CE 6301

Overview of the Infrastructure

Management Process

Carlos M. Chang, Ph.D., P.E.

Office:A-205
Phone: 915-747-8301
e-mail: cchangalbitres2@utep.edu
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Management Levels

Management Levels
 Strategic (Asset) – Planning, Programming &
Allocation for all Systems
 Network - Planning & Programming for Entire Set
of Type Facility Managed
 Project Selection - Programming a Subset
 Project - Designing a Specific Section
 Last three primary focus of traditional IMS
 Course mainly focused on the middle two
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Typical Municipal IM Organization
Project Selection

Strategic – Level
 Related to Investment Analysis & Fund
Allocation
 Total funds needed and Allocation of Funds for
each type of facility
 Show impact of funding options
 Justification of funds
 Communicate with Funding Authorities
 Level of service desired
 Investment needed to provide that service
 Previously Considered Planning Activities
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Strategic-Level Process
 Input from Network-Level Type Facility
Infrastructure Management Systems
 Information Combined – Often Manually
 Computerized Systems under Development
 A Few Limited Systems in Use
 Decisions About Funding Levels, Allocation,
and Policies
 Funding authorities
 Senior management
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Network-Level
 Related to the Budget Process
 Identify Maintenance and Rehabilitation Needs
 Funds Needed to Complete M&R
 Prioritized Listings of Segments Needing Work
 Allocation to
 Sub-organizations
 Funding Categories
 Show Impact of Funding Options (What if analysis)
 Preservation vs. New Construction
 Distribution Among Sub-organizations
 Communicate Within Agency
Input from Strategic-level 7

Network-Level Process
 IMS Software Used to Develop Recommendations
 Staff Use IMS Reports to Prepare
Recommendations to Senior Management
 Decisions About Funding Levels to Sub-areas and
Work Classes
 Senior Management
 Department Managers
 Sometimes District Level

Project-Selection-Level
 Identify Constraints not Previously Considered
 Physical
 Financial
 Refine Alternative Treatments
 Improve Cost Estimates
 Select Segments for Funding & Project-Level
Analysis, Design & Construction
 Show Impact of Deviation from Network-Level
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Input from Network-level

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Project-Selection Level Process
 Some Help From Software
 Consider Constraints not Included in Network-level
Analysis
 Finalize Candidate Project List
 Add & Remove Projects
 Modify Project Limits (Combine Sections)
 Adjust Dates
 Improve Cost Estimates
 Responsible
 Senior Management and/or District Managers
 District Staff
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Project-Level
 Develop Cost-effective Strategy for:
 Original Construction
 Maintenance
 Rehabilitation
 Reconstruction

 Within Imposed Constraints

 Complete Design

Input from Project Selection-level 11

Project-Level Process
 Use Available Design Procedures
 Design to Meet Needs
 Functional, Structural, Safety, & Reliability
 Consider
 Life Cycle Costs, Other Constraints & Impacts
 Within Available Funds
 Construct
 Operate
 Work Completed by
 Engineering or Public Works Technical Staff 12

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Focus of Most Civil Engineering Education

 Solve problems in a specific way

 Design a facility or system
 Mechanics or process based
 Materials are chemical compounds
 Mathematics used to characterize conditions

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Civil Engineering Design

 Defines the problem
 Objectives & functional requirements
 Considers constraints
 Economical, environmental, sustainability,
constructability, ethical, health & safety, social,
and political
 Feasibility
 Identifies and analyzes several feasible
alternatives
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Civil Engineering Design

 Design Methodology
 Employs appropriate design models and tools to
solve the engineering problem
 Selects Best Design Option(s)
 Meets constraints
 Least life-cycle cost or
 Best benefit-cost ratio

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Focus of Many Engineers
 Project level
 Project-selection level
 Engineers who move to management then
develop focus on:
 Network level
 Strategic level
 Many want project-level data for entire network
 Blame it on us educators
 Great dream; impossible in my life-time
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Post Project-Level Analysis & Design

 Complete Required Work

 Monitor Construction

 Monitor Performance

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Infrastructure Life Cycle

Final
Preliminary Design
Construction
Design

Operations
Society
Planning

Maintenance

Replace
Repair/
Decommission
Rehabilitate
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After N. Grigg

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 On-going Research

A Quality Based Approach to Support

Project Management Practices in Local
Government Agencies

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On-going Research - Background

 Demands for efficient and effective present
challenges for organization heavy with bureaucracy
such as government agencies. Innovation to deliver
management of quality of life program is needed to
meet these demands because it can bring productive
change to the way business is done (S. G. Winistofer
1996).
 Local government such as the City of El Paso is
facing the same challenges in delivering its quality
of life projects 20

Project Development Phase I (Planning) Project Design Phase II Project Bidding Phase III (Procurement Project Execution Phase IV
Process)

Start 9
Prepare Consultant
Non Scope of Work
1 Preliminary Scope of Funde 2
Waiting
Work d 1 1 2
List for
& Project 0 Acquire Architect 9 4
Funding
Budget Level s or Engineering Firm Bidding Package
Source 10 Preconstruction
Estimate A Review
Meeting
Funded Projects 1
1
3 Scoping Meeting 2
Service Request 0 2
Purchasing to Bid
5
1 NTP
2 Fee Proposal,
4 Develop Issued
Evaluation & Negotiation
Design Criteria (Design Firm) 2
1
Open to Bid
1
Revise Budget 2
5 3
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Develop Detailed Summary 2 Construction
Scope of Work 2
1 Post Award on City
2
4 A/E Contract & Council Agenda 7
Award Project Close Up
6 Prepare Cost
Estimate 1
5 2
Kick Off Meeting 2
3 8 Warranty
1
Purchasing to
7 Execute Contract
Public Outreach 6
Notice to Proceed

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8 7 Design 17
Refine Scope of A
Work within Budget 1
8 Bid Package

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On-going Research – Problem
Statement
The problem to be addressed in this research is how
to reduce project delivery time and construction
change order due to poor quality control during
planning and design phases of project development
and consequently improve project delivery capacity.

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On-going Research – Objective

The main objectives of this research study are:
 To develop a model in order to integrate quality
control practices throughout planning and design
processes by establishing quality control
indicators.
 To formulate a project delivery process model
that will enhanced project delivery method and
ensure quality project delivery.
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Questions ?

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