HomeMy WebLinkAboutTrans 2011-02-22 Item 2B - Discussion - Tukwila Urban Center Access (Klickitat) Update �J\ ti- City of Tukwila
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190: INFORMATIONAL MEMORANDUM
TO: Mayor Haggerton
TRANSPORATION COMMITTEE
FROM: Bob Giberson, Public Works Director ,p(
DATE: February 22, 2011
SUBJECT: TUC Access IKlickitat) Project
Project No. 98410419
Project Update
ISSUES
Project schedule review, critical path discussion and utility conflicts.
BACKGROUND
The construction contract for the Tukwila Urban Center (TUC) Access Project was awarded by
Council on November 22, 2010 and a limited notice to proceed has been issued to Atkinson
Construction. The limited notice to proceed allows the Contractor to prepare material approval
requests, procure and fabricate specific long -lead time materials, conduct potholing, develop
traffic control plans, and develop the project schedule. Upon satisfaction of several other
contract requirements, the Contractor will then be granted a full notice to proceed.
The Contractor has submitted a draft project schedule to the City that is currently under review.
The City provided initial feedback to the Contractor and additional direction was given about
traffic control restrictions outside of the main road closure area. Project staff is also reviewing
the Contractor's preliminary traffic control and road closure plans.
DISCUSSION
The draft project schedule shows the project broken into 6 major areas of work as follows:
Work Area Begin Work Work complete
Road closure March 28 Oct 11, 2011
McDonalds and AT &T March 28 May 30, 2011
Legacy Partners June 1 Sept 15, 2011
Doubletree new entrance March 28 May 30, 2011
Strander Boulevard March 28 May 30, 2011
North of Nordstrom Mall Entrance March 28 Aug 8, 2011
There are two critical paths of work on this project. The first is the work within the road closure
area (from Strander Boulevard north to the south side of the Mall entrance near Nordstrom's).
This work includes the construction of five large walls and two bridge abutments, as well as the
new bridge over the southbound lanes of Southcenter Parkway. This portion of the work will
take the most time to complete, and by definition, is the project's primary critical path. In this
area there is a significant utility conflict between one of the large walls and a Puget Sound
Energy (PSE) switch box. It is important that this switch be relocated before the start date of
March 28 to ensure the Contractor's critical path is not delayed.
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The secondary critical path is the work in and around McDonald's and AT &T followed by the
work in front of the Legacy Partners building. The work in these two areas may not be able to be
performed at the same time due to traffic flow considerations. Both of these work areas have
conflicts with PSE vaults and a single Qwest vault. These utility vaults need to be relocated
before the start date of March 28 to ensure the Contractor's secondary critical path is not
delayed.
The City and their representatives have reviewed these conflicts with PSE and Qwest and have
a plan to relocate these utilities prior to the Contractor's start date of March 28. Some work can
be completed under the existing franchise with PSE; however, agreements are necessary and
are being prepared where PSE and Qwest have facilities within easements.
Staff is also working to obtain temporary construction easements that are necessary for the
project. The easement at the Doubletree Suites property needs to be expanded to
accommodate reconstruction of the entrance deeper into the property than originally anticipated.
The temporary construction easement with the Westfield Southcenter Mall is still under
negotiation.
For the public outreach process, flyers have been mailed to the businesses in the project vicinity
as well as to the residential area above Klickitat Drive. The website www.southcenteraccess.com
has been reactivated and that internet traffic will be directed to the City website's project page
that will be updated frequently. The team has met with mall representatives and made a
presentation at a retailer meeting in the mall. Ongoing efforts include contacting the tourism
community via the Port, working with taxi cab companies, and preparing for a future media event.
Details of detours and more specific project information will be added to the website as the
project develops.
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