briefing paper airport alignment scope revision february...

Briefing Paper Airport Alignment Scope Revision

February 10, 2009

Executive Summary The Airport and the Salt Lake alignments differ only in the area between Kamehameha Highway just west of the Aloha Stadium and the Middle Street Transit Center. The City has determined that the Airport alignment will average a total of 95,310 boardings which is over 7,700 additional boardings from the Salt Lake Alignment. The Airport areas alignment also provides two significant areas for potential Transit Oriented Development in the Airport and surrounding industrial areas.

Based on the schedule provided by the City on February 6, 2009, there is no significant change to the overall project schedule. A comparison of the Salt Lake and Alignment schedules is shown in the Schedule section of this report. The Airport alignment would be included in the third phase of the project delivery plan, after the West Oahu/Farrington and Kamehameha phases. This third phase will begin construction in September 2011 and open in October 2017, thereby providing sufficient time to refine the scope and develop the design.

On February 4, 2009 the City released RFP Part 1, Request for Qualifications, for the first guideway segment from East Kapolei to Pearl Highlands. Other current critical milestones include issuance of the FEIS by mid-2009, Record of Decision in September 2009 and groundbreaking in April 2010.

The cost for Airport alignment is currently estimated at $4,125 million expressed in 2008 dollars, excluding finance charges, which is $204 million more than the Salt Lake alignment. In year of expenditure (YOE) dollars, the estimated cost is $4,927 million, excluding finance charges. The total project estimated cost, including finance charges, will be $5,433 million. The City intends to increase the New Starts Federal share from $1.2 billion (YOE) to $1.4 billion (YOE) as stated in the DEIS, Chapter 6, Section 6.2.2, FTA Section 5309 New Starts Program.

Project Scope The Airport and the Salt Lake alignments differ only in the area between Kamehameha Highway just west of the Aloha Stadium and the Middle Street Transit Center (Figure 1 and 2). The Airport alignment is an approximately 20-mile portion of the LPA, only 0.83 miles longer that the Salt Lake alignment, extending from East Kapolei in the west to Ala Moana Center in the east. The alignment is elevated, with the exception of 1,815 linear feet that is at-grade at the Leeward Community College station. The Airport alignment includes 21 stations.

Briefing Paper - Airport Alignment Scope Revision Prepared by Booz Allen Hamilton February 10, 2009

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As with the Salt Lake alignment, East Kapolei is the western terminus for the Airport alignment. Just west of the Aloha Stadium, the Salt Lake and Airport alignments deviate. The Airport alignment would continue past the Aloha Stadium along Kamehameha Highway to Nimitz Highway and turn south into Aolele Street. The alignment then follows Aolele Street to the east to reconnect to Nimitz Highway near Moanalua Stream and continues to the Middle Street Transit Center. Stations which would be constructed for the Airport alignment include Aloha Stadium, Pearl Harbor Naval Base, Honolulu International Airport, and Lagoon Drive.

The Airport alignment remains the same as the Salt Lake alignment east of the Middle Street Transit Center, continuing to Nimitz Highway to Halekauwila Street.

Table 1: Summary Project Table Airport

Alignment Salt Lake

Alignment Miles 19.94 19.11 Stations 21 19 Aerial Structure 19.60 miles 18.77 miles At-Grade 0.34 miles 0.34 miles Estimated Cost (2008$)* $4,125M $3,921M YOE (excl. Finance Charges) 4,927M $4,797M Finance Charges (YOE) $506M $479M Total Project (YOE) incl. Finance Charges $5,433M $5,276M New Starts Participation (FTA) $1.4B $1.2B Cost-Effectiveness Index $17.78 $17.53 Number of Boardings 95,310 87,570 Property Acquisitions 179 Parcels 190 Parcels

*Estimated cost excluding Finance Charges as reported in the Draft EIS dated November 2008.

The City has stated that the contracting strategy will not change except that one additional group of stations to include the Pearl Harbor Naval Base, Honolulu International Airport and Lagoon Drive station, which will be named the Airport Station Group. The City will rename the remaining stations in the original Salt Lake Station Group, the Dillingham Station Group. The packaging concept will remain the same. The City transmitted a revised contract packaging plan on February 6, 2009 for review.


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Table 2: Station Comparison Airport

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21 Total Stations 19 Total Stations

Project Cost The cost estimate for the Salt Lake alignment, expressed in 2008 dollars, excluding finance charges, is currently $3,921 million. The current cost estimate for the Airport alignment expressed in 2008 dollars, excluding finance charges, is currently $4,125 million. The difference in cost is $204 million in 2008 dollars. Including finance charges the difference in cost is $226 million in 2008 dollars. The project cost effectiveness


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increases from $17.53 for the Salt Lake alignment to $17.78 for the Airport alignment. The anticipated finance charges for the airport alignment are $506 million in year-of-expenditure dollars, bringing the total estimating cost of the project, including finance charges, to $5,433 million. The City plans to update the project cost estimate reflecting the airport alignment.

