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Tab 100, Reference 4.11. CALTRANS / UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD Staying on Track Partnering Update JUNE 6-7, 2007 Presented by CALTRANS - Bimla Rhinehart UPRR - Jerry Wilmoth. CT / UPRR PARTNERING. CT / UPRR- Meeting in Omaha 12/05 Issues Discussed Improving communication Coordination
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Tab 100, Reference 4.11 CALTRANS /UNION PACIFIC RAILROADStaying on TrackPartnering UpdateJUNE 6-7, 2007Presented by CALTRANS - Bimla Rhinehart UPRR - Jerry Wilmoth
CT / UPRR PARTNERING • CT / UPRR- Meeting in Omaha 12/05 • Issues Discussed • Improving communication • Coordination • Project delivery impacts • Partnering Effort • Quarterly Department/UP Meetings
CT / UPRR PARTNERING • Organizational Structure • Communication - HQ vs field • Philosophies • Project Delivery Impacts • Early involvement • Timely review and approval of documents • Billing and Payment • Dispute resolution
CT / UPRR PARTNERING FOCUS: • Points of Contact • CT Divisions of Rail and Right of Way & Land Surveys • UPRR Engineering and Real Estate • Field and HQ involvement • Project Review Teams • Annual and quarterly meetings • Workload planning • Troubleshoot/problem solving • Project level conflict resolution
CT / UPRR PARTNERING Successes: • Billing and invoice procedure clarified • Early involvement/field meetings to review projects • Communication improved • Commitment to timely submittals, document review and approval
CT / UPRR PARTNERING Challenges: • Separate engineering and real property issues • Valuation methods of real property • Navigation in large organizations • multiple approval levels • staff turnover • taxpayers vs stockholders