FROM: James D. Herberg, General Manager
Originator: Kathy Millea, Director of Engineering
SUBJECT:
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CAD DESIGN MANUAL UPDATE FOR 3D DESIGN, PROJECT NO. PS21-05
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GENERAL MANAGER'S RECOMMENDATION
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RECOMMENDATION: Recommend to the Board of Directors to:
A. Approve a Professional Services Agreement with The Austin Company to provide support services for CAD Design Manual Update for 3D Design, Project No. PS21-05, for a total amount not to exceed $416,000; and
B. Approve a contingency of $41,600 (10%).
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BACKGROUND
Orange County Sanitation District (OC San) projects utilize computer-aided design (CAD) software to develop design drawings. These drawings are developed in accordance with OC San's published CAD standards. The current standards are based on two dimensional designs, which were previously the industry standard.
RELEVANT STANDARDS
* Maintain a culture of improving efficiency to reduce the cost to provide the current service level or standard
* Sustain 1, 5, 20-year planning horizons
PROBLEM
OC San's current CAD standards are not applicable for 3D designs, which are becoming increasingly common. OC San's consultants are currently preparing 3D design documents based on their own design standards, which causes inconsistencies between design drawings developed by different consultants and creates additional work by OC San staff to gain CAD compliance.
PROPOSED SOLUTION
Approve a professional services agreement for CAD Design Manual Update for 3D Design, Project No. PS21-05. This project will develop 3D CAD design standards that follow general industry guidelines, integrate these standards into OC San's current CAD Standards Manual, create automated quality control tools for 3D CAD compliance verification, identify 3D applications that may benefit OC San in the future within the environment of OC San's GIS database, and provide training to OC San CAD staff to perform quality control for CAD complia...
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