Metropolitan Transportation Authority, LA County

Metro Gold Line Metro Orange Line Pasadena-LA Rail Transit Engineering Audits Metro Red Line WorkForce Analysis

Metropolitan Transportation Authority, L.A. County

Eastside LRT Constructors

METRO Gold Line Eastside Extension

MORGNER Services:

Business Disruption Surveys
Business Disruption Analysis
Pre-Construction Surveys
PCS Reports

The eastside LRT constructors contracted MORGNER to provide business disruption surveys and analysis for the six-mile light rail project. The job included contacting business owners for interviews regarding how construction has affected their businesses and asking what can be done to improve the situation. This and other information was collected and reviewed in order to determine which businesses might be most impacted by the construction and what could be done to help. In addition, MORGNER provided preconstruction surveys on selected high-risk structures for the transportation project.

Metropolitan Transportation Authority, L.A. County

Shimmick/Obayashi JV

METRO Orange Line

MORGNER Services:

Pre-Construction Surveys
PCS Reports

One of the many ways Metro is working to improve travel in the San Fernando Valley is by constructing the Metro Orange Line. This project is an exclusive transitway for a new priority service that will run every 5-10 minutes during peak hours. Unaffected by traffic, high-tech vehicles will carry passengers across the Valley between Warner Center and Metro Rail’s North Hollywood Station. With completion scheduled for August 2005, the Metro Orange Line will provide convenient connections to Metro Rail and local bus lines, offering faster travel times and improved access to destinations within the San Fernando Valley and throughout Los Angeles County. MORGNER was hired to perform pre-construction surveys for selected “high risk” structures along the project alignment.

Metropolitan Transportation Authority, L.A. County

Managers of Transit Construction (MTC)

Pasadena-Los Angeles Light Rail Transit Project

MORGNER Services:

Construction Management Support
Bridge & Rail Inspections

MORGNER has served as the primary construction management sub-consultant (to the prime consultant, MTC) for the Pasadena Blue Line Light Rail Transit project, providing construction engineering and inspection services. Services include bridge and rail inspections, constructability reviews, and overall construction inspection/contract administration. This multi-million dollar project is for construction management oversight of a 13.6-mile segment of the Pasadena Blue Line.

Metropolitan Transportation Authority, L.A. County

MTA

Engineering Audits

MORGNER Services:

Construction Management Audit Reports
Engineering Audit Reports
Audit Reports

MORGNER has provided the Los Angeles County MTA with construction management audits, including reviews, evaluations, and monitoring of activities and performance of the construction management activities for several rail construction projects. Responsibilities have included reviewing and analyzing documentation related to and produced by several prime construction management contractors to identify management, technical, or administration issues and potential problems. General engineering audits included reviewing and analyzing documentation produced by the general engineering contractors for the same types of issues and for the same types of issues and potential problems.

Metro Red Line Metro Red Line, Segments 2 & 3 Metro Red Line, Segment 3

Metropolitan Transportation Authority, L.A. County

Dames & Moore

METRO Red Line

MORGNER Services:

Project Controls Review
Compliance Audit

As a sub-consultant to a Prime contractor for MTA's Red Line project, MORGNER performed a compliance audit to determine adherence to Federal Auditing Regulations (FAR) and related contract provisions. Audit services included:

Analysis, review and testing of Internal Controls
Analysis of budgets, financial statements and overhead rate schedules
Testing of related transactions
Communication with management and staff personnel
Review of policies and procedures directly affecting overhead rates
Application of FAR guidelines to overhead cost calculations
Reporting of FAR guideline variances and/or contract non-compliance to the MTA

Metropolitan Transportation Authority, L.A. County

MTA

METRO Red Line, Segments 2 & 3

MORGNER Services:

Risk Management Information System Development
Pre-Construction Surveys / Support
Public Awareness Program
Job Training for Inspectors

For the Los Angeles County MTA's Red Line construction project, MORGNER was retained to develop a Risk Management Information System (RMIS 100) that was used to access and document existing defects to buildings and other structures along the Metro system's right-of-way. The purpose of the surveys and documentation was to ascertain the pre-construction condition of the various properties in order to defend the MTA against property owner claims that might arise as a result of construction or the operation of the rail system.

MORGNER interfaced with project engineers to conduct the surveys, and developed CAD and GIS applications for the surveys. MORGNER conducted an area awareness program that maintained an effective link with the Los Angeles community regarding pre-construction survey activities. The program included the identification of demographic and economic profiles for each area affected by construction and preparation and distribution of notifications to every individual residence and business in the areas.

MORGNER's bilingual field staff explained the survey to a large number of residents and business owners. MORGNER also developed a jobtraining program for all inspectors. The training program consisted of an intensive, month-long curriculum. Training included 40 hours in the classroom and 3 weeks of on-the-job training. Qualified inspectors were monitored over a six-month period for quality control. In order to have the Inspectors maintain high quality inspection standards, they were required to attend special workshops developed by MORGNER to keep them informed of the latest survey methods and procedures.

Metropolitan Transportation Authority, L.A. County

MTA

METRO Red Line, Segment 3

MORGNER Services:

Constructability Reviews
Quality Control & Assurance
Reporting

MORGNER was retained by the Los Angeles MTA to conduct construct ability reviews for the Metro Red Line rail transit project, using systematic methods to verify that certifications, inspection and tests were performed as needed. MORGNER established a quality control and assurance program that included documenting all inspections, identifying items that had been satisfactorily inspected with particular attention to those requiring further review and determination.

MORGNER's cost reports compared initial construction estimates with the revised budget vs. actual expenditures. Potential expense overruns were identified in each construction element or contract. Progress and narrative reports included executive summaries; tabulated summaries; graphic representations, field reports; and daily inspection reports.

Metropolitan Transportation Authority, L.A. County

Equal Employment Opportunities Division

Workforce Analysis

MORGNER Services:

8-Factor Analysis
Development of an EEO Planning Model
Internal Analysis for Federal Reporting

MORGNER developed an internal workforce analysis for the MTA for federal reporting equirements. Work involved preparing an availability analysis of several protected classes of workers in specific job classifications. The analysis consisted of an examination of the MTA’s recruitment and hiring practices for minorities and women from external labor market sources. In addition, MORGNER reviewed existing MTA affirmative action and equal opportunity goals for their workforce. The analysis provided the MTA with the ability to plan and implement strategies for achieving internal equal employment opportunities during periods of stable, increasing or declining levels of staffing.