Metro - File #: 2023-0197

• File #: 2023-0197
• Type: Budget
• Status: Passed
• File created: 3/16/2023
• In control: Construction Committee
• On agenda: 4/20/2023
• Final action: 4/27/2023
• Title: AMENDING the Life-of-Project (LOP) budget by $80,000,000 for the Division 20 Portal Widening Turnback Facility (Project) from $876,749,577 to $956,749,577 using the fund sources as summarized in 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: Budget, Contractors, Funding plan, Hazardous materials, Los Angeles Union Station, Measure R, Policy analysis, Project, Project management, Safety, Station 0602, Switches (Electricity), Switching, Testing, Tracking systems, Westside Subway Extension/Purple Line Extension Phase 1

Date	Action By	Action	Result
4/27/2023	Board of Directors - Regular Board Meeting

Meeting_Body
CONSTRUCTION COMMITTEE
APRIL 20, 2023

Subject
SUBJECT: DIVISION 20 PORTAL WIDENING TURNBACK FACILITY LOP INCREASE

Action
ACTION: APPROVE RECOMMENDATION

Heading
RECOMMENDATION

Title
AMENDING the Life-of-Project (LOP) budget by $80,000,000 for the Division 20 Portal Widening Turnback Facility (Project) from $876,749,577 to $956,749,577 using the fund sources as summarized in Attachment A, consistent with the provisions of the Board-adopted Measure R and Measure M Unified Cost Management Policy (Attachment B).

Issue
ISSUE

A key element of the complexity of the Division 20 Portal Widening Turnback Facility Project is the requirement of maintaining existing service for the B Line and D Lines that necessitates a distinct order of phasing to keep the rails operational while constructing sections of the rail yard improvements. This constraint, combined with a significant number of unknown factors, has contributed to changes and delays to the Project that has consumed much of the budgeted Life of Project (LOP) contingency.

Some of the unknown factors include the expansion of the Division 20 Yard into 20 acres of a previous industrial site with underground conditions and hazardous waste, major structural changes required to the 100-year-old First Street Bridge, unknown utilities encountered within the existing Yard that required relocation or re-design to incorporate into the work, interface with multiple adjoining projects, design deficiencies, and third-party requirements.

On February 17, 2022, a Life of Project Budget increase was approved by the Board in the amount of $75,000,000. The increase was for the projected funds anticipated for a 12-month duration. Given that the Project was 30% complete, at that time, and had encountered a significant number of design changes, delays, and unforeseen site conditions, it was determined that assessing the full increase of the LOP contingency could better be determined by advancing the Projec...