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District 7 Contacts James Swanson Transportation
District Engineer Greg Ous ADE - Project
Delivery Engineer Lisa Bigham District
Consultant Coordinator Craig Felber District
Consultant Administrator 1-800-657-3747
ACEC Consultant Conference February 27,
2008 District 7 Presentation
Mankato
Windom
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New Prague
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Current Consultant Budget Targets
Planned Target
1,000,000 / Fiscal Year (2008,
2009) Includes both District 7 Managed
Projects and Mn/DOT Central Office Managed
Projects Disclaimer This pie chart is not
meant to be representative of any actual or
proposed budget allocations in the State of
Minnesota or District 7.
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District 7 Consultant Agreement Organizational
Structure
James Swanson Transportation District Engineer
Greg Ous Project Delivery Engineer
Craig Felber District Consultant Administrator
Lisa Bigham District Consultant Coordinator
John Hager Materials Engineer
Rolin Sinn Design Engineer
Marcus Flygare Traffic / Land Management Engineer
Contract Managers
Maintenance / Operations Scott Morgan
Hydraulics Craig Felber
Traffic Ken Wenkel
Planning Mark Scheidel / Lisa Bigham
Design Peter Harff / Mary Dieken Richard (Kent)
Purrier / Giles Abbe
Land Management Charles Kotasek / Tim Hoehn
Mindy Scheurer
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Consultant Visits

• Please arrange with Lisa Bigham
• 507-304-6195
• Next Consultant Visit Dates in 2008
• Friday, May 9
• and
• Friday, June 27

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Potential Consultant Projects RFP Process
08,09,10

• TH 169 (SP 2207-32) Reconstruct in
• Blue Earth
• I-90 (SP 2280-125 and 8827-87) Prairie Passage
  Native Prairie Restoration

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Potential As Needed Consultant Projects

• Materials Investigations
• Planning / Access Management
• Geometric Layouts
• Intersection Control Evaluation (ICE) and
  Roundabout Technical Review
• Land Surveys
• Appraisals / Direct Purchase of Property
• Traffic Operations Studies

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More Potential As Needed Consultant Projects
(Central Office Managed)

• Regulated Waste Abatement Bridges Buildings
• Contaminated Soils Investigations
• Aerial Photography / Mapping
• Utility Location Surveys Subsurface Utility
  Engineering (SUE)

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Strategy for Roadway Preservation through Cities-
Potential Consultant Work

• Fund one reconstruction project per year through
  a city.
• Include needed city utility replacement, access
  management, safety improvements and other
  features.
• Optimize existing infrastructure and future needs
  by planning, funding and building as partners
  city may lead project.

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Potential Major Projects Depending on Funding and
Priorities

• TH 14 Interchange at CSAH 41 in N. Mankato.
• TH 169 Interchange at Webster/Lind/TH 14 in
  Mankato/N. Mankato.
• TH 14 Expansion
• New Ulm to N. Mankato
• TH 60 Expansion from Bigelow to I-90 at
  Worthington

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District Future Trends

• Continue to use consultants for specialty work
  that we do not have expertise for in the District
• Use consultants to supplement work force and
  help manage work load levels and create capacity
  in house.