D R Consultants & Designers, Inc.
Founded in 1983 | Transportation Practice since 1989
PROGRAM, PROJECT, & CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT
D R Consultants & Designers, Inc. (DRC) was founded in 1983. DRC’s transportation practice in greater Los Angeles has involved a full range of projects devoted to improving the region’s transportation infrastructure, alleviating congestion, and enhancing safety. DRC’s engineers specialize in planning, design, and construction management for all forms of transportation infrastructure, including heavy and light rail, streetcars, highway, and roadway projects.
DRC’s professionals consistently ensure that our clients’ construction projects are delivered to specifications ontime and on-budget regardless of size, complexity or delivery method. Our PM/CM professionals plan, coordinate, budget, and supervise construction projects from start to finish.
DRC has provided PM/CM services, within the southern California region, since the 1990s. Notable projects include the award-winning Knoll Hill Road Widening and Site Improvement project, the C Street / I-110 Freeway Ramp Improvement’s, with Caltrans, including the re-alignment of Harry Bridges and John S. Gibson Boulevards for the Port of Los Angeles; the LAX / Crenshaw Transit Corridor utilities construction coordination; and various other LA Metro line segments. DRC completed conceptual planning on the SR-710 Extension project and the roadway component to the Asilomar Blvd Stabilization project along an ocean bluff in Pacific Palisades, CA.
Recognition
DRC has been a devoted and trusted partner to Federal, State, and local transportation agencies. The firm has received outstanding performance evaluations, references, commendations, and “Project of the Year” awards from the American Public Works Association and the Los Angeles Council of Engineers and Scientists.
Summary of DRC Project & Construction Management Services
• Cost estimates, budgets, and work timetables
• Reviewing and establishing project schedules, performance standards, and communication procedures, when requested
• Adhering to Federal, State, local agency, and project safety standards
• Identifying and enforcing contract obligations
• Documenting daily activities (logs, field reports, and other deliverables) and address emergencies
• Responding to Requests for Information (RFIs) promptly and accurately
• Coordinating project meetings with staff, owners, and stakeholders
• Analyzing and resolving claims
• Conducting post-construction inspections, surveys, and as-builts
• Ensuring close-outs meet all project objectives
• Preparing for and participating in community outreach events
• Interpreting and explaining contracts and technical information to other professionals
• Reporting work progress and budget matters to clients
• Collaborating with architects, engineers, and other construction specialists
• Selecting subcontractors and coordinating their activities
• Responding to work delays, emergencies, and related issues
• Complying with legal requirements, building and safety codes, and related issues
PPM & CM Expertise
Infrastructure Specialties:
• Streets and roadway design
• Utilities design/ coordination
• Drainage and sanitary sewer
• Toll roads and turnpikes
• Grade separations
• Bridges and overcrossings
• State and federal highways
• Urban arterials
• Mass transit Approach:
• Integrated solutions
• Sustainable design
• Strategic partnering
Streets, Highways, Bridges & Port Facilities
DRC’s PM/CM services follow our planning, design, and engineering services of roads, streets, highways, rail transit, and bridges. From street widening to complex mass transit or interstate corridor improvement projects, DRC construction management support specialists can take your project from design documentation to a completed project on time, with minimal change orders, and few to no claims. This includes expressways, highways, streets, bridges, large port facilities, and airports.
Our extensive public transportation experience means that DRC understands the complexity of project implementation and the need for efficient, innovative, cost-effective professional service and communication. DRC provides quality service that matches those criteria. We work with each client to understand their specific project issues, to work with all stakeholders, and to reach intelligent and innovative solutions leading to a well-designed constructible project.
CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT
DRC CM Expertise
• Field inspection and oversight
• Scheduling and budgeting
• Subcontract administration
• Claims and change order management
• Construction observation
• Project start-up
• Project close-out
• Pre-construction meeting
• Contract administration and project documentation
• Shop drawings and submittal reviews
• Claims avoidance during preconstruction and mitigation during construction
• Project status reporting
• Document control and cost tracking
• Project inspection and QA/QC
• Licensed California construction contractor (A and B Licenses)
DRC delivers consulting and related services to public agencies from the municipal to the federal level for various transportation projects, from roadways, mass transit, ports, and other related projects.
Our CM services vary from pre-bid constructability analyses, cost estimating, and risk assessments to providing on-site staff such as construction managers, resident engineers, and QA/QC inspectors.
DRC has provided extensive construction management support to several significant projects at the Port of Los Angeles. Examples include:
• Front Street Beautification and Rehabilitation, San Pedro, CA
• John S. Gibson Intersection / NB I-110 Ramp Access and I-110 / SR-47 Interchange, Port of LA
• C Street / I-110 Access Ramp Improvements, Port of LA
• TraPac Project, Port of LA
Caltrans District 7 Program and Project Management
DRC, as prime consultant, is providing PPM Services to support Caltrans District 7 with maintaining, developing, and constructing proposed transportation facilities. Along with our subconsultant TRC, we perform under assigned, authorized task orders, consultation, research, professional, and technical services required for PPM Services to improve the State transportation system throughout the counties of Los Angeles and Ventura.
