TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS CENTER Briefing for SAME Industry Day Omaha, NE 8 May 2012 Terry W. Sherman, P.E. Director, USACE Transportation Systems Center US Army Corps of Engineers BUILDING STRONG® Mission Serve Army and DOD Planning/Design/Construction Airfields/Railroads/Roadways BUILDING STRONG® TSC Services Design Reviews Technical Consulting Criteria Update PCASE (Computer Software) A-E IDT Contracts Training BUILDING STRONG® Airfield Design Policy (HQUSACE Policy Nov 02) https://transportation.wes.army.mil/tsmcx/downloads/revpolcy.pdf TSC review all Corps designed ►Airfield ►Road and railroad projects projects > $3M BUILDING STRONG® Airfield Design Policy (AR 95-2 dated 10 Apr 07) http://armypubs.army.mil/epubs/95_series_collection_1.html TSC review all: ►AAF/AHP project designs ►AAF/AHP waivers ►AAF/AHP airfield evaluations/surveys BUILDING STRONG® HQ AMC Design Policy (HQ AMC Policy dated Feb 02) https://transportation.wes.army.mil/tsmcx/downloads/amcpolcy.pdf TSC review all AMC airfield projects (including airfield lighting and NAVAIDS) over $1M HQ AMC has 12 major bases BUILDING STRONG® Mandatory Requirements (ECB 2011-18 dated 26 Sep 11) All airfield project designers for USACE airfield projects are strictly prohibited from editing or rewriting unbracketed text of UFGS 32 13 11 and UFGS 32 12 15 without specific prior approval from TSC BUILDING STRONG® FY05-12 Design Reviews 1200 1000 Total 800 600 400 FY12 FY11 FY10 FY09 FY08 FY07 FY06 0 FY05 200 BUILDING STRONG® Phase 2 02-06 Major Design Review Phase 3 05-09 Phase 1 97-04 Runway Relocation Penny Lake • 1997 – 2009 ($3B) • 1000 m Seaward • Reclaim 531 Acres (+33%) BUILDING STRONG • MCAS Iwakuni, Japan ® North and South Runways Andersen AFB, Guam BUILDING STRONG® Osan AB, Korea 9000' Second Runway (Runway also designed as a levee) Full ALSF (Both Ends) Patriot Facility Concrete Runway & Touchdown Zones Potential ROK VORTAC Potential ASR Site Clear Zone Clear Zone Lateral Clear Zone 9000' Runway 1000’ Overrun Holding Apron MAAS 1000’ Overrun MAAS Existing GS Hot Cargo Pad Existing ATCT Proposed PAPI (Both Ends) Proposed Elec Vault Location •Basic 9000’ Concrete Runway Basic 9000’ Runway Includes: •Hot Cargo Pad •8000’ Runway w/ PCC Touchdown zones •Holding Apron •1000’ Paved Overruns •Full Patriot Facility •1300’(West)/1200’(East) ALSF-1 & REILs •Full ALSF •BAK-12 & E-5 Barriers Holding Apron Existing GS •2 MAAS •1 Lane Asphalt Perimeter Road •New Runway Lighting Vault •Basic Patriot Facility BUILDING STRONG® Main Base Runway/Temporary Runway Edwards AFB, CA ($100M) BUILDING STRONG® Technical Consulting (Planning and Design) Airfield Suitability Studies Planning Charrettes Review meetings A-E selection panels VE Study teams BUILDING STRONG® Technical Consulting (Construction) Batch Plant Inspection Uniformity Testing Inspection of test section Inspection of mainline paving Construction troubleshooting BUILDING STRONG® Technical Consulting One-Stop Service On-Site, Telephonic, E-mail SIPRNET/Secure VTC Planning/Design/Construction BUILDING STRONG® Mandatory Requirements (ECB 2011-17 dated 26 Sep 11) TSC review all airfield pavement PCC mix designs and HMA job mix formulas for USACE managed airfield pavement projects: funded by district S&A Already do for Air Force managed airfield projects via central funding BUILDING STRONG® Airfield Construction Policy (ECB 2009-22 dated 10 Sep 2009) http://www.wbdg.org/ccb/ARMYCOE/COEECB/ARCHIVES/ecb_2009_22.pdf All airfield projects exceeding $10M are required to obtain additional technical support from TSC (2 persons/2 weeks) during initial phases of construction Includes evaluation of test sections, verification of plant calibration and on-site evaluation of paving operations BUILDING STRONG® Airfield Construction Policy (ECB 2011-17 dated 26 Sep 2011) http://www.wbdg.org/ccb/ARMYCOE/COEECB/ecb_2011_17.pdf