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Costs and Benefits of DRB in Capital Construction Projects

Explore the use of Dispute Review Boards (DRB) in capital construction projects and the associated costs and benefits. Examine case studies of projects implemented by Sound Transit, including Beacon Hill, Rainier Valley, TBM Tunnels, Seattle to South Bellevue, Downtown Bellevue Tunnel, and Northgate Tunnel. Learn about the prime contractors, construction managers, designers, DRB members, and executive partnering facilitators involved. Analyze the contract values, DRB amounts, formal and informal hearings, and completion dates of each project.

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Costs and Benefits of DRB in Capital Construction Projects

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  1. Session 2: Costs and Benefits of DRB on Capital Construction Projects Speakers: Allan Sylvester, DRBF Member

  2. Agenda • Sound Transit contracts utilizing a Dispute Review Board • Beacon Hill • Rainier Valley • TBM Tunnels – UWS to CHS • TBM Tunnels – CHS to PSST • Seattle to South Bellevue • Downtown Bellevue Tunnel • Northgate Tunnel

  3. Beacon Hill • Prime Contractor: Obayashi Corporation • Construction Manager: Parsons Brinckerhoff Construction Services • Designer: Jacobs/Sverdrup • DRB Members: Dan Meyer (Chair), Pete Douglass, John Jacobs • Executive Partnering Facilitator: Jim Eisenhart • Notice to Proceed: June 28, 2004 • Substantial Completion: July 17, 2009 • Acceptance: January 27, 2011 • Contract Value: $341,131,707 • DRB Amount: $2,192,409 • 8 formal hearings; 3 informal hearings

  4. Rainier Valley • Prime Contractor: RCI Herzog, JV • Construction Manager: Carter & Burgess, Inc. • Designer: CH2M Hill • DRB Members: Norman Anderson (Chair), John Hunt, Don Irwin • Executive Partnering Facilitator: FMI / Chuck Cowan • Notice to Proceed 1: February 26, 2004 • Notice to Proceed 2: July 12, 2004 • Substantial Completion: January 20, 2009 • Final Acceptance: March 30, 2012 • Contract Value: $204,503,633 • Final DRB Amount: $400,000 • 1 formal hearing; converted to binding arbitration panel

  5. TBM Tunnels: UWS to CHS

  6. TBM Tunnels: UWS to CHS • Prime Contractor: Traylor Frontier-Kemper, JV • Construction Manager: CH2M Hill/Jacobs Engineering • Designer: Northlink Transit Partners • DRB Members: Pete Douglass (Chair), Russell Clough, and Dan Meyer • Executive Partnering Facilitator: Chuck Cowan • Notice to Proceed: January 4, 2010 • Substantial Completion: June 7, 2013 • Acceptance: August 30, 2013 • Contract Value: $315,202,136 • Final DRB Amount: $622,366 • 1 formal hearing

  7. TBM Tunnels: CHS to PSST • Prime Contractor: JCM U-Link Joint Venture (Jay Dee Contractors, Frank Coluccio Construction, Michels Corporation) • Construction Manager: CH2M Hill ? Jacobs Engineering • Designer: Jacobs Associates • DRB Members: Fred Dunham (Chair), Pete Douglass, Russell Clough • Executive Partnering Facilitator: Denny Jackson (KBA Associates) • Notice to Proceed: January 4, 2010 • Substantial Completion: March 13, 2013 • Acceptance: July 18, 2013 • Contract Value: $157,313,262 • Final DRB Amount: $ 293,664 • No hearings

  8. Seattle to South Bellevue

  9. Seattle to South Bellevue • Prime Contractor: Kiewit-Hoffman, A Joint Venture • Construction Manager: Jacobs Project Management Company • Designer: Parsons Brinckerhoff, Inc. (now WSP USA, Inc.) • DRB Members: David Place (Chair), Doug Holen, Bill Coburn • Executive Partnering Facilitator: Neal Flesner • Total Construction Contract Amount: $711,660,541 • Notice to Proceed: May 12, 2017 • Current Committed Cost: $681,276,868 • Completion: December 12, 2020 (baseline) • DRB Payments (to date): $16,500 • No hearings / semi-annual meetings

  10. Downtown Bellevue Tunnel • Prime Contractor: Guy F. Atkinson Construction, LLC • Construction Manager: HDR Engineering, Inc. • Designer: H-J-H Final Design Partners (HNTB Corporation, Jacobs Engineering Group, Inc., and Hatch Mott MacDonald) • DRB Members: David Place (Chair), Harvey Parker, Toby Wightman • Contract Bid Amount: $133,591,206 • Notice to Proceed: February 8, 2016 • Current Committed Cost: $122,459,869 • Completion: June 7, 2020 (baseline) • DRB Payments (to date): $88,038 • No hearings

  11. Northgate Tunnel • Prime Contractor: JD, Coluccio, Michels JV • Construction Manager: CH2MHill, Jacobs JV • Designer: McMillen Jacobs Associates • DRB Members: Fred Dunham, Pete Douglass, Toby Wightman • Contract Amount: $501,282,000 • Notice to Proceed Date: Sept. 2013 • DRB Amount: $444,862

  12. Recap Sound Transit Experience7 ProjectsContract Amount = $2,364,000,000DRB Cost = $4,058,000Ratio of DRB:Contract = 0.17%Number of Hearings = 13

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