The scope of services includes providing personnel and equipment necessary to provide project management deliverables to maintain the scope, cost, and schedule of transportation project delivery from preliminary engineering through construction phases. As Prime Consultant, we will join our subconsultant to assist Caltrans, through prudent and professional project management, with satisfying all appropriate agencies and ensure compliance with all applicable Federal, State, and local laws, codes, standards, and specifications. At times DRC may assist Caltrans to develop complete and biddable PS&E packages.
Reference
Mr. Dan Ho, PE, Contract Manager Consultant Support Unit
Caltrans District 7 (213) 793-9124Í
Los Angeles County and Ventura County
CLIENT: CALTRANS DISTRICT 7
DRC Services Provided
• Program / Project Management Services
• Project Management Support
• Project Management Plans
• Communication Management
• Project Integration
• Scope and Time Management
• Scheduling & Coordination
• Project Financial Plans
• QA / QC
• Risk Management
• Cost & Resource Management
• P M Development & Resource Estimating
DRC Key Staff
• Louis Flores, PE
• Hector Davila, PE, QSD
Vincent Thomas Bridge Deck Replacement and Seismic Sensors Upgrade
DRC is preparing a Project Management Plan (PMP) for the bridge’s deck replacement on State Highway 47 near the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach. It defines precise roles and responsibilities for agency leadership and the management team and documents procedures and processes to deliver the project from PA/ED through construction under the CMGC Construction Delivery mode. The PMP follows the latest FHWA guidelines: project requirements; communication protocols; scope, risk, quality, schedule, cost, and resources management.
DRC is developing a Cost, Schedule, Risk Assessment (CSRA) to identify potential project cost and schedule risks, to evaluate the probability of such risks occurring, and to assign a range of costs if they occur. Identifying a project’s risks helps Caltrans take steps to reduce or eliminate threats and to increase probability and/ or benefit of opportunities. To prepare a CSRA, FHWA’s Cost
Los Angeles, CA
CLIENT: CALTRANS DISTRICT 7
DRC Services Provided
• Project Management Plan
• Cost, Schedule, and Risk Assessment (CSRA)
DRC Key Staff
• Louis Flores, PE
• Hector Davila, QSD, PE
• Jimmy Todorov, PE
• Jim Fowler, PE
Estimate Review, the DRC Team, and their representatives will perform an independent review of the schedule and estimate and then give a CSRA Presentation to Caltrans and FHWA. Results of the Presentation and comments will be presented in a follow-up report documenting all results and incorporating comments. This includes: reviewing relevant project documentation; reviewing and validating the base cost estimate, including prior costs and preliminary engineering costs; assisting Caltrans with identifying required CSRA Meeting participants, and including FHWA representatives; developing a Monte Carlo simulation model, inputting the project’s base cost and schedule; facilitating the CSRA workshop’s validation of base cost, scheduling estimates, and quantifying key project risks; producing risk-based cost and schedule estimates using the model, documentation review, and CSRA workshop; presenting the project team’s initial results for review; and drafting, and addressing the project team’s review comments and completing a report summarizing the CSRA.
This project is delivered under the Construction Management/General Contractor (CMGC) Program.
Front Street Beautification and Rehabilitation Project
Design, PS&E, Construction Support
Under our previous POLA On-Call contract, DRC completed 100% PS&E for the Front Street Improvement project in 2015. POLA selected DRC, under our 2019 On-Call contract, to revise, extend, and update the Front Street improvement project, between Pacific Ave. and Swinford St., in conjunction with the SR47 construction project. This scope of work covers all tasks related to developing final PS&Es and a Los Angeles Bureau of Engineering B permit for the proposed improvements. DRC’s scope of work included: roadway geometric approval, pavement reconstruction, securing a B permit, street lighting design and traffic control, drainage design, utility coordination/relocations, landscape design, and specifications.
San Pedro, CA
CLIENT: PORT OF LOS ANGELES
DRC Services Provided
• Construction support
• Traffic signal and interconnect conceptual development
• Neighborhood Council outreach
• Preliminary engineering
• Rail crossings/PUC approvals
• Landscape/trees/amenities
• Pedestrian & street lighting design
• Street/parkway widening
• Right-of-Way dedication & use grant
• Storm drain; curb and gutter
• DWP power pole relocation
• Final Design PS&E
DRC Key Staff
• Jim Fowler, PE
• Jimmy Todorov, PE
AWARDS
• 2024 APWA Southern California Chapter Project of the Year, Traffic, Mobility & Beautification Category
References
Sarah Aziz, PE Port of Los Angeles (310) 732-3590
County of L.A. Project Management Division III
On-Call Engineering Services
DRC, as the managing partner of a joint venture with PacRim Engineering, has a three-year professional services contract with the County of Los Angeles’s Project Management Division III for engineering, environmental, and landscape design and project management services, including ENV SP-certified personnel. The full scope of services includes:
Project design:
• Highways and bridges
• Sewers
• Water resources
• Waterworks
Design support:
• Hydrologic and flood control facilities
• Materials engineering
• Mapping and surveying
• Utility coordination
• Environmental documentation
• Regulatory permitting
• Public finance
Project management:
• Coordinating project activities during pre-design, design, procurement, construction, and close out
• Prepare and maintain project schedules
• Control budgets
• Public outreach
CLIENT: COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES
DRC Services Provided
• Project Design
• Design Support
• Project Management
DRC Key Staff
• Jim Fowler, PE
• Jimmy Todorov, PE Los Angeles, CA
La Paz Road and Bridge
Widening Project Management and Civil Design Lead
As Prime, DRC managed the widening of La Paz Rd from four to six lanes, between Chrisanta Dr. and Muirlands Blvd. The project widened overhead structures that cross over the railroad tracks. La Paz Road is an important arterial roadway, providing access to and from I-5 for the City of Mission Viejo. The team, including subconsultants, provided professional services for all environmental tasks, surveys and mapping, roadway and drainage design, ROW engineering, geotechnical investigations, stage construction and maintaining traffic, bridge and retaining wall design, and developing seismic retrofit schemes for the existing left and right bridges. Project work also required coordination with Caltrans Permit Division to accommodate modifications to the I-5 NB off-ramp at Muirlands Blvd. Project under construction to be completed in 2024.
