Existing Systems Overview
³ ³ The program schedule began in May 2016 with the development of this master plan and the detailed design of Phase 1 North and Phase 1 South .
³ ³ The design phase is condensed in Phase 1 to meet the Town ’ s goal of beginning construction in the summer of 2017 .
³ ³ Design begins earlier in the process for subsequent phases to allow more time for the easement acquisition process .
³ ³ Construction Manager selection occurs prior to final design completion to allow them the opportunity to provide constructability reviews and make value engineering suggestions .
³ ³ The design of the communications networks follows the design of the electrical network to allow coordination of the designs that promotes the collocation of electrical and communications equipment in common easements . This reduces the overall number of easements required for the program .
Overall Schedule Highlights
³ ³ The bidding of the trades will occur at the beginning of each year to allow time for award , pre-construction activities , and material procurement .
³ ³ Construction activities for the program are expected to kick off in the summer of 2017 with Phase 1 North and Phase 1 South .
³ ³ Construction durations for each phase range from 18 to 24 months depending on the quantity of work to be performed and complexity of each Phase .
³ ³ In order to accelerate the schedule , each phase consists of two project areas that will be under construction simultaneously . Additionally , the construction schedule for each phase overlaps the previous adjacent phase construction schedule by six months to one year .
³ ³ The overlap of the construction activities in each phase is subject to “ heavy ” construction being complete in the previous phase prior to allowing “ heavy ” construction activities to begin in the subsequent phase . This is done primarily to mitigate traffic impacts .
³ ³ The final six months of the construction activity schedule for each phase is reserved for pole removal . It is not expected that this will be a continuous construction activity . Experience with similar projects has shown that the coordination required with FPL , AT & T , and Comcast can be time consuming and therefore requires a duration of time for pole removal to be accomplished .
³ ³ All areas of the Town are scheduled to be converted to an underground system by the end of 2025 . Final pole removal is scheduled to be completed by the end of the first quarter in 2026 .
³ ³ The schedule does contain time contingencies for normal weather impacts , rock conditions , and typical unforeseen conditions . It does not account for significant schedule impacts related to significant weather events that cause the utility owners to focus efforts on storm recovery rather than undergrounding . It also does not consider significant contractor issues related to litigation , bankruptcy , non-performance , and the like because these types of issues are impossible to predict .
TOWN-WIDE UNDERGROUNDING OF UTILITIES PROGRAM MASTER PLAN DOCUMENT
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