1. FORT WASHINGTON WAY
2000
A project managed by the City of Cincinnati
with the cooperation of thousands
1956 1998 2000
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Project Management Team:
John Deatrick, P.E., AICP,
Dire cto r o f Transpo rtatio n
Bob Richardson, AIA,
City Archite ct
Don Gindling, P.E.,
Co nstructio n Manag e r
Project Management Consultant:
Fred Craig, PE
Are a Manag e r, Se nio r Vice Pre side nt
Parso ns Brincke rho ff
3. Project Team:
• Parsons Brinckerhoff Project Management
Consultants
• Contributing PB Offices: Cincinnati,
Baltimore, Boston, San Francisco, Miami,
Tampa, Las Vegas, Denver and Louisville
O the r Te am Me m be rs:
•JMA Consultants
•KZF Incorporated
•Resource International
•TEC Engineers
•U.S. Cost, Inc.
•Vivian Llambi & Associates
•Wallace Floyd Associates
•Wilson & Associates
•Balke Engineers
•BRW
•Burgess & Niple
•Chan Krieger & Associates
•Dan Pinger Public Relations
•H. C. Nutting Company
•Hargreaves Associates
•Infrastructure Servcies
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PROJECT TIMELINE
November 1995
City of Cincinnati requests the Ohio-Kentucky-
Indiana Regional Council of Governments
(OKI) to conduct a sub-corridor analysis for
Fort Washington Way
January 1996
OKI begins Fort Washington Way sub-
corridor analysis
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PROJECT TIMELINE (continued)
January 1997
OKI produces plan for reconstructing
Fort Washington Way as a locally
preferred alternative to address traffic
congestion along Fort Washington Way
May 1997
Members of the Fort Washington Way
project team meet to plan cooperative
effort for accomplishing the work.
Public meetings are held to obtain input
on the plan
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PROJECT TIMELINE (continued)
July 1997
Project team presents Fort Washington Way
reconstruction plan during a public forum at
Cincinnati City Hall
September 1997
First formal design contracts let
October 1997
State of Ohio approves the FWW Major
Investment Study and commits $80 million in
project funding
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PROJECT TIMELINE (continued)
October 15, 1997
City Council approves total funding package
November 1997
Ohio Governor George Voinovich visits
Cincinnati to announce a $20 million funding
advance for the Fort Washington Way project
January 1998
Fort Washington Way Project Design Manual
drafted
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PROJECT TIMELINE (continued)
April 1998
Value Engineering Workshops held
July 1998
Fort Washington Way reconstruction
begins with the first construction
contract let on July 2
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PROJECT TIMELINE (continued)
August 1998
Fort Washington Washington detour
constructed; all traffic shifted to old
eastbound lanes
October 1999
First section of new Fort Washington
Way open and traffic shifted to future
westbound lanes
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PROJECT TIMELINE (continued)
August 2000
Fort Washington Way completed and
open to traffic
December 2000
Fort Washington Way dedication
ceremony
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PROJECT PARTNERS:
Metro
City of Cincinnati
Hamilton County
Ohio Department of
Transportation
Kentucky Transportation Cabinet
Federal Highway Administration
Ohio-Kentucky-Indiana Regional
Council of Governments
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PROJECT GOALS
• Provide safer through and local
network roadway for motorists and
pedestrians
• Improve local and regional access
and re-connect downtown with
riverfront
• Provide economic development
opportunities by reclaiming
highway rights of way
TOTAL COST: $328 MILLION
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BROADCOMMUNITY SUPPORT
• Team of communications
professionals developed a
strategic communications plan
with a comprehensive package of
communications tools
• Community support arose from
the public’s involvement in the
decision to do the work as quickly
as possible
• Emphasized message that the
benefits were worth the wait
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SUPPORT FROMCOMMUNITY
ORGANIZATIONS
• The Greater Cincinnati Convention
and Visitors Bureau
• The Northern Kentucky Convention
and Visitors Bureau
• The City of Newport, Kentucky
• The City of Covington, Kentucky
• Chamber of Commerce
• The Reds and Bengals
• Cincinnati Business Committee
• Transit Authority of Northern Kentucky
(TANK)
• Building Owners and Managers
Association
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PROJECT COMPONENTS
• Reconfiguration of mainline
• Construction of 27 new
bridges
• Creation of new landscape
boulevard by construction of
second street and
reconstruction of Third
Street
• Reconstruction of Third
Street Viaduct
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PROJECT COMPONENTS
(continued)
• Relocation of floodwall
• Construction of new
riverfront transit center
• Installation of combined
sewer overflow mitigation
system
• Installation of foundations
for future decks
• Fiber optic backbone
17. FWW Project Facts
• Nearly 230 presentations given to downtown
businesses, organizations and parkers to update
them on traffic pattern changes
• 500 different highway signs placed in more than 300
locations throughout Cincinnati
• Nearly 70,000 detour maps distributed to area
businesses, organizations and parking garages to
update visitors and commuters of traffic pattern
changes
• Approximately three million pounds of structural
steel from bridges and roadways removed and
recycled for use in other construction projects