Mission Viejo, CA
DRC Services Provided
• Project management
• Directed all professional services
• Coordinated permits with Caltrans
• Environmental approval
• Bridge design
• Retaining wall design
• Supported filing of federal grant applications to HBRR Program and secured project funds
DRC Key Staff
• Jim Fowler, PE
• Jimmy Todorov, PE
CLIENT: CITY OF MISSION VIEJO
I-110 Freeway/SR-47 Connector/ John Gibson Interchange and I-110/C Street
Access Ramp Improvements
Caltrans, in cooperation with Los Angeles Harbor Department, combined two intersections at C St. and Figueroa St. and John S. Gibson Blvd., Harry Bridges Blvd., and Figueroa St. with one new intersection that realigned Harry Bridges Blvd. and John S. Gibson Blvd. to the C St. interchange. The project removed the existing northbound off-ramp and provided a new, direct off-ramp from northbound I-110 to eastbound Harry Bridges Blvd. This involved widening the existing Union Oil undercrossing and constructing a new separation structure over the realigned John S. Gibson Blvd.
Over four years, DRC provided roadway, design, and site improvements; utilities maintenance and improvements; sustainable design and LEED standards; project documentation and specifications review; utilities coordination (utility agreements, relocations); construction management; claims support; performance tracking; forecasting, project controls; communications with stakeholders and funding partners (e.g., Board of Harbor Commissioners, California Transportation Commission).
San Pedro, CA
CLIENT: PORT OF LOS ANGELES
DRC Services Provided
• Roadway design and site improvements
• Utilities maintenance and improvements
• Sustainable design and LEED standards
• Project documentation and specifications review
• Utilities coordination
• Construction management
• Project controls and claims support
• Communications with stakeholders
DRC Key Staff
• Jim Fowler, PE
• Jimmy Todorov, PE
E (Exposition) Line Design/Build
Project Phase 2, Stage B
Engineering Management
DRC’s Jim Fowler, PE, served as Deputy Engineering Manager for designing the 6.6-mile Design-Build light rail project. He assisted the design manager and assumed duties during his absence, performed design reviews of internal and subconsultant designs, coordinated with the contractor, supervised subconsultants, managed schedules, scoped engineering work and estimates, negotiated subconsultant contracts, controlled budgets, liaison for owner and contractor, and project controls.
Los Angeles, CA Santa Monica, CA √
CLIENT: LA METRO CITY OF SANTA MONICA
Services Provided
• Design scope, management, and review
• Supervising subconsultants
• Project controls
• Invoicing
• Coordinating construction contractor
Reference
Nigel Harley, STV 646-388-7420
Crenshaw / LAX Transit Corridor
Utilities Engineering & Coordination, Track Alignment, Roadway Lead
DRC provided utilities engineering of the LA METRO Crenshaw/LAX Transit Corridor Project. The project adds 8.5 miles of track and eight stations to the Metro rail system near Los Angeles International Airport in a densely populated area, home to virtually every type of utility, from water to electricity to telecommunications. Performed the work smoothly with various stakeholders, from Southern California Edison to the City of Los Angeles. Agencies impacted approved the utility designs. The corridor’s complex route travels underground and above grade. DRC’s Jim Fowler, PE, served as the Roadway Lead during the project’s initial phase. He supervised designs for street intersections, turn lanes, roadways, park and ride facilities, geometrics, cost estimates, design scope, subconsultant coordination, and contracts. He coordinated with the contractor to provide best and alternative designs to minimize cost.
Los Angeles, CA
CLIENT: LA METRO
DRC Services Provided
• Project planning
• Cost Estimates
• Design scope
• Design
• Utilities engineering
• Utilities relocation
• Subconsultant coordination
• Stakeholder communication
• Construction coordination
DRC Key Staff
• Madhu Bhatt, PE
• Jim Fowler, PE
• Jimmy Todorov, PE
Los Angeles World Airports
(LAWA) On-Call Construction Support Services
Provided Construction Support services for the Los Angeles World Airports’ Coordination and Logistics Group, which reviews Area Shutdown Requests to reduce passenger disruptions. DRC conducted Project Reviews of design submittals for airport terminal projects and updated information on a weekly Public Construction Bulletin report and on a 90-day look-ahead report for inter-department notification of road disruptions. DRC provided construction support for the New Face of the Central Terminal Area (CTA) project.
