City of Lincoln
Engineering Services

Design/Construction

Thomas Shafer, Manager
901 West Bond Street
Lincoln, NE 68521

Responsibilities

• Bid Schedule for Public Works/Utilities Projects
  • Bidding Opportunities and Awards (City of Lincoln Purchasing Department)
• Project Implementation:
  • Bridge Inspections
  • Budgets
    • CIP
    • TIP
    • One and Six Year Streets and Highways Program
    • RTSD
  • Construction
  • Design
    • CADD Standards
  • Guiding Principles and Procedures Online Manual
  • Materials Testing Lab
  • Pavement Management
  • Public Involvement
    • Coping with Construction - A Guide for Lincoln Businesses
  • ROW Agreements
  • Standards
    • Lincoln Standard Plans
    • 2011 Standard Specifications
  • Special Assessment Districts
  • NDOR Responsible Charges
  • Special Assessment Districts
  • Spring Meeting
  • Street Closings
  • Surveying
    • Survey Benchmark Data

SECTION: DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION

The Design and Construction section is responsible for ensuring that capital improvement projects are delivered on-time and on-budget. The section creates and tracks the funding for the annual Capital Improvement Program for transportation, as well as providing design, construction observation and materials testing services for all types of projects including roadways, signals, storm drainage, water and wastewater.

Program Delivery

Create the Capital Improvement Program for transportation improvement projects. Provide project management services for all aspects of a project from conceptual design to final design through construction and then ensuring it reaches final records and accounting.

Outputs & Performance Measures: (FY 2010-2011)

• Number of Projects prepared for bidding: 50
• Number of Projects completed including Private Const Agreements: 150
• Planning and Programming Documentation (Streets and Highways CIP, Railroad Transportation Safety District, CIP, TIP, State's one and six year program)
• Pavement Management – Maintain computer records system covering 2,677 lane miles, managing over $1 million in residential rehab, and $9 million in arterial rehabilitation for Fiscal Year 2011.
• Bridge Management – Maintain computer records system

Standards or Benchmarks:

• 1 full-time inspector per $8 to $10 million dollars of construction work (Tom Jacobs – Consultant Study recommendation).
• 1 project manager per $20 million dollars in projects
• $13 million per year for pavement rehab (Pavement Management Software calculation).