MANAGING ENGINEERING & TECHNOLOGY By Doug Wesselschmidt, PE

Agenda Roles and Responsibilities Engineers Engineering Technicians Engineering and Technical Managers Career Development Best Management Practices Planning & Design Construction Emerging issues

Engineering Roles Design Designer Modeler Plan Review and Check Construction Inspector Maintenance Inspector Analyst Emergency Responder Floods Earthquakes Administration Director/City Engineer

Engineering Technician Roles Office Drafting (AutoCAD, Micro Station, INRoads, Land Dev. Desktop, Civil 3D, TDS) Permit review and issuance Mapping (MMS & GIS) & Record Keeping (As-Builts) Information Technology Field Survey Construction Inspection Infrastructure Inspection

Manager Roles Design Team Leader Technical Manager Project Manager Construction Manager City Engineer Public Works Director

Engineering Careers Recruiting Students with STEM Aptitude Engineering Colleges and Universities Training On the Job Development Advanced Degrees Retaining Professional Development Challenging Responsibilities Compensation Package

Computing Slide Rules Pocket Calculators Central Computers Personal Computers Laptops/Tablets

Public Works Engineers Engineering Department Engineering Decentralization Contract (Consultant) Engineering

Engineering Organization (By Discipline) Engineering Architecture Civil Engineering Structural Engineering

Engineering Organization (By Infrastructure) Engineering StreetsBuildingsWastewater

Engineering Organization (By Work Type) Engineering Planning & Design Construction Management Administration

Engineering Organization (Project Management Organization) Engineering Project Management Planning and Design Construction Management

Peer Review of Engineering Organizations APWA Accreditation ASCE Peer Review for Public Agencies

Career Development (Engineer) Professional License or Certification Fundamentals of Engineering (FE) and Professional Registration (PE) 30 PDH’s in 2 years Professional Development Active in Professional Organizations (APWA, NSPE/MSPE, ASCE) Reading and Writing Networking Job Rotation Office Field Continuing Education Additional School Courses Project Management Management & Leadership

Career Development (Technician) Associate’s or Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering Technology or On the Job Training Credential APWA’s Donald C. Stone Center National Institute for Certification in Engineering Technologies (NICET) DOT or APWA Construction Technology Certification Continuing Education

Surveying Party Chief Instrument Operator (Transit or Level) Rodman (Vertical Measurements) Chainmen (Horizontal Measurements) Total Station Surveying Laser Imaging Detection and Ranging (LIDAR)

Infrastructure Management Inventory Condition Assessment Repair Prioritization (PCI) Record Updating

Publicizing Needs Sales Tax Projects “Show the Need” Build Support Deliver on Promises Report Cards ASCE

CIP Management Planning Building a Consensus Budgeting Competing Priorities Programming Scheduling Funding Sources Options (P 3 ) (Public Private Partnerships)

Best Management Practices in Design Project scope, schedule & budget In-house or consultant design Stakeholder Participation Value Planning & Value Engineering Project Delivery Options (DBB, DB, CMGC, CMR)

Standards Procedure Manuals Design Manual Design Standards and Specifications KC Metro APWA Standards and Specifications - apters/kcmetro/specification s.asp apters/kcmetro/specification s.asp

Project Environmental Review National Environmental Protection Act (NEPA) Environmental Assessment (EA) Categorical Exclusion (CE) Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI) Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) Record of Decision (ROD)

Quality Assurance/Quality Control (QA/QC) Critical Component of Project Delivery Second Set of “Eyes” Expert “Not Connected” to Project Defined Procedure

Project Design Scope Design Criteria Data Collection Public Input Conceptual Design Public Review and Consensus Building Detailed Design Cost Estimate Deliver for Construction

Procuring Construction Services Advertising for Bids Pre-Bid Meeting Bid Opening Lowest and Best Construction Management/Inspection/Observation Resident Project Representative/Owner’s Representative

Best Management Practices During Construction Preconstruction/Partnering meeting Construction schedule Cash flow schedule Periodic reviews Construction progress Value received vs. value paid Current Issues & potential future issues Periodic reports to elected officials

As Built Plans Documents Design for Future Operation and Maintenance Record of Conditions, Post-Construction Initial Planning for Future Re- Construction

Thanks For Your Attention Questions? Doug Wesselschmidt, PE