348-24 RFP - MA 2025 NJDOT Responses.pdf

MA 2025 NJDOT Aid Program Section I: Scope of Services Greenman-Pedersen, Inc. (GPI) understands that the Township of West Orange requires engineering, surveying, and construction management services necessary for the MA 2025 NJDOT Municipal Aid Program Helen Avenue, Lawrence Avenue, Florence Place, and Lowell Avenue Improvements Project. Throughout the firm’s 58-year history we have provided capital improvement project design to dozens of New Jersey municipalities. We have also served as the municipal engineer for various municipalities throughout the firm’s existence. We are very experienced in providing road reconstruction design, plans, specifications, and contract documents of a professional nature in a cost-effective and timely manner. We recommend commencing our work with a start-up meeting. This will allow us to understand your concerns and advance the project expeditiously. Professional services will include preparation of topographic and base maps and a complete design and bid package, including cost estimates, plans, and specifications (twenty copies each) for bidding purposes. We have reviewed the proposed tasks contained in the RFP and we believe we have a clear understanding of the goals of this project. The RFP specifies the following improvements: 1. LAND SURVEYING SERVICES A. Topographic Survey and Base Mapping that will provide a topographic field survey and base mapping suitable for the proposed improvements, which will include, but will not be limited to, the following items: 1. Establishment of centerline of existing street. 2. Topographic survey of all trees, shrubs, walls, driveways, walks, steps, and other existing features within the ROW and farther where necessary to the proposed improvements. 3. Right of way will be shown from available Township Tax Map information. 4. Topographic Survey including additional topography behind the curb and sidewalk of the roadways and at road intersections. 5. Top and Bottom of curb elevations, storm inlets with inverts and pipe sizes, sanitary manholes with rim elevations, and any other utilities visible on the roadways will need to be located. B. Establish horizontal control based on North American Datum 1983 (New Jersey State Plane Coordinate SystemNAD 83) and North American Vertical Datum 1988 (NAVD 88); C. Benchmark(s) to be set on site for future use; D. Existing Conditions/Survey Control

an Datum 1983 (New Jersey State Plane Coordinate SystemNAD 83) and North American Vertical Datum 1988 (NAVD 88); C. Benchmark(s) to be set on site for future use; D. Existing Conditions/Survey Control plan; E. Coordinate utility mark-outs; As part of the deliverables, an electronic AutoCAD file of the Boundary and Topographic Survey will be provided to the Township. 2. CIVIL ENGINEERING SERVICES A. B. Proposed roadway profiles matching existing grades; Roadway improvements include curb, sidewalk, aprons, pavement milling and resurfacing, pavement striping, new traffic signs, shade trees; Section I | Page 1