St Paul MN Final Mile Delivery

Existing successful processes were used to the benefit of the HfL project development. Iowa DOT used their proven project management team (PMT) process to evaluate every opportunity to innovate. They also used constructability reviews and formal technology transfer sessions to ensure success. "We formed a team of department experts from different offices to put the project together. This is our standard ‘can do' PMT process," said Ahmad Abu-Hawash, from the Bridges and Structures Office. Key personnel from construction, contracts, traffic and safety, design, bridges and structures, in the district participated on the team. Joe Jurasic, FHWA Division Construction/Transportation Engineer, said that "the Division Office is pretty aggressive at implementing national efforts like HfL... . We committed to matching the DOT with experts from the Division and assistance from other FHWA offices. We worked closely with the resource centers and the HfL Office at headquarters to make sure we had the best possible project."
The Iowa HfL project was made more robust by the efforts of two other initiatives, an Accelerated Construction Technology Transfer (ACTT) workshop and the Innovative Bridge Research and Development (IBRD) program that support parts of the overall HfL goals and philosophies. In the end, project delivery scheduling drove the final selection of the 24th Street bridge project. "We had the ability to incorporate new design and contract features and still meet the project letting schedule," said John Adam, Statewide Operations Bureau Director for Iowa DOT.

Minnesota DOT TH 36 Reconstruction  Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota

The Minnesota DOT is taking a bold step to fully close a major traffic route for 5 months in order to cut project construction time to one quarter of the original schedule. After numerous public meetings and a market survey, Mn/DOT determined that the cost and time savings, the safety benefits to both workers and motorists, and project quality justified the closure. This the first time Mn/DOT has fully closed a major route of this level for construction. Minnesota's TH 36 project involves the reconstruction of approximately 2 miles of roadway between White Bear Avenue and TH 120 through North St. Paul. The proposed upgrades will improve the safety and capacity of the roadway by converting this segment of TH 36 to a freeway facility.
"This was the right project at the right time," said Tom Ravn, Innovative Contracting Director for the DOT. "We will significantly reduce construction time... and will fully implement intelligent compaction for the first time." With a successful HfL project, MnDOT plans to use these innovations on other projects

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