• 4.1 million lbs. of structural steel placed at the Fort
Washington Way project, which is 20 times the
weight of the Statue of Liberty in New York
• 24,402 cubic yards of concrete placed
• Nearly 130,000 cubic yards of earth moved in
preparation for the new Fort Washington Way
• Piles driven a total of approximately 655,000 feet
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DEFINING FEATURES
• Detailed Maintenance of
Access Plan agreed during
the environmental document
• Access maintained through
phased and staged fast
tracked construction, and
with detailed manuals guiding
all aspects of project
• Project management
structure with unique
blending of City of Cincinnati
staff with consultant teams
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DEFININGFEATURES (continued)
• Innovative materials including stone
mastic asphalt driving surface
• Bi-state funding accord
• Accelerated time frame
• Heavy emphasis on urban design and
landscaping
• Innovative bridge types
• Well financed citizen involvement group
• Constructability and value
engineering reviews
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THE TRENCH
• Narrowed
mainline area,
but now with
through lane
continuity to
reduce weaving
and merging
and improved
capacity
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NEWBOULEVARD
•Providing improved access
and new front door for city
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THE THIRDSTREET
VIADUCT- CONNECTION TO
US 50 ON THE EAST
• Provides dramatically
improved traffic capacity to
the East
• First use of steel box girder
construction in Ohio
• New substructure
constructed under old bridge,
retaining access
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NEWFWWFLOODWALL
• Provides flood protection
for new project while
freeing 14 acres of land
for future development
by eliminating earthen
levee
• Below grade pump
house for highway trench
storm water during
extreme river flood
conditions
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RIVERFRONT
TRANSIT CENTER
• Grade separated transit and
pedestrian access for major
riverfront events
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COMBINEDSEWEROVERFLOWSYSTEM
• New water pollution mitigation system
• Measurable improvements to Ohio River
water quality by reducing overflows to near
zero
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FOUNDATION PILES FOR
FUTURE DECKS
• Allows for the future
placement of parks or other
public spaces over
highway facility
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FOSTEREDREDEVELOPMENT OF
TWOVACANT WAREHOUSES
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PROJECT
COORDINATION
• Typical example
illustrates City contracts
for new Second Street
(Contract 22a) and the
Elm Street Bridge over
the FWW trench
(Contracts 8 and 17d),
and Hamilton County
contracts for the Bengals
stadium and new Elm
Street
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Urban De sig n
PROJECT DESIGN MANUAL
• Examined urban design in
each aspect of the project
• Produced in conjunction with
overall civil engineering
design manual
• Controlled the overall project
aesthetics
• Captured best value for
dollars spent
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Urban De sig n
Linked the riverfront to downtown by
extending the street grid overthe highway.
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Urban De sig n
HIGHQUALITY ANDVALUE-
MAXIMUMIMPACT
• Custom made pre-cast panels
• Unique lighting using standard
fixtures
• Decorative vandal screens
• Multi-colored bridge beams
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De sig n and Co nstructio n
ENVIRONMENTAL
DOCUMENTATION FWW
CATEGORICAL EXCLUSION
• Document approved in record time
• Model for the Federal Highway
Administration for highway reconfiguration
• Concurrent approval by ODOT and the
state historical preservation office
• ODOT & SHPO approved on-site
archeologist as appropriate mitigation
considering site characteristics and
construction methodology
• Accelerated OEPA review process
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De sig n and Co nstructio n
THE FWWPROJECT:
• 31 design contracts
• 27 construction contracts
• Work broken down
to fast-track design and
construction and
encourage smaller
contractors and
minorities to bid
• Phasing and fast-track
allowed quick response to
changing regional priorities
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De sig n and Co nstructio n
IN PREPARATION FOR
CONSTRUCTION
• Early implementation of
comprehensive vehicular and
pedestrian way-finding signage
system
• Construction of temporary exit ramps
to provide alternate access to
downtown
• Construction of temporary bridge to
maintain access to Kentucky
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IN PREPARATION FOR
CONSTRUCTION (continued)
• Adaptation of new temporary street
on then existing flood levee
• Revitalization of existing groups to
insure strong communication
networks
• Establishment of web site and list-
service
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IN PREPARATION FOR
CONSTRUCTION (continued)
• Constructed two new temporary
off ramps to serve the CBD
(central business district), one
from I-75 North and one from I-71
South to replace access provided
by FWW
• Re-striped two other exit ramps to
add lanes
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Inno vative Bridg e Type s
Firsts in Ohio:
• Steel Box Girder
• Cast-in-Place Box Girder
• Concrete Integral Piers
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Inno vative Bridg e Type s
27 Bridges Built In 42 Stages
• 4 Steel Rolled Beam
