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19 CHAPTER THREE EFFECTIVE SMALL-SCALE PROJECT DELIVERY: BY PROJECT PHASE resulted in high risk or very high risk ("4" or "5" ratings) for each project characteristic.
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20 LPA coordinators stated that one element that can increase the risk level during project implementation is the extent of consultant knowledge of federal-aid program requirements. Table 8 displays the results of a survey question regarding the focus states' opinions of consultant knowledge for key federal regulations ranging from a rating of "1" (completely unfamiliar)
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21 to the LPA program and included FHWA full oversight for some projects costing less than $50,000, some designbuild projects, and some regular contracts. To develop an organized risk-based approach to handle the large number of projects and urgent nature of the ARRA program, FHWA-FL reported that it first defined its view of "high risk" according to an assessment.
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22 In Pennsylvania, the Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission (DVRPC) assesses the risk level of potential federal-aid projects by examining certain criteria, such as the project's suitability in the regional plan, funding expiration date, and percentage of design completed.
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23 Florida FDOT reported that the MPOs include a description of their individual prioritization process within the actual TIP documents. Appendix D contains links to the TIPs for each of the MPO websites.
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24 ects such as safety, lighting, and mill-and-fill projects. In the case of the TE program, NDDOT allows some TE projects to be tied to projects with other work types if it is in the same location.
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25 specification for local agencies helps to streamline the design process for smaller, less complex federal-aid projects that do not need to be held to high-type design standards. Web-only Appendix G contains a sample from the local agency general specification for asphalt paving.
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26 Washington State WSDOT regional offices are responsible for contract oversight. They perform detailed reviews on contracts and design plan reviews for noncertified agencies.
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27 monitors each LPA project pay quantities before providing signature approval on payment requests from local agencies. One flexibility in the TE program allows local agencies to request reimbursement within 30 days by state law.
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28 SUMMARY Table 10 presents the major findings noted in this chapter. More detailed organization of all the chapters is included in Table C1 in appendix C
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