DPW FEMA-Funded Engineering Pool Recovery Roads Program (2012 –

New Orleans Department of Public Works (DPW)

The FEMA-Funded Engineering Pool Recovery Roads Program, part of the Hazard Mitigation Grant Program, is a comprehensive recovery strategy to repair Hurricane Katrina related damages on and beneath city managed streets throughout New Orleans. The New Orleans Department of Public Works (DPW) is responsible for maintaining approximately 1,547 miles of roadway (21,000,000 square yards of pavement), 149 bridges, 85,500 catch basins and 8,200,000 linear feet of drainage lines in the City of New Orleans.  The damage to this infrastructure network due to Hurricane Katrina was devastating and has taken several years to understand the extent of the repairs needed, including multiple damage assessments in each of New Orleans’ 72 neighborhoods. In the summer of 2012, the Department of Public Works began the long-awaited construction repairs.

ILSI Engineering provided Design Services, Construction Management, and Inspection Services during construction phase of these projects in the capacity as Prime Consultant on some neighborhoods and as a Subconsultant to other Prime.   This project consist of identifying, prioritizing, and replacing streets and sidewalks that met specified criteria established by FEMA and the New Orleans Department of Public Works (DPW). The scope of work includes surveying and the design of streets and sidewalks repairs that were recommended by the DPW, the development of construction documents including plans, specifications, opinions of probable cost, and contract documents in accordance with the DPW standards.