• 16 Steel Curved Plate Girder
• 5 Steel Box Girder
• 7 Cast-in-Place Post-Tensioned
Concrete Slab
• 3 Cast-in-Place Post-Tensioned
Concrete Box Girder
• 1 Pre-Stressed Concrete “I” girder
• 2 Pre-Stressed Concrete Adjacent
Box Beams
• 4 Cable-Stay Pedestrian Bridges
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Bidding and Co nstructio n Manag e m e nt
PROCUREMENT MANUAL
• Assembled a manual of procedures
combining federal, state and local
requirements
• Established expedited pre-
qualification process including MBE,
WBE, DBE, SBE vendors, as the
laws changed during the project
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PROCUREMENT MANUAL
(continued)
• All contracts locally advertised and
bid by City using ODOT procedures
• Established a contract compliance
officer on the job site
• Maintain pace of construction during
law suite on MBE regulations and
provided basis of consent decree
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Bidding and Co nstructio n Manag e m e nt
AGGRESSIVE OUTREACHTOPOTENTIAL
BIDDERS ANDSUBCONTRACTORS
• Contractors encouraged to use minority
contractors, pre-approved sub-consultants
and suppliers
• Early notification to contractors of
upcoming bids, including postings on the
FWW Web site and pre-bid seminars
• Established a comprehensive data base of
vendors to assist bidders
• MBE/WBE/DBE/SBE workshops held to
encourage participation
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Bidding and Co nstructio n Manag e m e nt
THE BIDDING PROCESS
• Bid dates posted on the project Web
site
• Bids advertised in local newspapers,
ODOT and city of Cincinnati bulletins
• Bid many items lump sum to simplify
bid and award process
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THE BIDDING PROCESS
(continued)
• Answers for pre-bid questions
available through e-mail
• Contracts went from bid to award in
one week or less
• OCIP (owner controlled insurance
program) reduced bickering over
damage and field claims
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COST/CONTROL PROCEDURES
• Value engineering workshop
sponsored by ODOT reviewed entire
project design and finalized civil and
urban design manuals
• Pre-approved design manuals
simplified preparation of plans and
specifications
• Preliminary constructability reviews
by consultant, city, and state team
reduced construction costs and
enabled phased construction
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COST/CONTROL PROCEDURES
(continued)
• Contingency amounts added to
contracts to enable field decisions to
minor problems and focus on cost
containment
• Innovative change order approval
process using monthly FWW
Construction Board to provide
oversight and hear claims
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Bidding and Co nstructio n Manag e m e nt
MEETING THE SCHEDULE
• Conventionally bid construction
contracts with liquidated damages
• No incentives
• Master schedule and traffic
management defined early and
included in project manuals bid
documents
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Public Invo lve m e nt
COMPREHENSIVE
OUTREACH
• Established graphics
standards for all materials
• Revitalized existing regional
coordination committees
• “Connection to the Future”
newsletter distributed to
project stakeholdershttp://www.fww2000.com/
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Outreach (continued)
• Over 200 meetings held prior
to start of construction to
establish dialogue
• More than 400 community
meetings held throughout
project construction to
maintain contact
• Distributed more than
200,000 motorist and
pedestrian detour maps
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OUTREACH(continued)
• Regular events to mark significant
project milestones and maintain
media contact
• Regularly scheduled meetings with
community support groups
• Suggestions and comments taken
through telephone, web sites, and e-
mail
http://www.fww2000.com/
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OUTREACH(continued)
Innovative Tools included:
• Roving information display
• ‘Connection to the future’ video
• www.FWW2000.com with three
live cameras
• Interpretive site observation
display
• Community events
• Traffic alert e-mail messages
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AGGRESSIVE
MEDIA RELATIONS
• Daily traffic updates
• Regular updates and tours
of project site
• Open lines of
communication
• Regular feedback sessions
with police, fire and traffic
helicopters
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Awards
• ACEC- American Council of Engineering Companies of
Ohio - 2002 Engineering Excellence Award
• CMAA - Construction Management Association of
America - 2001 Construction Management Project
Achievement Award
• ARTBA - American Road & Transportation Builders
Association - 2000 PRIDE in Transportation Construction
Award -
• ASCE Ohio OCEA - American Society of Civil Engineers -
Ohio - 2001 Outstanding Civil Engineering Achievement
Award
• Parsons Brinckerhoff - Project of the Year 2001
• SEGD- 2001 Award Outstanding Project fromSociety of
Environmental Graphic Design
• Crystal Award for Fort Washington Way “Connection to
the Future” Video
• ICMA - 2001 International City Council Management
Association of America Award
• IRF - 2001 IRF Global Road Achievement Award -
International Road Federation - Honorable mention
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2000
A project managed by the City of Cincinnati
with the cooperation of thousands
1956 1998 2000
Editor's Notes
Introduction
Time: 20 minutes
Brief introduction about John Deatrick
Professional Experience
Education
Etc.