DRC’s responsibilities included, but were not limited to: Processing RFIs, submittals, construction documents, transmittals, and other documents as needed using the Prolog system. DRC maintained drawings and specifications related to CTA, which included ordering, distributing, slip-sheeting, updated information, and posting RFIs.
Los Angeles, CA
CLIENT: LOS ANGELES WORLD AIRPORTS
DRC Services Provided
• Construction support
• Site inspection
• Resident manager
• Project reviews
• Administrative support
DRC Key Staff
• Madhu Bhatt, PE
• Muna Al-Mashat
TraPac Automation Project
Construction Support Services
DRC provided construction support to POLA for the TraPac Automated Terminal construction. This is an outgrowth of DRC’s in-house staff support to the Port for the TraPac construction support and oversight assistance. Our construction support scope of work included partnering, building demolition and construction, utility relocation and installation, storm drainage systems, water, sewer, grading, gates, paving, parking, RFI/RFC facilitation and review, change order requests, shop drawings, progress payment request reviews, claims assistance, establishing construction support systems and procedures, developing forms, and ongoing mentorship of Port staff as a DRC special function during the support process.
San Pedro, CA
CLIENT: PORT OF LOS ANGELES
DRC Services Provided
• Developing and maintaining estimates
• Engineering support
• Preparing as-built record drawings
• Design Support
• Site Plans, Sections, Elevations, Typical details
DRC Key Staff
• Madhu Bhatt, PE
• Chris Pappas, PE
Reference
Kurt Arend, PE Deputy Chief Harbor Engineer (310) 732-3840
Permitting Support
Permit Processing and Tracking
DRC provides permitting support to the Port of Los Angeles (POLA) for an extensive range of port operations. This includes, but is not limited to, remodeling, electrical work, plumbing, fencing on port property, bringing in heavy equipment (e.g., cranes) onto wharfs and landside port property, and staging for special events potentially harmful to property and landscape. DRC permitting activities include:
• Creating Bluebeam sessions to facilitate the Engineering Permit review process;
• Gathering and preparing Harbor Engineering Permit documents;
• Participating in permit meetings;
• Verifying permit submittal packages are completed and ready for the Engineering Division to process;
• Contacting permit applicants for missing or outdated documents;
• Sending permit drawings for review to POLA Engineers;
• Coordinating with POLA Engineers to move the permit applications through the process;
• Reviewing drawing comments and contacting applicants as necessary;
• Coordinating missing and re-submittals with applicants;
• Reconciling outstanding permits;
• Entering data in Permits’ tracking system and in Engineering SharePoint; and
• Keeping Engineering SharePoint data up-to-date.
Port engineers review drawings and notes to confirm code compliance and to verify the property can withstand all requests.
San Pedro, CA
CLIENT: PORT OF LOS ANGELES HARBOR DIVISION
DRC Services Provided
• Staff augmentation
• Permit meetings
• Processing permit applications
• Working with POLA Engineers to review permit drawings
• Tracking permits in Sharepoint
DRC Key Staff
• Monique Baez
• Jim Fowler, PE
Reference
Christina Sar POLA Department Project Manager csar@portla.org
Port Redevelopment Planning, Post-Hurricane Katrina
Project Management
DRC’s Jim Fowler, PE, was the Project Manager for plan development of the Port of New Orleans’s infrastructure, warehouses, and container laydown areas after the devastating destruction by Hurricane Katrina. He coordinated planning with port authorities and local public/private stakeholders to ensure designs adhered to port guidelines, to facilitate and secure approval of new guidelines as necessary, and that environmental protocols were followed. Planning included access to and rehabilitation of a damaged cold storage facility.
Services Provided
• Infrastructure development
• Redesigning container laydown area
• Adhering to design guidelines
• Facilitating new guidelines
• Maintaining environmental protocols
• Rehabilitate cold storage facility
Guam Port Management
Operational Improvements
DRC’s Jim Fowler, PE, supported designs for the port’s contai ner laydown area and access roads. Coordinated design work with U.S. military, the Government of Guam, and public stakeholders to increase operational use within limited space and to preserve the area’s environment. Worked with team to formulate geometric configurations that maximized space within fixed limits at laydown area. Coordinated designs to upgrade roadways, drainage, sewage, and traffic control in and around the port. Facilitated design of traffic flow around the port to ensure a military-secure area without obstructing local traffic. Delivered presentations to local authorities and residents at regularly scheduled stakeholder meetings. Project performed while planning large relocation of troops to Guam from Okinawa. Image
Port of Guam, U.S. Territory
Services Provided
• Coordinated design work with stakeholders & delivered presentations
• Design support for laydown areas
• Design support for traffic flow
• Roadway, drainage, sewage upgrades
• Planning & coordination with U.S. military for large relocation of U.S. troops during project
Field Verification and System Redesign Using Honeywell
Experion
PKS
Wastewater Program O&M – Control Systems
Design and Project Management
The LAWINS project was a significant capital improvement program initiated by the City of Los Angeles. It integrates the city’s entire wastewater control system and conveyance system at all four treatment plants. DRC provided engineering and field verification for the seven-year, $88.6 million Honeywell Control System Replacement Program at three facilities: Terminal Island Water/Wastewater Treatment Plant, Hyperion Water/Wastewater Treatment Plant, and Donald C. Tillman Water Reclamation Plant.
