Project Management Oversight

John Reilly provided Project Management Oversight (PMO) and Project Management Assistance (PMA) services, in accordance with Federal Oversight requirements, for the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Agency (MTA), through a subcontract with Fluor Daniel, Inc. Oversight projects included the Pasadena Blue Line and Metro Green Line Light Rail Systems. 1991 – 1999.

Project management oversight services:

Agency organization, roles and responsibilities, management plans and management approach
Assessment, Agency Program Management function – responsibility and staffing
Annual audits and project reviews, management compliance, Metro Green Line
Board Report on critical management issues, including risk identification, evaluation and strategic approach, Metro Green Line Project
Management oversight reports including cost, schedule and technical compliance, with recommendations, Metro Green Line and Pasadena Blue Line.
General engineering consultant oversight for compliance with technical and managerial requirements, acceptable practices and control of costs, Pasadena Blue Line Project
MTA policies, contact change procedures, including compliance with contractual terms and conditions
Assessment of MTA’s Pasadena Blue Line organization for preliminary engineering
Recommendations for critical Pasadena Blue Line management actions required by MTA, General Engineering Consultant and engineering design firms
Pasadena Blue Line design cost-to-complete audit, including evaluation of direction for design changes, compliance with not-to-exceed limits and contract change procedures
PMO Reports on management changes necessary to control final design within approved budget and Authorization-for-Expenditure (AFE) limits, Pasadena Blue Line
Management options, resolution of outstanding/unauthorized contractual work, Pasadena Blue Line
Configuration management and implementation review
Report on overall design and construction management fees, consistent with the experience of other transit agencies, Pasadena Blue Line Project

Project Management Assistance Services

Alternative management and organizational structures for design and construction, considering an integrated project office and its implementation – MTA Executive
Report on cost of construction management services by relevant agencies and consultants, considering salary rates, overhead, and services required – MTA Executive
Evaluation of MTA Program Management Department operations and staffing, including working relationships with Agency management, project managers and other Departments
Value engineering, modular stations ventilation systems, for the Metro Red Line, East Side Extension, with estimated savings of $2.8 million per station with recommendation for further investigation of station and tunnel emergency smoke and fire control requirements
Ventilation investigation, Blast Relief Shaft effectiveness, with recommendations for corrective measures and fundamental criteria revisions, Metro Red Line Segment 1 (MRL-1)
Assistance with air velocity measurements, follow-up to MRL-1 ventilation investigation, with temperature effects and simulation of MRL-2 stations, Metro Red Line Segment 1
Measurement of peak and average platform and exit passageway air velocities, corresponding to train movements, Washington DC, Toronto Ontario and London England
Opinion, elimination of underplatform exhaust fans, MRL East Side Extension and MRL Segment 2 stations
Recommendations for additional design, station and tunnel emergency smoke and fire control, Metro Red Line 3 v
Management, identification and evaluation of viable alternative station construction methods for Metro Red Line 2 v
Recommendations, Geotechnical Design Summary Report (GDSR), including content, application, and issues of concern, Metro Red Line Segment 2 v
Recommendations, Geotechnical soil sampling methodologies, Metro Red Line Segments 2 and 3 v
Design review of stations for completeness and coordination, Metro Red Line Segment 2.
Opinion on technical merit, elimination of reinforcement for the final tunnel liner considering soil-structure interaction, concrete integrity and durability, dynamic analysis and earthquake forces in real time. Metro Red Line Segment 2
Assistance and report, phased implementation of construction management by MTA, including relative costs for Agency or consultants, Pasadena Blue Line
Evaluation of structural alternatives, LA River Bridge, considering technical merit, schedule constraints, constructability and cost. Identification of $750,000 in cost savings (adopted). Metro Pasadena Blue Line
Planning, management and facilitation of focus sessions, to define management approach and develop a Project Management Plan, Pasadena Light Rail Project
Assessment of project organization for preliminary engineering, Pasadena Blue Line
Design cost-to-complete audit, including directions for design changes, compliance with NTE and AFE limits, use of, and compliance with, contract change procedures, Pasadena Blue Line
Management and contractual options for resolution of outstanding contractual changes considering MTA policy, contact change procedures, compliance with contractual terms and conditions, continuity and equity, Pasadena Blue Line
Advisor to MTA in negotiations, design and design support for construction, Metro Green Line
Advisor to MTA in negotiations, design of the North Coast Extension, Metro Green Line
Risk analysis and identification workshop and recommendations, Metro Green Line Project