John to give brief overview of each part of the presentation, including Project Overview, Design and Construction, Urban Design, Bidding and Construction Management and Public Involvement.
Quickly cover the timeline over the next few slides
FWW was born out of the I-71 Major Investment Study in 1995, after the City of Cincinnati requested that OKI include this portion of the highway in their study.
The study was conducted by the Ohio-Kentucky-Indiana Regional Council of Governments and the sub-analysis of Fort Washington Way began in May, 1996.
The purpose of the study was to determine solutions to addressing the traffic congestion along the I-71 corridor, including Fort Washington Way, where urban design would also be considered for the central riverfront area.
In January, 1997, when OKI produced the plan for reconstructing Fort Washington Way, the project was planned to only be the resurfacing of the one-mile stretch of interstate that runs directly through the heart of downtown Cincinnati.
This stretch of highway carries more than 150,000 vehicles each day.
Public involvement grew as the central riverfront planning came together with the desire to do something about Fort Washington Way, tired dysfunctional roadway. ODOT was receptive.
But, project planners in the region saw a great opportunity.
They saw the chance to accomplish much more than a highway resurfacing.
Fort Washington Way soon became the umbrella under which many smaller projects came to life. (We will cover this in a few minutes).
It became an opportunity to reconnect Cincinnati to its riverfront.
When the concept of Fort Washington Way became more of a reality, something unusual happened.
For the first time in history, ODOT gave a local agency control of an interstate project of this size. From that point on, Fort Washington Way was managed by the City of Cincinnati.
I like to think this happened only because ODOT trusted the local authorities to be able to accomplish the task before them.
The Team Approach- The City of Cincinnati partnered with Hamilton County, ODOT, KYTC, SORTA, TANK, MSD and CWW.
For the first time in history, ODOT gave a local agency control of an interstate project of this size. From that point on, Fort Washington Way was managed by the City of Cincinnati.
I like to think this happened only because ODOT trusted the local authorities to be able to accomplish the task before them.
The Team Approach- The City of Cincinnati partnered with Hamilton County, ODOT, KYTC, SORTA, TANK, MSD and CWW.
August 1998
First detour
October 1999
Westbound lanes open
August 2000
Eastbound lanes, Second and Third streets open
They had to cultivate an elaborate project team, which included input from multiple stakeholders such as Hamilton County, the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet; Southwestern Ohio’s transit agency – Metro, the Federal Highway Administration and the Ohio-Kentucky-Indiana Regional Council of Governments.
Together these agencies would develop a spirit of cooperation unlike anything seen in the region before. When working on FWW, each of these groups left personal agendas aside in order to accomplish the enormous task at hand.
Project partnership was put together in the original OKI MIS. The city was able to take the project partnership and convert it into an actual design and construction team. The transition point was the partnering workshop which formalized the project goals and deadlines.
But as the project grew in scope – from a $146.9 million job to more than $316 million, the schedule remained the same.
The City of Cincinnati was committed to open the Fort Washington Way mainline by August 2000 -- a nearby impossible task even without all of the project additions.
Making Fort Washington Way better was the major thrust of the project. Numerous steps were taken to make it a safer roadway for motorists and pedestrians.
The previous north/south configuration of FWW ramps created increased congestion and proved to be a safety hazard for motorists with an inordinate number of left exit ramps and traffic weaves. Project designers changed those ramps to an east/west configuration, thereby making the roadway safety and improving traffic flow.
The project team also solicited the support and involvement of community groups such as the two area chambers of commerce and convention and visitors’ bureaus; nearby cities of Newport and Covington; the Transit Authority of Northern Kentucky and even the Cincinnati Reds and Cincinnati Bengals.
Why was it important to have so many people involved in the project?
Because from the time the first concept of Fort Washington Way was discussed until construction began, the project became an umbrella under which not only a major reconstruction of the highway would take place, but also several other components.
