Scoping a Project Sample Clauses

Scoping a Project. Planned projects are most often identified through an asset management list or a planning list as a need. An initial construction budget is identified at the planning stage, prior to the project being transmitted to a residency for preconstruction delivery. The scoping process will consider the required specialty unit coordination items, overall design complexity, project limits, timeline for milestones, opportunities for added value, and anticipated risks throughout the preconst- tion and construction phases. The PM will work closely with the specialty group leads, maintenance section, and the construction Project Engineer to develop a detailed Scope of Work (SOW) for the design of the project. Any project assumptions made while developing the scope should be documented. Scope and limits will typically be adjusted based on funds allocated to projects. The scoping process will also identify opportunities to include other asset project needs into the project scope to take advantage of geographic similarity and to potentially save on mobilization costs and traffic control during construction. As one example, a surface treatment project may also include major asset work such as a bridge deck rehabilitation or bridge replacement, if such work makes sense to complete as a single effort. For this reason a prescoping meeting is often advisable, ideally held prior to the design phase budget of the project being finalized. In this way, substantial adjustments to the project scope may be made as early as possible into the preconstruction process; so that level of effort, project schedule and construction budget may be right-sized heading into the scoping meeting. The need for preconstruction consultant services is best identified at the prescoping stage, based on internal Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT) staff availability and any specialized design services that may be necessary. This is discussed in more detail below.