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Municipal Engineering: Roles, Career Development, and Best Practices

Learn about roles & responsibilities of municipal engineers, career issues, best management practices, and emerging issues in engineering technology. Gain insights into planning, development, design, and utility coordination.

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Municipal Engineering: Roles, Career Development, and Best Practices

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  1. ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY Northwest Public Works Institute Liz Moorhead, PE Senior Engineer, City of Portland

  2. Engineering and Technology Overview • Roles and responsibilities of municipal engineers • Career issues • Best management practices in • Planning, development & engineering design • The bid process • Construction • Utility coordination • Engineering technology • Emerging issues

  3. Roles and Responsibilities of Municipal Engineers • Project manager • Designer • Engineer-of-Record/Permit reviewer • Construction Manager • Inspector • Subdivision Plan Checker • Emergency Responder • Technical Expert • Traffic, structural, civil, hydraulic, etc.

  4. Engineer as Supervisor/Manager • Design Team Leader • Technical Manager • Construction Manager • Project Manager • City Engineer • Director of Public Works

  5. Career Issues • Licensing (www.osbeels.org) • Continuing education (30 PDH’s in 2 years) • Professional development - APWA, ASCE, conferences, subscriptions • Rotation to promote well-rounded engineers • Training • Management/Leadership/Scheduling/ Computer/Design/Construction Mgmt

  6. Best Management Practices Planning, Development & Design • Project scope, schedule, budget & coordination • Stakeholder input • Design criteria, regulations, standards and specifications • Consultant or in-house design • Utility coordination • Production of (biddable and buildable) plans, specifications and estimate

  7. Best Management Practices Bid Process • Advertise notice to bidders (Oct-Apr) • Daily Journal of Commerce, Oregonian • Pre-bid/Pre-proposal meeting (opt) • Bidder Pre-qualification - insurance, bond, capacity, equipment, experience • Bid opening & evaluation • 7-day notice of intent to award • Bid award/rejection • Execute contract - provide ins. & bond

  8. Best Management Practices Pre-Construction • Issue notice to proceed • Assign inspector & construction manager • Have a preconstruction utility coordination meeting • Have a preconstruction meeting • Site survey

  9. Best Management Practices During and After Construction • Inspection and record keeping • Material testing • Measurement and payment • Change orders • Acceptance and final payment • 2 year warranty bond, record drawings, close out & cert. of completion

  10. Best Management Practice Utility Coordination • Identification & coordination • Long-range utility planning • Utility maps and records (GIS) • One Call Centers/Uniform Color Code

  11. Engineering Technology • Computerization • Basics (Excel, Word, Outlook) • Drafting, survey and geometric design (AutoCAD, Microstation, INRoads, Land Dev. Desktop, Civil 3D, TDS) • Analysis (SWMM, SAP) • Record Keeping (MMS & GIS)

  12. Emerging Issues • Decrease in engineering graduates • Fragmentation of public works • Non-engineers as project managers & department of public works directors • Greenstreet facilities • Paying to maintain infrastructure • Privatization SE 20th and Division

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