The addition of these new components made just about everyone in the Greater Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky region have a stake in the new Fort Washington Way.
Including the reconfiguration and paving of the Fort Washington Mainline.
The reconstruction of Third Street and the Third Street Viaduct.
The Third Street Viaduct
The new Fort Washington Way Floodwall
The new Riverfront Transit Center, located below the new Second Street.
The installation of a combined sewer overflow system.
The installation of piles for Fort Washington Way Decking.
The installation of piles for Fort Washington Way Decking.
The first step in this undertaking was the development of project design manual so that urban design of the project would not be an afterthought, but would be examined during each step of design and construction.
Project planners also were forward thinking throughout the design process. One example -- instead of building the new Second Street on a mound of fill, planners instead built the roadway on structure, which enabled the Riverfront Transit Center to be constructed underneath.
The urban design features used throughout the project were of the highest quality.
Instead of flat concrete retaining walls lining Fort Washington Way , the design manual called for pre-cast, decorative concrete panels to be erected the entire length of the trench.
Instead of standard run-of-the-mill streetlights, designers instead selected low-cost, low-maintenance; high-intensity street lights which would illuminate not only the roadway, but the adjacent streets as well.
Even the colors of the paint selected for the bridge structures were cutting edge – no standard gray here – instead periwinkle and teal were chosen.
The project team compiled a model environmental document, which the Federal Highway Administration uses as an example of how environmental work should be done.
The document itself was approved in record time – eight months, partly because ODOT and the State Historic Preservation Office of Ohio approved the document concurrently instead of sequentially.
In addition, ODOT approved an on-site archeologist instead of the normal pre-construction excavation because of the aggressive schedule.
In the case of Fort Washington Way, some aspects of the environmental were done at the same time as right-of-way and design, also to meet the tight schedule.
Fort Washington Way became a project with 28 design contracts and 25 construction contracts, which were broken down to speed up construction and to encourage smaller contractors and minorities to bid.
Numerous steps were taken in the initial design process to ensure that once into construction, work would proceed as smoothly as possible, including constructability reviews.
Before construction could begin, major steps were taken to upgrade detour routes.
An extensive way finding signage program was implemented.
Traffic maintenance measures even included the construction of a temporary bridge to restore access from Northern Kentucky to downtown Cincinnati that was cut off due to construction.
The project team got special permission from ODOT to construct a new temporary ramp to provide motorists which additional access from I-71 into downtown.
Before construction could begin, major steps were also taken to upgrade detour routes:
A new ramp from I-75 North to Fifth Street.
New Eggleston Avenue ramp from I-71 South.
Re-striped Sixth Street entrance ramp from I-471 to include new lane.
Re-striped Reading/Gilbert exit from I-71 to accommodate more traffic.
The construction of 25 new bridges.
Time: 20 minutes
Brief introduction about Don Gindling
Professional Experience
Education
Etc.
The bidding process was also unique.
The project team performed aggressive outreach to small business throughout the region in an attempt to encourage bidding on the project.
General contractors were provided a comprehensive list of minority contractors and pre-approved sub-consultants and suppliers to encourage their participation.
Bid dates were posted on the project web site and contractors with pre-bid questions could have those answered via the Internet as well.
Contractors could have pre-bid questions answered by e-mail.
The bidding process also was different. The typical 4-6 week period in which construction contracts go from bid to award was reduced to one week or less for Fort Washington Way.
Construction management and procurement manual.
Contingency amounts added to contracts.
Board of controls established detailed monthly activity reports.
External and Internal audits done throughout construction.
Project team consisted of BE, OE, Inspectors secretary.
Due to the multiple start dates and multiple contracts of the job, FWW did not lend itself to incentives.
Master schedule and traffic management plan clearly defined before any construction began.
Completion in August 2000.
Schedule included in bid documents.
Instead, the project management team implemented liquidated damages on all major contracts as a means to meet the tough completion schedule.
More than 200,000 Motorist and Pedestrian Detour Maps distributed.
More than 300 community meetings.
‘Connection to the Future’ newsletter distributed to project stakeholders.
Roving Information Display which was exhibited at nearly 40 locations.
‘Connection to the Future’ Video was distributed to video rental stores and libraries across the entire region.
The Web site, www.FWW2000.com- was accessed by thousands of community members.
The Observation Display on the Walnut Street pedestrian bridge, over the Fort Washington Way mainline.
Community events such as the ‘Halfway There’ event on Fountain Square and public ribbon cuttings, as the project neared completion.
Traffic alert e-mail distribution.
Regular updates and tours of project site.
Consistent open lines of communication.
