MBTA Project Development and Review
Location
Boston
Market
Services
Overview
PMA’s Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) multiple-task contract provides the MBTA with supplemental staffing needed to support services and projects, including:
- $39.7 million Green Line Reservoir to Riverside Signal replacement
- $16.9 million Newton Highlands Green Line Station temporary pedestrian facilities
- Newburyport/Rockland Commuter Rail Gloucester Line replacement
- $1.2 billion Red/Orange Line Transformation Program
- $7 million Hingham Intermodal Center
- $77.5 million Wellington Car House renovation
- $103 million Wellington Yard improvements
- $214 million Cabot Yard and Maintenance Facility improvements
- $8 million Blue Line Stations expedited wayfinding improvements
- $298 million North Station Draw 1 Bridge replacement and associated track and signal upgrades
- $287 million South Side Maintenance and Layover Facility
PMA Role
PMA scope of services includes reviewing project scoping documents such as requests for proposals, contracts, work breakdown structures, project management plans, QA/QC plans, reports, calculations, drawings, specifications, and cost estimate schedule deliverables. On specific assignments, PMA provides detailed scopes of work and estimates of job hours and project costs while ensuring that subsequent project plans and specifications developed for MBTA meet all applicable standards, including best practices in design and engineering. PMA has also provided pre-bid services; participating in a preconstruction conference; reviewing and approving shop drawings; reviewing, approving, and taking appropriate action regarding conformance to construction procedures; and advising on responses to requests for information.