Citywide Program Management and Construction Management Consultant

The City of Chicago Citywide Infrastructure Improvement Program is Chicago’s primary source for providing neighborhood infrastructure maintenance and improvements. As such, CDOT is extremely motivated to deliver requested projects quickly and successfully, in the most cost-effective way. Infrastructure Engineering Inc. (IEI) is part of the joint venture, Chicago Neighborhood Engineering and Construction Team (C*NECT), that was created to provide engineering services for CDOT’s Division of In-House Construction, Community Infrastructure Contracts, Aldermanic Menu Program and various other city-funded transportation projects.

Under this contract, our team delivers a combination of Phase I, II, and III services – Owner’s Representative (during construction of transportation improvement projects), Program Management, Resident Engineering, Inspection, Scheduling, Community Outreach, Document Control, Quality Control, and Grant Writing. The size and scope of the projects under this contract offer the opportunity for IEI to mentor three smaller firms. Internally, this project has served as a mentor/protégé platform for training Program/Project Managers – the current Program Manager was a protégé and is now a mentor to a future Program Manager.

OVERVIEW To date, our team has successfully provided on-going delivery of 3,000+ projects per year, with 15,000+ project surveys and scoping, totaling more than $900M in construction value.

SERVICES As the Program Management Consultant, C*NECT leads estimating, design, scheduling, and construction management for both in-house and contractor-delivered concrete and asphalt construction projects. The types of projects may include alley reconstruction and design; curb ramp reconstruction and design; streets reconstruction and design; intersection improvements and design; traffic calming elements design and construction; and roadway resurfacing.

PROJECT HIGHLIGHT The budgeting process that we implemented provides the right staff at the right time, which has saved the city over $1.75M in consultant engineering fees, independent of the construction process improvements to programming, scheduling, and controls.