Schedule At present, there is no significant change to the project schedule as the Airport alignment would be included in the third phase of the project delivery plan currently planned to be delivered using the Design-Bid-Build delivery method with FTA New Starts assistance. This section will begin construction in September 2011 and open in October 2017, thereby providing sufficient time to refine the scope and develop the design. A comparison of the Salt Lake and Alignment schedules is shown in Table 3.

As of January 29, 2009, the City has begun implementing the Airport alignment in lieu of the Salt Lake alignment. Since both the Airport and Salt Lake Alignments are included in the DEIS, no change in the DEIS document is required. The FEIS, scheduled for issuance in August 2009 will identify the Airport alignment as the preferred alternative.

Based on the revised Master Project Schedule and Linear Schedule on February 6, 2009, the City is planning to submit the request to FTA to enter Preliminary Engineering (PE) on April 29, 2009 and anticipates approval from FTA by May 29, 2009. Other current critical milestones include issuance of the FEIS on August 4, 2009, Record of Decision on September 11, 2009 and groundbreaking in April 25, 2010. As design progresses, the City will continue to refine the Master Project Schedule.

Construction of the project is planned to begin in December 2009 at the western end of the alignment at East Kapolei. The guideway section from East Kapolei to Pearl Highlands, including the Maintenance and Storage Facility (MSF), are scheduled to open in December 2013.

Construction of Pearl Highlands to Aloha Stadium, including stations, is planned to be delivered using the Design-Bid-Build delivery method with FTA New Starts assistance. This section is scheduled to begin construction in June 2011 and open in February 2017.


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Table 3: Summary Schedule Comparison Activity Description Airport

Schedule Salt Lake Schedule

Start Vehicle Procurement 12/05/07A 12/05/07A Select Vehicle Technology 04/17/08A 04/17/08A Finalize DEIS/Publish Notice of Availability 10/30/08A 10/30/08A Issue RFP Part 1 - WO/FH Design-Build Contract 02/04/09A 02/04/09A Issue RFP Part 2 - WO/FH Design-Build Contract 04/03/09 02/06/09 Complete Vehicle Specification/Issue RFP Part 1 - Systems Design-Build Contract

04/09/09 04/04/09

Issue RFP Part 1 - Maintenance Storage Facility Design-Build Contract

05/29/09 05/04/09

Start PE for Project 05/29/09 12/31/08 Issue RFP Part 2 - Systems Design-Build Contract 07/31/09 06/09/09 Finalize FEIS/Publish Notice of Availability 08/04/09 07/09/09 Record of Decision (ROD) 09/11/09 08/28/09 Issue RFP Part 2 - Maintenance Storage Facility Design-Build Contract

09/21/09 08/08/09

Issue NTP for WO/FH Design-Build Contract 11/13/09 12/28/09 Start Right-of-Way Relocation and Acquisition 02/24/10 11/15/09 Enter Final Design - Kamehameha/Airport/City Center Phases

03/20/10 12/26/09

Start WO/FH Construction / Start Utility Relocation

04/25/10 12/30/09

Start Construction of Maintenance Storage Facility 05/03/10 05/20/10 NTP for Systems (vehicles, traction power, train control and communications)

07/09/10 05/15/10

City Executes FFGA 05/20/11 02/26/11 Vehicles - First Delivery 11/20/11 08/31/11 Open Waipahu/Leeward Section 11/26/12 12/14/12 Vehicles - Delivery (Remaining Vehicles) 01/24/15 11/14/14 Open (Revenue Operation) for the Project 03/11/19 12/18/18

The City will have to revise and resubmit the PMP based on the revised project MOS scope, contracting strategy and project delivery plan. The City plans to resubmit the PMP before the end of February 2009. The City will also have to revise the QMP and the RAMP to update the Project Description and the Project Delivery. The ROW acquisition schedule is currently included in the Master Project Schedule. The more detailed Acquisition and Relocation Schedule is still being developed to include the parcels included in the Airport Alignment.


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Status of the Activities Honolulu High-Capacity Transit Project

February 10, 2009

Current Status The City is currently reviewing and refining the West Oahu/Farrington Highway Guideway Design-Build RFP Part 2 procurement documents so that they will be ready for issue to the priority list of offerors from the Part 1 proposals. The RFP Part 1 was released on February 4, 2009 and responses are due on March 13, 2009. The purpose of the Part 1 RFP is to establish a priority list of 3 or 4 qualified contractors to receive the Part 2 RFP. Likewise, the RFP Part 2 is to solicit technical and price proposals from the contractors previously qualified by the Part 1 process. The RFP Part 2 is expected to be released in early April 2009.

