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APPENDIX A
Scope Review Checklist
Each design package, contract or budget unit, or scope element is to be reviewed against these criteria
as applicable 1 . Language in the review shall incorporate as much of this terminology and concept as
practical and consistent with grantee’s project design or construction plan.
General Design and Construction for Guideway, Stations, Support Facilities, Sitework
• Site investigation
o Pre-construction site reconnaissance visits have been made;
o Site boundary and existing conditions surveys are complete;
o Geotechnical investigations are complete.
o Design in response to geotechnical and other below-grade conditions is appropriate.
Ground subsidence, ground modification and structural protections issues have
been identified and resolved;
Rock characteristics (fracture planes, hardness and cleavage) have been
established in the form of at least two parameters for the design of the rock
support in the station caverns, the crossover caverns, the TBM tunnels,
drill/blast tunnels, etc.
Subsurface exploration or laboratory testing program, review of building types
and foundations and methods of construction are completed.
Mass balance diagrams complete for vertical alignments on fill or cut;
Identification of buried structures and utilities;
Identification of contaminated soils and other hazardous material on site and
provision for removal or remediation has been made.
• Civil, Structural, Architectural, Trackwork, Sitework documents possess a comparable level
of definition, clarity, presentation and cross-referencing. Design, construction, system and
vehicle interfaces are well known and defined. Design Reports, Concept of Operations
Report, and configuration studies are adequate and complete. Work descriptions and
definitions used in designs and specifications are consistent and uniformly applied. The
project is constructible. Adequate construction access and staging areas are defined.
Contracting Strategy and Packaging
The Grantee’s construction planning whether at a project or contract package level has
sufficiently analyzed and adequately addressed the following elements:
• Availability to and use by the construction contractor of site investigations and geotechnical
studies.
• Adequacy of the General Conditions of the Contract with respect to requirements for site
access, schedule, unit prices, additional compensation, liquidated damages, unforeseen
conditions including geotechnical, the construction contractor’s design/engineering scope of
work, mobilization costs, cash flow in general, bonds, insurance, taxes, maintenance and
1 Not every project will include every item in the list above.
OP 32C Project Scope Review
Revision 0, June 2008
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