PROGRAM MANAGEMENT
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We are BGE Whether it’s planning, environmental science, surveying, engineering, construction management or operations, community is at the heart of our mission. BGE not only serves our local communities, but we live there too. We are deeply connected to these communities, so we aim to provide unique and tailored solutions to help our clients deliver their most pressing infrastructure needs from vision into reality. We commit our passion, talent and resources to address the most pressing needs of our communities.
Drawing from a diverse pool of dedicated talent, BGE is an engineering consulting firm for numerous public and private clients. We provide services in civil engineering, program management, transportation systems, surveying, planning, construction management, environmental services, public works, landscape architecture, water resources, land and site development and industrial development. Listening thoughtfully to the needs of our clients, our main objective is to help them implement their ideas and achieve their goals.
From Idea to Reality WE’RE ON YOUR TEAM Complex civil infrastructure projects and programs require leadership in the delivery of the most challenging endeavors. Sound program management provides owners with the advantage of proven strategies and best practices to manage risk, cost and time. This helps ensure that the projects deliver the intended benefit to the stakeholders and end-users.
BGE’s Program Management team is invested in helping owners deliver important infrastructure that meets the needs of their community. Drawing from a diverse pool of dedicated talent from over 22 offices in the Southeast, BGE helps various transportation and public work agencies bring their projects to fruition using our complete lifecycle program management services.
Listening thoughtfully to the needs of our clients, BGE can plan, implement, execute and operate a capital improvement program for a variety of projects, from small to multi-faceted. Working together with the client while building on our relevant experience, our team of planners, managers and subject matter experts deliver complete “concept to completion” lifecycle program management services.
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INITIATION AND PLANNING
PROCUREMENT AND CONTRACTING
IMPLEMENTATION AND EXECUTION
OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE
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INITIATION AND PLANNING
BGE supports owners during the initiation phase of major infrastructure programs by assessing the business problem or opportunity, defining the feasibility and planning to implement the project. Our goal is to guide the owners through the consensus process that is necessary to bring the program to fruition. Work during this phase may utilize a range of delivery methods, including: »
Program Management Plan
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Scheduling Development
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Initiation and planning
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Delivery and contracting strategies
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Cost estimating and management
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Planning and schematic development
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Federal processes and permitting
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Environmental permitting and compliance
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Financial feasibility and financing
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Survey and mapping
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Utility investigations
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Geotechnical
CASE STUDY
KEY HIGHLIGHTS
CITY OF FORT WORTH 2018 BOND PROGRAM
$399M BOND PROGRAM
LOCATION TARRANT COUNTY, TEXAS
100+ NEIGHBORHOOD STREET IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS
INCLUDED 9 JUMP START PROJECTS
CLIENT CITY OF FORT WORTH BGE provided Program and Project Management staff augmentation services for the City’s 2018 $399M Bond Program for program planning, procurement and contracting support and design and construction management oversight. The City’s 2018 Bond Program included 9 Jump Start Projects (6 arterial widenings and three intersection improvements), 100+ neighborhood street enhancement projects and nine high-priority arterial improvement projects. BGE prioritized projects based on congestion, safety and economic impact. BGE identified funding sources and programmed available funding for design completion. BGE coordinated projects across all City departments, collocated with staff and prepared and maintained the master program schedule and anticipated total costs. BGE also prepared a detailed work process map for the Transportation and Public Works Capital Delivery division and prepared the project management manual.
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CASE STUDY
SH 249 EXTENSION
LOCATION MONTGOMERY COUNTY AND GRIMES COUNTY, TEXAS CLIENT TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, HOUSTON AND BRYAN DISTRICTS BGE was the General Engineering Consultant Program Manager (GECP) management/ oversight support for a 26-mile, $766M Design-Build alternative delivery project. SH 249 Extension Project aims to improve traffic and connect the growing areas outside Northwest Houston to major roadways and regional destinations. The project consists of approximately 26 miles of new roadway from Farm to Market (FM) 1774 in Pinehurst, Texas (Montgomery County), to SH 105 near Navasota, Texas (Grimes County). SH 249 extension is divided into two segments. Segment 1 is a new four-lane controlled-access tollway with intermittent frontage roads facility, approximately 15-miles in length, from FM 1774 in Pinehurst, Montgomery County, to FM 1774 near Todd Mission, Grimes County. Segment 1 is divided into two sections. Section 1A extends from FM 1774 in Pinehurst to FM 1488 in Magnolia, Montgomery County, Texas. Section 1B extends from FM 1488 in Magnolia to FM 1774 north of Todd Mission in Plantersville, Grimes County, Texas. Segment 2 is an 11-mile, two-lane, non-tolled facility from FM 1774 north of Todd Mission in Plantersville to SH 105 between Plantersville and Navasota, Texas (Grimes County).
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As GECP, BGE managed and oversaw this project’s implementation and the operations and maintenance phases, which included contract management, design and construction management, master schedule development, agency and stakeholder coordination, public involvement, utility management, right-of-way acquisition support, QA/QC and process auditing services, and bond procurement support and reporting services.
