Opening of Proposals - SRTS Muessel Primary & Holy Cross Proj No 122-006 - Abonmarche

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Proposal for City of South Bend - Muessel Primary/Holy Cross PROJECT UNDERSTANDING & APPROACH PROJECT UNDERSTANDING Muessel Elementary School and Holy Cross School lie in the Near Northwest Neighborhood northwest of downtown South Bend. The project area is bounded by LWW on the south, Allen Street to the east, Vasser Street to the north and Wilber on the west. The neighborhood is well connected regionally with the newly constructed Coal Line Trail that makes it way (currently) from LWW all the way to the University of Notre Dame along the former rail spur used to deliver coal to the power plant at Notre Dame. There is a dedicated bike lane and pedestrian paths along Lincolnway West on the south that connect the downtown and all neighborhoods along LWW to the South bend International Airport. East of this neighborhood is the locally well-known Riverside Trail that follows the St. Joseph River all the way from Niles, Michigan east to Elkhart and beyond. These regional trails highlight the importance of accessible and safe pedestrian access for all students and residents within these project limits. Not only will the project allow access to the schools and parks in the area, it will also allow the opportunity for all residents an accessible route to the regional trail systems that connect to the other areas of South Bend and beyond. Abonmarche Consultants is intimately familiar with the City of South Bend’s vision for safe and accessible routes for mutlitmodal transportation. We recently designed the newly constructed Lincolnway West Streetscape projects that provide the first dedicated separate bike and pedestrian paths, within the City, adjacent to Lincolnway West. PROJECT APPROACH We have tailored our scope of services based on the requirements of the RFP, our first hand experience with the design of SRST projects, and our extensive history and experience working in the City of South Bend and with INDOT. Abonmarche’s team is creative, innovative, and most of all very experienced with all aspects of INDOT construction projects. Our Project Manager, Rob Nichols, brings his extensive knowledge of construction on INDOT projects as a contractor now to the inspection side. He managed the successful completion of the Olive and Sample Street Overpasses, IR-30143 US 31 Connection on the south side of South Bend, the 2 Way Downtown Street Conversion project, and the Riverside Trail Project along the river NW of downtown South Bend. His in-depth experience of the INDOT process and public works construction will be invaluable in administering and providing oversight on these inspection projects. PROJECT INITIATION AND PRE-CONSTRUCTION Prior to initiating a kick-off meeting with the City of South Bend our Project Manager and INDOT certified construction inspection staff will do a thorough review of the bidding documents (plans and specifications) and pair it with a detailed site visit of the project area. After our review of the site, we will coordinate an inspection kick-off meeting with the City to discuss all aspects of the project prior to having a pre-construction meeting. We will use this meeting as a chance to discuss any potential subjects pertinent to the construction so that they may be addressed at the pre-construction meeting. Only then will be schedule the pre-construction meeting with all required parties for commencement of construction. We expect to have a pre-construction meeting within two weeks of the Notice to Proceed of the Construction contract. CONSTRUCTION PHASE Upon commencement of construction Abonmarche and McCormick Engineering will monitor, as necessary, the contract with a full-time Resident Project Inspector (RPR). Depending on the controlling operations of the construction other full-time inspectors may be added. In addition to the Inspector(s) the RPR will oversee and be available to answer any questions or issues that may arise during the regular course of daily construction. And overseeing the entire inspection contract will be the Project Manager. He will guarantee overall contract compliance and ensure a more than adequate amount of inspection and documentation is always taking place during construction. He will also provide the final QA/QC effort for all construction documentation generated for the project. If disputes with contract documents arise during the course of construction Abonmarche will ensure that all change order requests, and other such disputes are handled per INDOT’s very 8