1. 2015 NER Annual Utility Conference January 22, 2015
Northeast Region’s Every Day Counts (EDC) Pilot Project STH 57 / Monroe Avenue, City of Green Bay
2015 NER Annual Utility Conference
January 22, 2015

2. STH 57 / Monroe Avenue, July 2012
Four-lane
Un-divided urban
Downtown Green Bay
The pilot project selected here at the Northeast Region includes the design and construction of STH 57 / Monroe Street in the City of Green Bay.

3. new technology and innovative process.”
Background
“The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) has developed a new project initiative entitled, EVERY DAY COUNTS,
as an effort focused on shortening project delivery time through the use of
new technology and innovative process.”
“Just a bit of BACKGROUND on EDC in general”
“Our pilot project focused on innovative process during utility coordination”

4. Background In 2013, the Every Day Counts (EDC) initiative was
introduced to the Northeast Region
at this Utility Conference.
Since that time, the pilot project has been designed and
constructed using an innovative process.
Lessons Learned
And the lessons learned from this pilot project.

5. Coordination Process As part of this innovative process,
A very detailed utility coordination timeline was developed for the utility COORDINATION PROCESS.
Each one of these blocks represent a specific project milestone, including the use of Utility Coordination Meetings throughout the process.

6. Utility Conflict Detail
One of the project deliverables was the development of the UTILITY CONFLICT DETAIL.
Each spot represents a potential utility conflict.

7. Utility Conflict Matrix
UTILITY CONFLICT DETAIL SHEET
EXISTING UTILITY FACILITIES
CONFLICT ANTICIPATED
RESOLUTION
COORDINATE WITH OTHER UTILITIES
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
CONFLICT I.D.
FACILITY OWNER & TYPE
LOCATION
POTENTIAL CONFLICT WITH
PRIOR TO CONSTRUCTION
DURING CONSTRUCTION
DISCONTINUE IN-PLACE
HAZ. MAT.
UG / OH
STATION -- STATION
OFFSET
(YES / NO)
(STATION / OFFSET)
(WORKING DAYS)
(YES / NO) U8
BC16
BC FO UG
STA 53+15
32' RT
STREET LIGHT
YES --
0.5 NO
COORDINATE WORK W/ DOT CONTRACTOR
SN39
GB SANITARY SEWER MH
STA 48+51
25' RT
CONCRETE PAVEMENT
STA / 25' RT
DOT CONTRACTOR TO ADJUST
SN40
STA 48+90
25' LT
STA / 25' LT
SN41
STA 48+44
STA / 25' LT
SN42
STA 9+55, PINE
27' RT
CONCRETE SIDEWALK
NO CONFLICT ANTICIPATED
SN43
STA 52+48
STA / 25' RT
SN44
27' LT
CURB & GUTTER
STA / 27' LT
CITY TO ROTATE SO CASTING IS OUT OF CURB HEAD
SN45
STA 53+44
STA / 27' RT
SN46
STA 53+81
STA / 27' LT
W45
GB WATER VALVE
STA 9+15, PINE
21' LT
STA 9+15, PINE / 21' LT
W46
STA 9+58, PINE
20' LT
STA 9+58, PINE / 20' LT
W47
STA 9+65, PINE
19' LT
STA 9+65, PINE / 19' LT
W48
STA 49+05
STA / 27' RT
W49
STA 10+41, PINE
22' LT
SIDEWALK
STA 10+41, PINE / 22' LT
W50
GB HYDRANT
32' LT
STA 9+58, PINE / 32' LT
W51
GB WATER SERVICES
STA CL
STORM SEWER
STA / CL
W51A
GB WATER MAIN
STA 50+48
13' RT
STA / 14' LT
W52
GB WATER CURB STOPS
SIDEWALK & DRIVEWAY
STA / 32' RT
W53
STA 10+39, BODART
12' RT
STA 10+39, BODART / 12' RT
W53A
STA 55+55, BODART
STA 55+55, BODART / 6' RT
W54
STA 10+38, BODART
STA 10+38, BODART / 32' RT
W55
STA
STA / CL 1
WILL COORDINATE WITH CONTRACTOR
W56
STA
33' - 40' RT
SIDEWALK, C&G
STA / 33'-40' RT
W57
GB WATER VALVES
STA 53+10
STA / 12' RT
Another project deliverables was the development of the UTILITY CONFLICT MATRIX.
The matrix documents the location of each potential utility conflict and how each conflict is to be resolved.
Both the DETAIL and MATRIX were included in the construction plans, which proved helpful to both the utilities and the construction contractor.

8. STH 57 / Monroe Avenue, October 2014
The results of this effort, is the completion of a successful highway improvement project.
With minimal utility conflicts during construction.

9. Communication Lessons Learned . . . . Letters Invitations Emails
Phone calls
Meetings
A couple of lessons learned;
The first and probably most important is COMMUNICATION – early and often.
No longer can we wait to get the utilities involved late in the design process and expect good results.

10. Location Lessons Learned . . . .
Work with Utilities to determine location their facilities locations
Horizontal & vertical
Discontinued & existing
Second, LOCATION
It is important that both the utility owner and WisDOT understand the location of exist facilities.

11. Documentation Lessons Learned . . . .
Utility Conflict Detail and Utility Conflict Matrix
Ability to identify and resolve utility conflicts
Easy to determine responsibility during construction
And lastly, DOCUMENTATION
A helpful tool was the development of the DETAIL and the MATRIX, to identify and resolve utility conflicts.
Which proved most helpful to the contruction contractor.
“(the matrix) made it easier for everyone to figure out what needed to get done & who was responsible”
Brett Vissors,
Construction Leader from Mead & Hunt

12. Where do we go from here? Report summarizing the NER’s pilot project
Currently the results of the EDC pilot project is being prepared for Central Office and FHWA.
Some of the lessons learned are being implement at the Region for current project.