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PROCUREMENT AND CONTRACTING
BGE supports owners in determining how to progress the construction of significant infrastructure programs. We help our clients work through the procurement of contractors to build the project, define the allocation of risk among the owner, contractors and other key stakeholders and perform the contracting efforts to solicit and select a contracting partner for the project. We serve in various ways, including planning, survey, environmental permitting, engineering, technical subject material matter experts (SME), project controls, advisors and program managers. The Procurement and Contracting phase for new infrastructure often overlaps with the program’s Initiation and Planning and Implementation and Execution phases. BGE’s program management leadership ensures continuity in the successful delivery of the new assets. »
Contracting strategies
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Contract document preparation and evaluation assistance
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Technical support and feasibility analysis of unsolicited and solicited proposals
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Risk Management, assessment and allocation
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Traffic and revenue analysis
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Financial reporting as required by Federal agencies
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Communication management and enterprise document management systems
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Cost estimating and management
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Program office assistance and oversight
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Quality Assurance/Quality Control
Work during this phase may employ a range of delivery methods: »
Design-Bid-Build
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Design-Build (DB)
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Design-Build-Operate (DBO)
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Design-Build-Operate-Maintain (DBOM)
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Construction management at-risk (CM/GC)
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Design-Build-Finance-Operate-Maintain (DBFOM)
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Public Private Partnerships (3P)
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Comprehensive Development Agreements (CDAs)
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Pass-Through Toll Finance Agreements
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Other innovative financing partnerships
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CASE STUDY
SURFACE WATER CONVERSION AND WATER CONSERVATION PROGRAM LOCATION FORT BEND COUNTY, TEXAS CLIENT NORTH FORT BEND WATER AUTHORITY As the Program Manager for the North Fort Bend Water Authority, BGE was responsible for developing and managing a groundwater to surface conversion program to comply with the Subsidence District mandate to reduce groundwater usage to no more than 70% of total water demand by 2014 and to no more than 40% of total water demand by 2025. With help from BGE, the Authority was able to join with other nearby water authorities to con-fund new infrastructure, including a 50-mile pump station and water transmission system.
Awards ACEC 2016 Engineering Excellence Award-Silver Medal Winner, Category I: Special Projects, Program Management
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IMPLEMENTATION AND EXECUTION
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Communication management Cost estimating and management Master scheduling and schedule analysis Value Engineering Stakeholder engagement and management Adjacent/partnering/enhancement projects/program Contract administration and management Program office assistance and oversight Construction oversight and inspection Design management and oversight Utility management and oversight Right of way management and oversight Independent verification and validation Change order and claims avoidance Quality Assurance/ Quality Control
During the Implementation and Execution phase, BGE helps their clients design and construct the new assets.
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Establish the logistics and infrastructure to support integrated project delivery
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Generate the processes to facilitate timely and effective communication, collaboration and issue resolution
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Provide SME for the oversight and approval of the designs
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Furnish construction verification personnel and processes to ensure the new infrastructure construction complies with the owner’s standards, specifications and requirements
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Manage project risk and support the client in the negotiations for project changes and differing site conditions
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CASE STUDY
SH 360 LOCATION TARRANT COUNTY, TEXAS CLIENT TXDOT DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, FORT WORTH DISTRICT
BGE provided General Engineering Consultant management/oversight support for a 10-mile, $330M toll road extension of SH 360 from south of IH 20 to US 287. The SH 360 South Toll Road project enhances mobility within the Mansfield, Arlington and Great Prairie developing region by reducing intersection conflicts, improving traffic flow and increasing access for businesses and residents along the SH 360 frontage roads from nearby highways. During the procurement phase, BGE helped draft the DesignBuild Agreement (DBA), Technical Provisions, Comprehensive Maintenance Agreement (COMA), Q&A support, pro/con review of ATCs and proposals, risk register and prepared option work and funding scenarios. BGE developed the Master Program Schedule, Project Controls and Project Implementation Plan. During the implementation phase, BGE provided utility adjustment coordination and oversaw the Design-Build Contractor’s implementation and compliance with the DB Agreement and with the project’s technical requirements, provided high-level direction on project deliverables, identified emerging design and mitigated construction management issues.
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OPERATIONS AND MANAGEMENT
During the Operations and Maintenance phase, BGE assures owners that the project assets perform the functions for which a facility was designed and constructed. BGE Operations and Maintenance provides owners with the day-to-day oversight necessary for the built infrastructure, its systems and equipment and occupants/ users to ensure the infrastructure’s performance for their intended function. Our work includes serving owners in various ways, including planning, survey, environmental permitting, engineering, technical subject material experts (SME), project controls, advisors and program managers. »
Asset review, assessment and management
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Financial reporting
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Communication management
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Cost estimating and management
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Tolling, operational systems (ITS/toll) and back office
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Public involvement
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Stakeholder engagement and management
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Adjacent/partnering/enhancement projects/ program
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Contract administration and management
CASE STUDY
ANNUAL INSPECTIONS LOCATION FORT BEND COUNTY, TEXAS CLIENT FORT BEND COUNTY TOLL ROAD AUTHORITY AND GRAND PARKWAY TOLL ROAD AUTHORITY For the past 10 years, BGE has prepared the annual inspection and assessments, managing the two authorities’ annual inspection and condition asset management reports. This includes the Fort Bend Westpark Tollway, Fort Bend Parkway Toll Road and Grand Parkway Toll Road (SH 99, Segment D). BGE prepared the assessment reports, identified short- and long-range maintenance, repairs and associated cost estimates and prepared budgets for maintenance and the capital improvement plan (CIP) for each toll road authority.
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BGE, Inc. provides a comprehensive range of Program Management services including engineering, environmental, surveying, construction management, and planning and landscape architecture services for public and private clients. Our projects range from public works, water resources, traffic and transportation to land and site development.
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