The city’s water/wastewater treatment system controls 6,700 miles of sewer lines serving four million residential and commercial customers in Los Angeles and 29 surrounding cities. The program replaced the existing control system with a state-ofthe-art Distributed Control System (DCS). DRC provided instrumentation and control systems engineering, electrical design, and mechanical engineering as well as CAD design services to Honeywell International, the system supplier.
Starting with the Terminal Island Water/Wastewater Treatment Plant, DRC provided process, electrical/instrumentation engineering, QA/QC and Field Verification for the Terminal Island Wastewater Treatment Plant. DRC completed the Terminal Island portion of the LAWINS project in September 2016.
DRC provided project management, process engineering, CAD design, QA/QC for the Hyperion Wastewater Treatment Plant as a critical portion of LAWINS. Hyperion was completed in March 2017.
DRC provided project management, field verification, CAD design, QA/QC for the D.C. Tillman Water Reclamation Plant, which was completed in 2018.
Los Angeles, CA
CLIENT: LA BUREAU OF SANITATION
DRC Services Provided
• Project Management
• QA/QC
• Process Engineering
• Electrical Engineering
• Instrumentation and Controls
Project Value
$88.6M
Reference
Honeywell International Lori Lee, PE Program Manager (949) 212-8923
Control Systems Optimization
Project and Construction Management
DRC modified control system software narratives according to Change Orders, Maintenance Change Requests, and Engineering Communications; provided assistance. All of these projects used electrical and I&C CAD support. Specific design tasks completed included:
• Facility feed power conduit & wiring design
• Power supply layout and design for pump & compressor motors
• Conduit type selection
• Wiring sizing
• Circuit-breaker sizing
• Switchgear layout
• Buried conduit layouts & stub outs
• Overhead wiring support towers
• Electrical Room layouts and design
• Electrical Room equipment spacing
• Electrical room heat load requirements
• Yard & building lighting layout
• Emergency power, generators, and UPS systems
• Fire suppression systems for Electrical and Control Room
• Control Room layouts
• Instrumentation conduits & cable tray layout
• PLC/HMI upgrades, including controls system circuit wiring layouts
• Identifying wiring types for electrical system grounding layouts requirements
Los Angeles, CA CLIENT: LA BUREAU OF SANITATION
DRC Services Provided
• Modified Control Systems Software Narratives
• Electrical
• Instrumentation & Controls
• PLC/HMI Upgrades
• CAD Project Value
$444,000
Reference
Ali Poosti, PE Division Manager Bureau of Sanitation City of Los Angeles
LABOE CADD Manual Documentation and Update
DRC was the prime consultant and worked closely with the multiple divisions within the city’s Bureau of Engineering (BOE) to complete the documentation aspect of the latest BOE CADD manual, which was developed to comply with the National CAD Standard V6.
DRC was responsible for project management, technical content, and compatibility with current BOE standards. Working closely with key BOE staff, DRC jointly determined the appropriate document exchange format and method, using time-efficient modern communication tools (e.g., BlueBeam). The new standards have enhanced the uniformity and consistency of design plans produced by LABOE, with measurable benefits of efficiency and accuracy during QA/QC reviews.
Los Angeles, CA
CLIENT: LA BUREAU OF
ENGINEERING
DRC Services Provided
• Project management
• Coordinated with multiple divisions of LABOE
• Technical content
• Time-saving document exchange format and method
• Adapted and incorporated local standards
• Conducted orientation sessions for implementation
• Ensured compliance with National CAD Standard V6
Silver Lake Headworks Reservoir
Design, Project Management, QA/QC, and Various Services
DRC designed and performed the following components of the Silver Lake Headworks Reservoir Project:
• Yard piping
• Drain line, including reservoir floor drains
• Reservoir under drains
• Air Vault and Connections
• Hollingsworth Spillway
• Stationing based upon control from LADWP
• Pipe plan and profiles
• Connection details
• Overflow piping to LA River
• Support overflow permit to LA River from USACE
• QA/QC
Project Controls & Scheduling: Upon request from LADWP, we provided direct support to LADWP office staff to facilitate a rapid completion of this project.
Project Management: Our project management work included coordinating design with other consultants and meetings with LADWP.
Construction: We provided this project construction support and construction management services upon request.
Los Angeles, CA
CLIENT: LADWP
DRC Services Provided
• Research
• Design Yard Piping
• Coordination Meetings
• Project Management
• Hydrology and Hydraulic Planning
• QA/QC
• Cost Estimates
• Construction Support and Management
• LADWP Office Support
Lower Mission Creek Flood Control Project
(Award-Winning Project)
D esign, P lans, and Specification s
This project widened the Lower Mission Creek in the City of Santa Barbara from State Street, near the Santa Barbara pier, to Mason Street, a width of 35 feet to 55 feet. As prime consultant, DRC prepared the design, plans, and specifications for the construction of this first reach with USACE oversight and sponsored locally by the County of Santa Barbara. The project required significant environmental mitigation and constraints on surrounding habitat areas, fish habitat design, permitting, and the oversight of a biologist.
The American Public Works Association’s award cited DRC’s exceptional design and construction effort in which significant environmental compliance issues for endangered species and a wetlands area, within a limited work area adjacent to a hotel and restaurant, required unique construction methods. Fish ledges were designed and constructed within the creek for the goby fish species, a unique drilled pile system was designed and piles installed by the “flightauger” method to reduce noise, and an aesthetic shotcrete wall system was designed and integrated into the pile system. All designs and construction methods met the requirements of a City of Santa Barbara Blue Ribbon Committee.
