Title/Name/Summary
2026 Road Improvement Program Construction Management - Award
History
The 2026 Neighborhood Road Improvement Program (NRIP) and Rebuild Illinois (RBI) Program encompasses the maintenance and reconstruction of various roadways and streets throughout the Village. This year, Public Works has two (2) separate road programs, the typical NRIP and RBI.
Between May 2020 and September 2022, the Village received a total of $3,741,168.66 in six (6) installments, $623,258.11 each. Engineering used some of these funds for various projects, leaving a balance of $1,247,056.22. The Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT) is requiring the remaining RBI money to be spent in 2026, or it will need to be returned. The RBI Program will utilize these funds. The program is primarily guided by the recommendations of the Village’s pavement management consultant, Applied Research Associates (ARA), in collaboration with Public Works staff’s extensive knowledge of Village roadways. Since 2015, the NRIP has been managed by Public Works staff, with the assistance of a consulting engineering firm. Baxter & Woodman Consulting Engineers provided consulting services from 2015 to 2021, while HR Green Consulting Engineers assumed this role from 2022 to 2025.
To facilitate the construction management for the various activities within the 2026 NRIP and RBI, staff solicited proposals for 2026 Road Improvement Program and Rebuild Illinois Construction Management services from the Village’s prequalified list of consulting engineering firms on January 22, 2026. The request was made to the four (4) firms listed below. All firms were provided with the same scope summary and minimal proposal requirements.
Since technical capabilities are the most important part of the job, the minimal requirements were:
1. A Resident Engineer (RE) with eight (8) years of roadway construction experience on site full-time and a baccalaureate degree in Engineering from an ABET accredited Universit...
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