JMA has provided on-call civil design and project management services for various project types at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL) since our inception in 2011. One of JMA’s first projects was the Lawrence Road Safety Improvement Study where JMA led the preparation of a roadway and intersection study to evaluate traffic and pedestrian safety issues along a 500 ft stretch of Lawrence Road at the Berkeley Lab facility. The roadway geometry, the close spacing of crosswalks, and the numerous driveways made this a very complicated site from a safety perspective. The study, completed in 2011, included pedestrian and vehicular traffic counts, data evaluation, stopping site distance analysis, parking evaluation, and improvement recommendations in accordance with AASHTO and MUTCD design guidelines.
Supporting the Prime engineer and contractor with Phase II of the electrical upgrades project at the Parks Reserve Forces Training Area (“Camp Parks”), JMA prepared the civil design to replace above ground electrical lines and circuits with underground facilities. The work was completed on a design-build basis by the contractor and their design team. In addition to providing the civil site layouts, details and specifications, JMA supported the contractor though construction on this design-build project, which was completed in 2019.
JMA led a 5-month full-time asset management inventory for all civil utilities on the LBNL campus, inclusive of over 7,000 pipes and nodes. JMA was initially engaged to evaluate the completeness of existing asset lists in light of available data, including Facilities records and as-built drawings and files, and to develop an approach for inventorying and updating the asset lists for all storm drain, compressed air, city, treated and low conductivity water, sanitary sewer and natural gas utilities facility-wide. Up to 2 FTEs worked within LBNL Facilities Dept. offices as an extension of staff to complete the evaluation and initial work package (of approx. 10% of the utility maps) over a 2-month period. Subsequently, JMA was engaged to complete the inventory of all on campus civil utilities. JMA implemented an innovative GIS solution that integrated with the CAD files, enabling development of an attribute-rich database of the utilities that included links for site photos, as-built plans, maintenance records, in addition to typical utility details (type, size, depth, location, material, etc.). Extensive site visits across LBNL were performed to establish more precise locations for specific facilities, and obtain marking, condition and similar information. The final deliverables included revised utility maps for the integration into the existing Maximo and Smartsheet systems. In a later task, JMA was engaged to survey all light poles at LBNL. Again, JMA deployed a field-capable GIS solution to identify and mark each light pole. JMA updated mapping and CAD files for the assets identified. In order to meet the relatively tight deadline, JMA staffed up to 4 civil and project engineers over the 5-month period of the project and collaborated closely with LBNL Facilities staff to coordinate our site access, work progress, data requests and reviews of key JMA deliverables.
