Broken Arrow City Council
Meeting of: 12-01-2015
To: Mayor and City Council
From: Department of Engineering and Construction
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Ratification of the Mayor's execution of Resolution No. 900 Concerning Bridge Inspection Responsibility by Local Government for Compliance With National Bridge Inspection Standards, Bridge Inspection Contracts for April 1, 2016 to March 31, 2018
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Background:
The Federal Highways Administration requires that state and local governments have all bridges in their respective jurisdictions inspected on an every other year basis except for bridges that are determined to need an annual inspection by engineering firms qualified to do the inspections. The City of Broken Arrow has 83 structures that qualify as bridges under federal standards. The Oklahoma Department of Transportation (ODOT) is responsible for seeing that municipalities and counties in the state select qualified engineers, for contracting out the inspections, and for ensuring that the necessary load postings or repairs are made. The cost of the inspections is borne 100% by federal funds. ODOT has developed a list of engineering firms who are qualified to perform the inspections and requires that local governments either (1) interview a minimum of three (3) firms from the list and select one, (2) use qualified City engineers to perform the inspections, (3) use the engineer selected by the County, or (4) allow ODOT to select an engineering firm. City Engineering and Construction staff selected the first option and established an evaluation team consisting of Steve Arant, Director of Streets and Stormwater Department; Doug Tiffany, Director of Engineering and Construction Department; and Tom Hendrix, Engineering Division Manager, to conduct phone interviews. Those interviews were conducted with three firms on ODOT's list, and the firms were rated by each member of the evaluation team. T...
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