On January 21, 2009, the City requested that the FTA issue a waiver of the timing restrictions in the Interim Guidance on Design-Build Project Delivery and the FFGA Process (9120100) (Interim Guidance), which states that a grantee may release a request for Design-Build proposals after a Record of Decision is issued. The City is anticipating a Record of Decision on September 11, 2009 and will therefore be asking FTA to waive the requirement that a Design-Build RFP must be released after the ROD in order to issue the West Oahu/Farrington Highway Guideway Design-Build RFP Part 2 and thus allowing the City to continue the procurement process. The City has advised that no contract work will be authorized on the West Oahu/Farrington Highway Guideway Design-Build procurement until after the ROD.

The City plans to release two other Part 1 RFPs for design-build procurements; the first for Systems, including vehicles, and the second for the Maintenance and Storage Facility. The Systems Part 1 RFP is scheduled for an April 9, 2009 release and will be for vehicles, traction power, train control and communications. The Maintenance and Storage Facility Part 1 RFP is scheduled for release on May 29, 2009.

Again, the City has advised that no contract work will be authorized on any of these procurements until after the ROD. However, once ROD is issued, the City intends to move ahead very quickly with its own funds on the design and construction of the West Oahu/Farrington Highway Guideway, the Systems including the procurement of Vehicles and the Maintenance and Storage Facility contracts.

The City will also be requesting relevant LONPs to proceed with the Design-Build contracts prior to issuance of a FFGA for the West Oahu/Farrington Highway Guideway Design-Build contract before the end of 2009 and for the Systems and Maintenance and Storage Facility contracts in the first quarter of 2010. The following is a list of the LONPs currently being considered:


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• Issuance of NTP for Final Design Services for West Oahu/Farrington Highway Guideway Design-Build prior to Final Design Approval

• Issuance of NTP for Construction of West Oahu/Farrington Highway Guideway Design-Build prior to ROD

• Issuance of NTP for Final Design Services for Farrington Station Group prior to Final Design Approval

• Issuance of NTP for Final Design Services for Pearl Highlands Station and Garage Group prior to Final Design Approval

• Issuance of NTP for Design-Build Maintenance and Storage Facility Contractor prior to FFGA

• Issuance of NTP for Design-Build for Kamehameha Guideway Design-Build prior to FFGA

• Issuance of NTP for Design-Build for Airport Guideway Design-Build prior to FFGA

• Issuance of NTP for Design-Build Systems Contractor prior to FFGA (P440)

Vehicle specifications are still being developed. The City is working towards specifications for an automated light metro car, similar to those used in Vancouver, Copenhagen and Oslo. The car would have three doors per side and be approximately 60 feet long. Each car would carry between 160 and 200 passengers. It would run in two, three or four car trains. The DEIS budget is sufficient to cover approximately 70 cars in the Airport Alignment and the City deems this to be adequate for its purposes. Further refinements including a complete operating plan will be developed during preliminary engineering.

The comment period for the DEIS closed on February 6, 2009. The City is working on development of the responses to public comment and the preparation of the FEIS document which will reflect the recent decision of the City to switch to the Airport alignment. Both the Airport and Salt Lake alignments were covered in the DEIS, so no change in the DEIS document is required.

With regard to staffing, the City is in the process of bringing several new staff on board in anticipation of the increased activity related to the procurement program. Most of theses people are from City departments and will be placed in subordinate positions to staff with transit experience until they become sufficiently familiar with the project and the requirements of their new positions. The most significant of these is Richard Torres, former deputy director of the Department of Transportation Services, who will assist chief facilities engineer Harvey Berliner in the procurement and management of the design-build contracts. The City has also assigned a full-time administrative services officer to the RTD who will have the primary responsibility of recruitment and staffing of City positions. The updated PMP, currently scheduled for transmittal before the end


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of February 2009, should include a revised organizational chart showing recently added RTD staff along with an updated staffing plan.

The City has also determined that it will require the services of a Program Management Support Consultant (PMSC) to supplement its staff beyond the end of the current contract with InfraConsult. An RFP will be issued this year for those services. An implementation phase organization structure is under development to identify roles to be filled by City employees and roles to be filled by the PMSC.

Additionally, the City will soon begin preparing an RFP for a General Construction Manager who will be the prime consultant support to the City for managing the final design and construction program. The City anticipates releasing an RFP for a General Construction Manager later this year, for a period of performance beginning in January 2010 through the completion of revenue operations for the project in March 2019.

As it makes preparations to acquire right-of-way immediately following the issuance of the ROD, the City is currently working to secure right-of-entry to progress geotechnical, corrosive control, environmental and archeological surveys along with property survey and mapping. The procurement of property assessment services is underway. Right- of-Way team members attended the FTA Real Estate Management Class offered by NTI-Rutgers. The team is working closely with scheduling to refine the real estate acquisition schedule. Additionally, the team is working with the engineers to better define the property requirements for the project. Revisions to the RAMP are being developed to reflect the new MOS.

The City will also have to revise the RAMP and the QMP to update the Project Description and the Project Delivery sections of both. Because the roles, responsibilities and procedures in both apply to both the Airport and Salk Lake alignments, these updates will be provided during the next scheduled submission update in early PE.


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