METROLINX JOINT TRANSIT ENGINEERING COUNCIL April 2015 marks the two-year anniversary of the signing of the Memorandum of Understanding between Consulting Engineers Ontario and Metrolinx, leading to the establishment of the CEO/Metrolinx Joint Transit Engineering Council (JTEC). Over the past two years, Metrolinx has undergone significant organizational restructuring, along with changes to its policies and procedures relating to planning, procurement and overall business processes. At the same time, Metrolinx is the throes of a massive transformation of the GO rail network – the backbone of regional rapid transit in the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area. Acknowledging that it needs the support and involvement of the CEO members to successfully implement the $12B Regional Express Rail program, and the many other planning projects and capital improvements planned for the next few years, Metrolinx continues to engage proactively and positive with the consulting industry, through JTEC. The business process changes that Metrolinx continues to implement are expected to benefit a large number of CEO members – particularly those who provide transit planning, engineering and construction support services. As such, the focus of JTEC’s efforts this past year has been on advancing the consulting industry’s interests in several key areas, including the following: • Metrolinx procurement policy and practices; • consultant prequalification; • professional liability; • annual project procurement plan; • contract documentation and language; and • alternative delivery models As a result of these discussions and building on efforts, Metrolinx has issued an RFP to prequalify consultant firms in four major categories of engineering services, which is expected to result in a more streamlined and equitable procurement process. We are also looking forward to the public release of Metrolinx Annual Capital Projects List. While Metrolinx continues with its internal restructuring and its unprecedented transformation WWW.CEO.ON.CA 19 of the regional GO rail network, we are pleased that Metrolinx is continuing to engage with the industry, through JTEC, in order to benefit from industry-wide best practices and lessons learned. Ansar Ahmed, Committee Chair Parsons Corporation Committee Members Dave Bannister R.J. Burnside and Associates Ltd. Ralph Ehlers Stantec Consulting Ltd. Chris Escott Parsons Corporation Karen Freund CH2M Hill Canada Ltd. Kevin George WSP Canada Inc. Angela Iannuzziello AECOM Bob Maksymec Planmac Engineering Inc. Fouad Mustafa IBI Group Inc. Anne Porshmann Golder Associates Ltd. Scott Thompson AECOM Doug Willoughby CH2M hill Canada Ltd. Tony Wing WSP Canada Inc.
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