Final design material consisted of HEC-RAS model hydraulic design confirmation, environmental design confirmation, unique pile/ wall design, levee design, channel design based on USACE criteria, structural calculations, contract drawings, specifications, MII (MCACES) quantity/cost estimate, DrChecks system project reviews, and Engineering Considerations and Instructions for Field Personnel.
DRC resolved all outstanding design issues, including organizing meetings to discuss those issues and documented the agreed upon resolutions that represented a commitment from all parties to the recommended design. DRC prepared and furnished the construction cost estimate and bid schedule.
Santa Barbara, CA
CLIENT: COUNTY OF SANTA BARBARA
DRC Services Provided
• Quality Control Plan
• Collecting Utility Data and Design Criteria
• Site Investigation
• Meeting Coordination
• Environmental Mitigation
• Hydraulic Analysis & Calculation
• ECIFP
• Civil & Structural Design
• Specifications
• Bidding Schedule
• Permitting Requirements
• Project Management
• Unique Pile / Wall / Levee Design
• MII Construction Cost Estimates
• Construction Support to the County Public Works
AWARDS
• 2016 APWA Central Coast Chapter Project of the Year
References
Steve Vaughn, PE U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Los Angeles District (213) 452-3654
Matt Griffin, PE County of Santa Barbara, Dept. of Public Works (805) 884-8074
Interstate 10 Freeway Construction Management and Engineering
DRC’s Louis Flores, PE served as the Construction Manager and Construction Engineer for the PCC pavement replacement of 20 miles of the Interstate 10 Freeway. The project involved the outside two lanes in both directions of the eight-lane freeway through the San Gorgonio Pass that came out to 80-lane miles. He worked with his team to conduct constructability reviews prior to advertising the first concept. Louis advised the District Director to cancel bid opening, revise design, traffic handling, estimate, and re-advertise. He then managed the construction of revised project that involved slab replacement in various locations of inside two lanes in both directions of the same 20-mile construction zone. This project also involved reconstructing median shoulders and constructing Type 60 PCC median barriers; reconstructing and widening outside shoulders; plus reconstructing, widening, and upgrading numerous freeway onramps and offramps.
Riverside County, CA
CLIENT: CALTRANS
Services Provided
• Construction Management
• Lane Widening
• Slab Replacement
• Reconstruction of Median Shoulders
• Upgrading Onramps and Offramps
• Constructability Reviews
Project Value
$194M
Reference
Elvira Lenart, PE Senior Resident Engineer Caltrans Elvira.lenart@dot.ca.gov
State Route 138 Widening
Construction Management and Engineering
DRC’s Louis Flores, PE served as the Construction Manager and Construction Engineer for this highway safety project to widen 13 miles of conventional state highway from two lanes to five lanes located from Interstate 15 in Cajon Pass to Phelan. The project involved the construction of shoulders, acceleration, and deceleration lanes at intersecting county roads, with junction at State Route 2. It also replaced Sheep Creek Bridge, a four-span precast girder on PCC bents, supported by CIDH piles over Sheep Creek, together with widening of two more cast-in-place PCC bridges. The project was planned and designed to address sensitive environmental needs, such as relocating 800 Joshua trees and providing temporary nesting boxes for endangered bats relocated during bridge widening. Louis also managed the emergency re-construction of damaged highway improvements on this route from the Cajon Pass fire of 2016 and subsequent Cajon Pass flood of 2017.
San Bernardino County, CA
CLIENT: CALTRANS
Services Provided
• Construction Management
• Lane Widening
• Bridge Replacement
• Shoulder and Ramp Construction
• Upgrade Numerous Drainage Box Culvert Structures
• Improve Sight Distance to Private Road Intersections
• Coordinate Highway Widening at Intersecting Railroad Bridges (BTSF and UPRR)
Project Value
$53M
Reference
Elvira Lenart, PE Senior Resident Engineer Caltrans
Elvira.lenart@dot.ca.gov
State Route 138 Realignment
Construction Management and Engineering
DRC’s Louis Flores, PE managed and supervised the construction of 2.1 miles of a new two-lane conventional highway, involving three new bridges with shoulders, precast girders on CIP PCC bents, supported by CIDH piles over environmentally sensitive drainages with numerous historic cultural Native American sites throughout the entire work zone. They had to construct several precast box drainage structures, cast in place drainage structures, CMP culverts, and PCC headwalls. The project involved the demolition the old 2.1-mile winding highway segment that required reconditioning the land to a natural state, including the restoration of existing drainage. The team found Native American human remains within the old highway alignment and had to coordinate re-burial with the San Manuel Tribe.
