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 CLEARWATER, FLA. — Cardno TBE along with its subconsultant AECOM, and project owner Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) District 4 were awarded the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO) 2011 Value Engineering Award for the State Route 710/Warfield Boulevard project. The award in the pre-construction engineering category for projects valued at greater than $75 million was presented at the AASHTO National Value Engineering Conference in New Orleans, Louisiana, on Sept. 19.

Value engineering (VE) is the systematic application of techniques by a multi-disciplined design and construction team to creatively address the needs of a project at the lowest lifecycle cost without sacrificing safety, quality, operations, maintenance and the environment. This value engineering study was also selected as the 2010 FDOT Value Engineering Study of the Year.

The project will convert a 15+ mile segment of an existing two-lane, rural section roadway in Martin County to a four-lane, divided, rural principal arterial roadway, which is flanked by the CSX Railroad tracks, multiple large diameter gas transmission pipelines, an overhead electric transmission line, and an FEC railroad crossing.

According to Jim Hunt, P.E., Cardno TBE senior project manager, “Six of the 12 value engineering proposals submitted to FDOT by the VE Team were accepted with an approximate total estimated savings of $90 million, or 36 percent of the total estimated project costs. FDOT, District 4, District Utility and Value Engineer, Tim Brock, should be commended for his outstanding management and oversight of the project team. Brian Ruck, P. Eng., CVS, with our subconsultant, AECOM, brought tremendous insight, experience and technical knowledge into the process serving as the VE Team Leader.”

The VE Team members, provided by FDOT, representing design, construction, maintenance, right-of-way estimates, traffic operations, drainage, and environmental disciplines, also contributed their expertise to the success of this VE Study. The VE Team also received valuable assistance and support from the FDOT project development and environment (PD&E) Project Manager, Pat Glass, P.E., and the PD&E consultant for this project, Metric Engineering.