
Background
BACKGROUND
The Crenshaw/LAX (C/LAX) Transit Project is a north/south light rail line that will serve the cities of Los Angeles, Inglewood, Hawthorne and El Segundo as well as portions of unincorporated Los Angeles County. The alignment extends 8.5 miles, from the intersection of Crenshaw and Exposition Boulevards to a connection with the Metro Green Line south of the Aviation/LAX Station. The project provides major connections with the Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) as well as links to the C Line (Green), the E Line (Expo), and countywide bus network.
The alignment is comprised of a double-tracked rail line consisting of sections of at-grade in-street, at-grade within railroad right-of-way, aerial, and below-grade guideway sections, eight stations, park and ride facilities at two locations, utilities, landscaping, roadway improvements required by the project and a maintenance & storage facility (Division 16 - Southwestern Yard).
As the project neared completion, Staff requeste...