San Bernardino County, CA
CLIENT: CALTRANS
Services Provided
• Construction Management
• Highway Relaligning and Reconstruction
• Bridge and Drainage Structures Construction
• Demolition of Old Highway Alignment
• Restoration of Dainages
• Re-burial Coordination with the San Manuel Tribe Project
Tim Flores, PE
Senior Resident Engineer, Structures Representative Caltrans
Tim.Flores@dot.ca.gov
Horsethief Creek Bridge: Construction
Support Services
DRC’s Louis Flores, PE served as the Construction Engineer to construct a two-lane mountain highway precast girder bridge on PCC bents supported by CIDH piles over an environmentally sensitive creek bottom with intermittent flow. The bridge was constructed in stages, demolishing one half of bridge, keeping one-way traffic control with a traffic signal operating 24/7 on the remaining half. The team had to construct the new bridge half and switch traffic to the new bridge. Then they re-established one-way traffic signal control operating 24/7 while demolishing the remaining half bridge. Finally, they constructed the new second half of bridge to connect to the first half.
San Bernardino County, CA
• Construction Management
• Bridge Widening
• Demolition of Old Bridge
• New Bridge Construction
• Traffic Control Project Value
$5.8M
Reference
Amgad Benjamin, PE Resident Engineer Caltrans Amgad.benjamin@dot.ca.gov
I-405 Improvement Project
Federal Stewardship and Oversight
DRC’s Scott McGuire was the lead for Federal Stewardship and Oversight for the Federal Highway Administration on this project. He ensured federal requirements were met for delivery and for the disbursement and refinancing of the TIFIA loan. This Major Project added one new General Purpose lane and one new toll lane in each direction along the 16-mile corridor of I-405 between State Route 73 (SR-73) and Interstate 605 (I-605). The new tolled express lanes were combined with the existing high occupancy vehicle (HOV) lane to create two Express Lanes in each direction in the I-405 median from SR-73 to I-605. The I-405 Express Lanes included single lanes connecting to/from the SR-73 to the I-405 at the southern end of the 405 Express Lanes and to/from the I-605 and the SR-22 at the northern end of the 405 Express Lanes. The Project also included replacing 18 bridges, constructing new and widened bridges, improvements to the auxiliary lanes, relocating utilities, constructing new sound walls, and additions to the Transportation Demand Management systems.
Orange County, CA
CLIENT: CALTRANS ORANGE COUNTY TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY
Services Provided
• Federal Stewardship and Oversight for the Federal Highway Administration
• Ensured federal requirements were met for delivery of this Major Project and for the disbursement and refinancing of the TIFIA loan Project Value
Jeff Mills, OCTA, Director, Alternative Project Delivery and Construction jmills@octa.net
I-10 Corridor Contract 1 Project Federal Stewardship
and Oversight
DRC’s Scott McGuire was the lead for Federal Stewardship and Oversight for the Federal Highway Administration on this project. He ensured federal requirements were met for delivery and for issuing and for restructuring the TIFIA loan, as well as reviews for the loan’s initial disbursements. This Major Project widened the existing I-10 highway between the Los Angeles/San Bernardino County line and I-15, approximately 10 miles. Project scope included building and operating two tolled express lanes in each direction, reconstructing and/or modifying existing ramps at 10 interchanges, eight local arterials, and 26 structures including box culverts, and new or reconstructed retaining walls and sound walls.
Express lanes will be managed through dynamic congestion pricing.
San Bernardino County, CA
Services Provided
• Federal Stewardship and Oversight for the Federal Highway Administration
• Ensured federal requirements were met for delivery of this Major Project and for issuing and for restructuring the TIFIA loan
• Reviewed the TIFIA loan’s initial disbursements
Project Value
$930M
Reference
Chad Costello, SBCTA Project Manager Design-Build Manager 909-884-8276
ccostello@gosbcta.com
Program, Project, and Construction Management Projects
Streets, Highways, and Bridges
♦ Caltrans District 7, Los Angeles and Ventura Counties, Program and Project Management
♦ Front Street Beautification and Rehabiliitation Project, POLA/San Pedro, CA
♦ County of L.A. Project Management Division III, On-Call Engineering Services
♦ La Paz Road and Bridge Widening Project Management and Civil Design Lead, Mission Viejo, CA
♦ C Street/I-110 Access Ramp Improvements Program/Construction Management, Port of Los Angeles, Caltrans, District 7
Mass Transit:
♦ E (Exposition) Line Design/Build Project Phase 2, Stage B, Engineering Management
♦ Crenshaw LAX Transit Corridor
Aviation:
♦ Los Angeles World Airports (LAWA) On-Call Construction Support Services, Los Angeles, California
Port Facilities
♦ TraPac Automation Project, Construction Support Services
♦ Port Redevelopment Planning, Post-Hurricane Katrina, Project Management
♦ Guam Port Management Operational Improvements
♦ Rear Berths 136-139 Terminal Buildings and Main Gate Construction Support, Port of Los Angeles, San Pedro, California
Water / Wastewater / Water Resources
♦ LAWINS Distributed Control Systems (DCS), Wastewater Program O&M – Control Systems Design and Project Management
♦ Control Systems Optimization, Project and Construction Management
♦ LABOE CADD Manual, Documentation and Update
♦ Silver Lake Headworks Reservoir, Design, Project Management, QA/QC, and Various Services
♦ Lower Mission Creek Flood Control Project Design, Plans, and Specifications (Award-Winning Project)
DRC KEY STAFF
Jim Fowler, PE VP,
Senior Project Manager
Mr. Fowler has delivered more than 350 transportation projects valued at $8B, including METRO’S Wilshire / Rodeo Station, Airport Metro Connector 96th Street Station, Crenshaw / LAX Transit Corridor and E (Exposition) Line, Caltrans SR-210, SR-47, Orange County Toll Roads (Caltrans) projects, and Louisiana’s 186-mile, $1.5B freeway. In addition to large-scale project management, rural and urban road design, and all the associated phases from inception to PS&E, Mr. Fowler’s technical career also includes QA / QC, design, design review, and expert witness.
