Alternative Delivery Contract (P3) – As the prime consultant, Ghirardelli is managing the overall scope, cost, and schedule for the support of various construction projects within District 3. The scope of the work involved construction engineering support – including schedule analysis and claims services. We are also responsible for staff training, development and assignments, equipment, safety programs, budget, and costs controls, coordinating subconsultant work and maintaining DBE goals.

Projects include:

• U.S. Highway 50 Multimodal Corridor Enhancement and Rehabilitation Project
  This project aims to replace the existing Portland Cement Concrete (PCC) pavement, reduce maintenance crew’s exposure to live traffic, and reduce maintenance expenditures. The project scope also includes the restoration of other roadway elements such as drainage, lighting, and pedestrian facilities. The existing PCC pavement was built between 1967 and 1971 and has reached the end of its service life. It is deteriorated and has a poor ride quality that requires annual maintenance to repair and maintain. A recent pavement condition survey conveyed that there is severe slab cracking and faulting in the no. 3 and 4 lanes in both directions and minor slab cracking in the no.1 and 2 lanes in both directions. This project will also increase the deficient vertical clearance at seven over crossing structures in the project limits as identified in the District 3 Goods and Movement Study. This increased vertical clearance will reduce the frequency of “high load” hits, reduce maintenance worker exposure to traffic, and improve freight mobility in this corridor.
  The project also proposes to allow connectivity and consistency with the planned HOV system in the Sacramento Region, enhance mobility and provide incentives for ride sharing during peak period travel, achieve the goals of the current SACOG MTP by promoting ride sharing, improve US 50 to meet the growing travel demand in the Sacramento Region, provide an option for reliable peak period travel time, use the highway facilities as efficiently as possible, improve general traffic operations by reducing congestion and travel time, and improve bicycle and pedestrian access.Flatiron and the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) are collaborating on a Design-Build project to enhance Sacramento’s multimodal corridor network. This project will widen and reconstruct to the latest safety standards 53.6 lane miles of U.S. Highway 50 between Watt Avenue and Interstate 5. Construction is scheduled to begin in November and is expected to be completed in 2025.Ghirardelli is providing claims services to assist the Caltrans Resident Engineer and Structure Representative. Work includes reviewing extra work bills, daily reports, engineering analysis, contractor RFIs, potential claim records, assist in preparing for DRB meetings, providing engineering analysis of claims, review and analysis of the project schedule, and general support to the Caltrans office.