TSC review all airfield pavement PCC mix designs and HMA job mix formulas for USACE managed airfield pavement projects: funded by district S&A Already do for Air Force managed airfield projects via central funding BUILDING STRONG® Criteria Update Unified Facilities Criteria (UFC) Guide Specifications (UFGS) NATO/ASCC Develop/Update/Review BUILDING STRONG® Criteria Update 34 UFCs 66 UFGSs 12 NATO STANAGS 34 ASCC Air Standards BUILDING STRONG® Criteria Update ETL 1110-3-506 Aviation Complex Planning and Design Criteria for Army Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) dated 1 Mar 2011 Final review for new Army, Air Force and Navy UAS ETL BUILDING STRONG® Software for the design and evaluation of airfields and roads PCASE Desktop NEW official version – PCASE2.09.02 (Feb 2012) NEW PCASE2.09 User Manual (available on website) PCASE Website www.pcase.com https://transportation.wes.army.mil/pcase PCASE Workshops (2 days) • USACE, Kansas City District, Missouri – 20-21 Jun 2012 PCASE-PAVER Workshops (4 days) • Air Force, Aviano Air Base, Italy – 16-20 Jul 2012 A-E IDIQ Contracts Airfields/Railroads/Roads Available to all Districts To customers via Districts Airfield obstruction chart (AOC) surveys New contract for Petrographic/Specialized Concrete Testing BUILDING STRONG® A-E IDIQ Contracts (Airfield Obstruction Surveys) CH2MHill (Jan 2015) Midlands Surveying (Jun 2014) BUILDING STRONG® A-E IDIQ Contracts (Airfield Design/Evaluation) Stanley-Hanson JV (Nov 2015) Pond & Co. (Dec 2015) Tigerbrain (Sep 2015) Dorsey & Dorsey (Jul 2015) BUILDING STRONG® A-E IDIQ Contracts (Railroad/Roadway Design/Evaluation) HDR (Jul 2015) Hanson (Aug 2015) BUILDING STRONG® A-E IDIQ Contracts (PAVER/Design Reviews) All About Pavements, Inc (May 2012) BUILDING STRONG® A-E IDIQ Contracts (Petrography and Specialized Concrete Testing) New contract Tentatively, 1 large and 2 small businesses Working on scope of work BUILDING STRONG® Training PCASE Workshops (2 – 6) TS2012 Workshop (every 4 yrs) Airfield Paving Workshops (10 – 20) Airfield Lighting Workshops (1 – 2) Airfield Design Workshops (1 – 2) BUILDING STRONG® • 418 attendees: USACE (89), Air Force (89), Army (5), Navy (24), Marine Corps (4), FAA (7), Academia (28), A-Es, contractors, and industry (193), DOT and other Govt (10) • 48 exhibitors, 8 seminars, 4 computer labs, 5 poster presentations, 39 sessions • 155 presenters and 41 moderators Airfield Construction Policy (HQUSACE Policy Feb 01) https://transportation.wes.army.mil/tsmcx/wrkshppolicy.pdf Conduct on-site Airfield Paving Workshops for all airfield projects > $5M BUILDING STRONG® PCC Airfield Paving Workshop Intro/Materials/Mix Design/Plants Uniformity Testing/Demolition Slipform and Fixed Form Paving Dowel Installation/Sawing and Sealing Control Charts/CQC Testing & Inspection Acceptance/Review of Specs BUILDING STRONG® HMA Airfield Paving Workshop Mix Design/Plants Surface Preparation Laydown/Compaction QC/QA testing and inspection Performance Problems Review of Specs BUILDING STRONG® Airfield Lighting Construction Workshop Intro/Airfield Lighting Circuit Theory Grounding/Piping/Drainage Systems L-823 Connectors (5KV) Snow Plow Rings/Photometric Testing Approach Light Systems FAA Flight Checking BUILDING STRONG® Airfield Design Workshop Overview/Airfield Criteria Project Data Gathering Airfield Geometrics/Pavement Marking Subdrainage/Specs/Design Package Design Details/Arresting Systems Airfield Lighting/PCASE BUILDING STRONG® TSC Services Worldwide Central America El Salvador Honduras Europe Bosnia Estonia Greenland France Germany Lithuania Poland Iceland Asia Romania Georgia Far East Serbia Spain Japan UK Mid East Korea Afghanistan Puerto Bahrain Rico Iraq Africa Israel Egypt Jordan Tanzania Kuwait Pacific Kyrgyzstan S. America East Timor Oman Aruba Kwajalein Pakistan Curacao Palau Qatar Columbia Wake Island UAE Ecuador Guam Uzbekistan