US Army Corps of Engineers
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Chicago District - U.S. Army
Corps of Engineers
Colonel Christopher T. Drew
Commander
Chicago District
March 2016
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USACE’s Value to the Nation
USACE provides value for the Nation in many ways
to diverse stakeholders.
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• We deliver positive impacts for today and tomorrow - in
construction, natural resource management, energy and
sustainability and capacity building, and more.
• We have the “right” people: world-class professionals, civilians,
and soldiers alike.
• We are U.S. Army “ambassadors” on a daily basis to political
leaders, America’s small businesses, and to citizens wherever we
serve them.
• We are the “Nation’s Engineers.”
Mission: USACE-Chicago District provides valued, world class leadership, engineering
services, and management capabilities for diverse stakeholders and partners within the
greater Chicago-land metropolitan area and to the Nation.
USACE-Chicago District
9 Counties (IL – 6; IN – 2+); 5,000 Sq. Mi.; 9.1 Million people
Great Lakes and
Ohio River Division
McHenry Lake
Kane
CookDuPage
WillLake P
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LaPorte
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LRC Mission Areas:
Flood Risk Management
Shoreline Protection
Navigation
Environmental
Emergency Management
Overseas Contingency Ops
IIS Program
Regulatory Support
Real Estate
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Mission: Conduct feasibility studies to determine cost effective solutions. These studies
have the potential to lead to design and construction of various projects in the future.
General Investigations (GI)
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Current Feasibility Studies Include:
Upper Des Plaines River and Tributaries
DuPage River
Great Lakes and Mississippi
River Interbasin Study
Chicago – Flood Risk Management
•$1.37B in flood damages
prevented since 1996
• $130M in 2011
• $ 48M in 2012
• $319M in 2013
• $ 95M in 2014
• $ 77M in 2015
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Chicago – Navigation
• Seven Harbor projects
• 90% traffic within system
• 14,287 jobs in Chicago area
• $652 M in wages, salaries
• $2.8 B in business revenue
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Since 1979, the operations and maintenance of the Illinois Waterway
has been the responsibility of the USACE, Rock Island District.
Chicago – Ecosystem Restoration
Ecosystem Restoration:
•30 projects completed or
in construction for over 3200
acres of habitat & 60 miles
of unimpeded river flow
• On target to award 3 and
possibly 4 new construction
projects in 2016
•28 studies in progress
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Contract Compliance
Cardinal Rules – Keeping it simple, there
are only 2!
►Safety
►Quality
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Safety
Read Safety Specification
Key Player is Site Safety and Health
Officer
Key Submittal is Accident Prevention Plan
Key Reference Document is EM 385-1-1
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Safety Spec
Government Safety Specification
– Section 01 35 26 (ish)
►SSHO see EM385-1-1; Paragraph
01.A.17
►SSHO or approved Alternate shall be on
site for all work.
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Safety
Miscellaneous Items
►Cranes – Need to be tested
►Operators – Need to be qualified
►Cranes – Now all crane lifts require a Lift Plan
– format now in EM-385-1-1.
►Critical Lifts – Strict lift plan requirements.
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Quality
Read the Specifications!!
Key Player is the Contractor’s Quality
Control System Manager (CQCSM)
Key Submittal is the Quality Control Plan
(QCP)
Key resource is the Project Specification –
section 01 45 00.00 (ish)
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Quality
QC system is more than one person!
See the Experience Matrix in the spec for
additional required personnel.
Submittals are certified by the CQCSM
Three Phase Control:
►Preparatory Phase
►Initial Phase
►Follow-Up Phase
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Miscellaneous
Billing
►Set up billings via schedule (SDEF format)
►QCS
►Sworn Statement is a legal certification
►Pencil Review
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