1. Piedmont Improvement Program NC Society of Engineers
August 5, 2011

2. Objectives Piedmont Improvement Program (PIP) Projects Budget Schedule
Approach
Coordination
Risks

3. Piedmont Improvement Program (PIP)
Modernized Rail and Highway
Efficient, Safe and Reliable
Freight, Intermodal and Passenger
Planning for the Future

4. Equipment 5 Projects totaling $20 million
Purchase and rehabilitate 10 passenger cars
Purchase and rebuild 5 locomotives
Equipment will support Service Expansion
Anticipated Date of Completion November 2012

5. Station and Facilities
8 Projects totaling $37 million
Double Cary Station size, lengthen platform
Burlington, lengthen platform
Enhance security
Expand maintenance facilities RGH and CLT
Add canopy at Kannapolis
Increase High Point Station parking spaces
Security and Public Information Display Systems

6. Mainline Grade Separation
$129 Million
Concrete Trench for CSXT’s Mainline Tracks
Grade Separates Norfolk Southern Mainline Tracks and CATS North Corridor Tracks
Maintains Road and Rail Access to Archer Daniels Midland mill
Charlotte Railroad Improvement and Safety Program (CRISP)

7. Track and Structures 38 Projects totaling $364 million
28 miles of double track
18 new bridges
12 miles of new highway construction
4 miles of passing sidings
24 at grade crossings closed
Expands capacity and mobility
Improves transportation safety

8. Double Track Projects Major funded corridor projects
New roadway grade separations and crossing closures
Railroad alignment improvements to allow future 90 mph operation
Major railroad signal system improvements
Multiple contracts expected for design and construction
Significant expansion of capacity and mobility 8

9. Budget Funding Source Total (Millions) ARRA $545 $1.5 $4 PRIIA $22
NCRR
Norfolk Southern
City of Charlotte
$41
$3.5 $5
Safety
$16
Total
$638

10. Approach to Management
Rail Division:
Manages NEPA, PE, Final Design
- PEF’s Used
- Turn-key Designs
- Project Management
- RFP’s – Track, Structure, Roadway
Coordinates with Division of Highways Preconstruction for review support, field Divisions on construction
Coordinates with FRA, NCRR, NS, CSXT and Amtrak on contracts, design, scheduling, construction, and reporting

11. Approach to Delivery Track and Structures
17 PEFs under contract through LSC
19 PEFs under contract or will be by Fall 2011 through RFP
NCDOT Lets Highways, Grade Separations, and Railroad Roadbed Projects, Construction Substantially Complete
Norfolk Southern Lets Track work and Railroad Signals – Predominately Constructed in
NS/CSXT Mainline Grade Separation
NCDOT Lets Trench, Associated Roadways, and Railroad Roadbed – Construction to be Done in 2014 – 2017
Track work and signals Let by CSXT

12. Approach to Construction
Highway Elements (roadway and structure)
NCDOT Central Let process
Railroad Earthwork, grading and drainage for track (ballast down)
NCDOT Central Let process; NCDOT manages
Track (ballast up)
Railroads will utilize contractors through Railroad Special Let
Railroad “live track” and signal work
Railroad and force account labor

13. Approach to Construction
Coordination with NCDOT Contract Standards and Development Unit to let contracts
NCDOT Field Divisions will administer and manage grading contracts
NCDOT Field Divisions will contract engineering and inspection services for grading and site work (CEI)
NCDOT Rail Division provides oversight of railroad managed construction

14. Questions