Introduction

1. City of Monterey Infrastructure Improvements Fernando Rizo G.Engineering, Hartnell College, Salinas, CA 93901 Richard Llantero, Associate Civil Engineer, City of Monterey Public Works, Capital Projects • Methodology Every project that is given to an Engineer in The City of Monterey comes either from the Neighborhood Improvement Projects Committee (NIP) or the City Council (CIP). The design and specifications are the Engineers responsibility. They can chose to design it in house (themselves) or send it to a private consultant. This depending on the amount of projects and time the engineer has. If chosen to be in house design the engineers have to conduct surveys themselves. Private consultants can be chosen by the engineers with prior authorization of the City Council and the finance department. This to prevent exceeding the budget given for the project. As mentioned before there is three types of projects Formal Bidding, Informal Bidding, and On-call. • Formal Bidding: In case of formal bidding the Engineer is responsible to provide plans and specifications to the finance department in order to obtain funding for the project and so that it can be placed on bid. These plans and specifications have to be made available to the contractors 4 weeks prior to the formal bidding. • Informal Bidding: In case of informal bidding the only difference to formal is that in this case the City calls local contractors only to come and bid on the project. In this situation the project will be available for the contractor during the bidding process. This due to the cost of the project regularly being 60,000.00 dollars or less. • On-Call: On-Call projects are assigned to one contractor only. These types of projects are relatively small but there is many through the year. This contractor also goes thru a formal bidding process, but in this case the contractor is assured these types of projects all year round. The projects in construction during the internship where all at different stages of the flow chart that was mentioned earlier. The installation of the Ozone Water Treatment System situated at Lake El Estero was under construction and my duty was to do an inspection of the worksite everyday until the project was completed. The main purpose of the Ozone Water Treatment System was to prevent waterborne diseases from arising. The construction that was inspected, was the rerouting of water and electrical lines. This project was a priority to the city because it put in to play the health of the community. Another project in construction was the reconstruction of the 420 Estrella Ave. parking lot. Since the parking lot is small in size and has low traffic volume, but has the weekly or bi­weekly trash truck, it would be more economical to construct the entire parking lot to handle the truck traffic than it would be to construct a heavy traffic lane just for trucks. The work included earthwork, off-haul, and dispose of the area. Then saw cut along the border line property and demolition. After the furnish, place and compact 4 inches of thick class two base rocks. And finally the pour in of the asphalt concrete of 2 inches of thickness to the highest level where trash container is located and trash truck stops the longest. Then progressively went down in thickness of class two base rocks to create that slope for the gutter to transport water to the drains. The slope created started from the location of the trash container down to the catch basin. Also an acceptable slope was created for the exiting of cars from the garages located in parking lot. Introduction The purpose of this internship was to provide project management for The City of Monterey. The City has many projects on hand every year, whether it is drainage, road, or sidewalk improvements, the city’s main concern is the protection of the pedestrians , cyclists and the safety of the people overall. The Civil Engineers at the City of Monterey deal with these types of issues by planning, designing, budgeting, surveying, contracting and constructing. The engineers of the City of Monterey complete these projects in a way that they have to follow procedures and meet certain standards. Engineering involves more than just design. It requires good communication with construction companies and contractors and observance of ethical principles. The city has certain procedures that the engineers have to follow. There are two main types of projects Formal Bidding and Informal Bidding. There is also an on-call project for a construction that is minor and does not need to be included in the fiscal year budget. Also, projects are titled as Neighborhood Improvement Project or City Improvement Project. (NIP or CIP). The City goes through a process flowchart that involves; Pre-Design, Design, Project Bidding, Construction, and Project Close Out. Within these processes there are many steps to take. During the internship with the City of Monterey the flow chart process will be seen, maybe not for one project throughout, but scattered in many. The projects that have been taken place at the City of Monterey during the internship are the inspection of the installation of an Ozone Water Treatment System situated at Lake El Estero, the construction of a parking lot at 420 Estrella Dr., the writing of Eddie Burns Lane Drainage Improvement Project specifications and calculations of the cost which is called a work order. The objective of the internship was to get familiarized with the process a project goes thru in the City of Monterey and how the engineer is involved in every step of the way. Also, to gain more knowledge and experience in this particular field of civil engineering. Conclusions The projects were completed and impacted the community in a positive way. The ozone water system is at its final stage of installation and soon will be ready to operate. The parking lot located at 420 Estrella Avenue was completed to specifications and is now in use. At the end of this internship all the goals were completed. These were to gain experience in this civil engineering field and to be familiarized with how the City of Monterey completes projects and how the Civil Engineer is involved in every step of the way whether it is indirectly or directly. Project management skills are crucial to an Engineer when involved in any project. The outcome of this internship was that Civil Engineering is a broad field with different specializations and now one has good understanding of how cities like Salinas and Monterey complete public projects and how these projects are handled. Also the learning outcome is that the responsibility of an Engineer is not only to do their job, but serve the community and put all effort to it. Results Figure 5. Above are pictures of the ozone water treatment installation and Lake El Estero. Figure 8. The image from left tor right is AmitSalwan-Junior Civil Engineer, Robert Sitzman-Inspector, Richard Llantero-Associate Civil Engineer (Mentor), Brian McMinn-Senior Civil Engineer, Fernando Rizo-Intern, and Rose Dickson-Assistant Figure 3. The diagram above shows the flow chart of the bidding process. Autobiographical Info. After completing all the prerequisites from Hartnell College Spring 2012, I was admitted to Sacramento State University for Civil Engineering. The goal is to graduate with B.S. Civil Engineer and continue with my Masters in Business Administration or Public Administration. I would like serve the community with my knowledge and best of abilities to build a strong and safe community were ever I go. Figure 1. The photograph on the left is the corner of Aguajito Road and Mark Thomas Drive were a new side walk, gutter and retaining wall were constructed. As one can see by the bike lane and sidewalk The City of Monterey accommodates a lot of its construction to pedestrians and cyclist. Acknowledgments Thanks to Brian McMinn and Richard LlanteroAlso to AmitSalwan, Robert Sitzman, Norman Green and Rose Dickson at the City of Monterey. Thanks to Andy Newton and Joe Welch of Hartnell College. This internship was funded by a Title V College to University Success Program Grant. Figure 6. Above is the picture of the finished 420 Estralla Avenue parking lot with the proper grade so that water can flow and a strong asphalt pavement for the garbage truck. Figure 4. The photographs include a tripod leveled and ready for surveying (left). Also the outcome of the survey with points plotted on Auto-Cad (below). Figure 2 The photograph on the right is The Harbormaster of the Monterey Marina built in 1960 in which the offices , public restrooms and bath rooms are located for people that live on or own a boat. This specific site will go out to bid for the remodel of the restrooms which have a leaking problem that is affecting the structure of the building. For further information Please contact fernandorizo@csus.eduor llantero@ci.monterey.ca.us Figure 7. Above is an example of a work order for Eddie Burns Lane Drainage Improvements that was made for the use of the finance department of the City of Monterey in order to budget the project and place into bidding .