Louis Flores, PE
Senior Project Manager
Mr. Flores has 40 years of professional experience, including 29 years with Caltrans, in construction management, construction and professional engineering, staff development, leadership, civil engineering, structural design, project management, transportation engineering, engineered grading, and topographic mapping. He managed construction engineering / contract administration for major freeway and highway construction involving highway widening, bridges,
The DRC project team includes senior professionals with extensive and diverse experience in all aspects and types of public works projects. This experience includes various project types in multiple jurisdictions.
highway rehabilitation, and emergency restoration of highways and freeways. He was Engineer-ofRecord on more than 1,600 projects: structural design, seismic retrofits, foundations, signs, retaining walls, streets, drainage, water systems, sewers, land surveying, construction surveys, residential & commercial site development.
Robert Babbitt Senior Project Manager
Mr. Babbitt is a leading odor control specialist and supported the City of Los Angeles, Bureau of Engineering and the Bureau Sanitation to design, install, and start-up 13 odor control systems. He currently supports DRC’s technical staff with various aspects of process and design of Operations & Maintenance at the City’s water/ wastewater treatment plants, including DRC’s team for commissioning and delivering the Distributed Control System (DCS) system and control systems commissioning group of LAWINS, who are working closely with the City’s O&M groups at the four water/wastewater plants and collection system.
Hector Davila, PE, QSD
Construction Management Lead
Mr. Davila has 30 years of experience in construction management for a wide range of roadway and highway projects in Southern California for Caltrans and as a private-sector consultant, including Resident Engineer. He has substantial experience overseeing large, high priority projects and working with state, county, and municipal transportation authorities. Consistently delivered projects on-scope, on-time, and on-budget.
Scott McGuire Senior Project Manager
Mr. McGuire has more than 35 years of professional experience—having spent the majority of his career rising in the ranks of the FHWA—as a senior project manager in major federal civil engineering projects with an expert-level understanding of its complexities, regulations, and requirements. His decades of accumulated knowledge and hands-on experience has won him numerous accolades and led him to his recent FHWA leadership role in California. Scott’s deep understanding of project oversight and contract administration makes him exceptionally qualified to oversee federally funded major capital projects. He has represented FHWA at public meetings and in court and teaches regularly at conferences including AASHTO and NHI.
Mark Daneshi, PE
Construction Management
Mr. Daneshi has more than 35 years of progressive experience in the public and private sectors. Positions involved Resident Engineering, Traffic/Transportation, and Structural Engineering tasks and duties. Knowledgeable of Caltrans Standard Plans and Specifications, Los Angeles County, City of Los Angeles Public Work Standard Plans and Specifications, and the Standard Plans and Specifications for Public Works Construction. He also performed six years of Structural Engineering Project and Construction Management duties with private firms.
Madhusoodan “Madhu” Bhatt, PE Senior Project Engineer
Mr. Bhatt has more than 35 years of diversified experience in project management, design / engineering, and construction management. His career assignments include projects involving streets and highways, utilities, storm channels, and other infrastructure. He was DRC’s project manager on the award-winning Knoll Hill Park and Infrastructure design project.
Dennis R. Kasper, PhD, PE Program Manager
For more than 40 years, Dr. Kasper has consulted and supervised the planning and implementation of major national and international civil engineering projects, primarily municipal and industrial water supply, wastewater treatment and recycling, and hazardous wastes disposal. He has managed desalination projects, water quality investigations, process selection, water treatability, and water treatment system designs.
Joseph Reichenberger, PE, BCEE, F.ASCE, Sr. Project Manager and QA/QC
Mr. Reichenberger has more than 40 years of professional experience in planning, design, and construction oversight of water supply, treatment, and distribution systems; wastewater collection, treatment, disposal and reuse systems; storm drainage systems and industrial wastewater systems. Extensive experience in computer modeling and analysis of water distribution systems and water and in wastewater treatment system process and hydraulic analysis.
Omar Moghaddam, PE, CPP
Senior Technical Advisor
Mr. Moghaddam has over 40 years of experience in negotiating permits from the EPA, SCAQMD, Regional Water Quality Control Board, CEC, County Health Department, and the design, development, management, and operation of sustainable, and complex systems including the odor and VOC scrubbers, two-stage odor scrubbers including the Bio-Trickling Filters and biological activated carbon towers, and odor mitigation and dispersion in wastewater systems. Collaboration of Omar’s Applied Research Team with the University of California, Davis and University of California, Riverside for the first generation of the Bio-Trickling Filters at the Hyperion Plant has been the foundation of the new odor mitigation design. With a strong technical advisory and leadership background, Omar prioritizes the costeffective implementation and prudent operation and maintenance (O&M) of environmental projects for the water, wastewater, and energy industries. He has also provided global leadership in developing several combined heat and power (CHP) projects from biogas and biomass. Omar is skilled in coordinating with project owners and operators, SCAQMD and permitting agencies, environmental constituencies, and stakeholders to negotiate permits.
