Society of American Military Engineers 2008 Missouri River/TEXOMA Regional Conference US Army Corps Omaha District Corps Military Munitions Design Center Jerry L. Hodgson, P.E. Military Munitions Design Center Manager 1
MILITARY MUNITIONS RESPONSE PROGRAM 2
USACE MMRP ORGANIZATION OPORD 2006-43 (Military Munitions Support Services (M2S2)), September 2006 Intent is to focus Corps efforts, resources and institutional knowledge to military munitions response actions worldwide to the Department of Defense and other U.S. Government agencies as required 3
MILITARY MUNITIONS SUPPORT SERVICES (M2S2) M2S2 Key Objectives Unite and communicate M2S2 projects executed by USACE as a single mission Efficiently execute projects through USACE MM Design Centers and Remedial Action Districts Maintain demonstrated quality and safety records Leverage Corps M2S2 talent and expertise Pursue new mission areas and emerging opportunities 4
MILITARY MUNITIONS SUPPORT SERVICES (M2S2) M2S2 Functional Areas Warfighter - Captured Enemy Ammunition, Coalition Munitions Clearance Peacekeeping - Infrastructure Redevelopment, Weapons Reduction, Landmine Clearance Training - Range Design, Construction, & Sustainment Restoration Army, Air Force, BRAC, & FUDS MMRP 5
USACE MMRP ORGANIZATION 41 districts in USACE Per OPORD 2006-43 (September 2006) only the following Corps Districts are authorized to execute military munitions response projects Design Centers Baltimore District Omaha District Huntsville Center* SPD Range Support Center * Also Chemical Munitions design center Remedial Action Districts Design centers Louisville District Mobile District Savannah District LA District Ft Worth District Honolulu District 6
Military Munitions Design Center Roles and Responsibilities Execute and/or provide support for military munitions response actions to MSCs, USACE PMs, and other customers Design Centers are authorized to execute all phases of military munitions response actions Design Centers also provide support for project management, technical project planning, contract acquisition, cost estimating, scheduling, etc. for non-design centers and remedial action districts PA SI EECA RI/FS RD TCRA NTCRA RA Construction Support LTM 7
Military Munitions Remedial Action District Roles and Responsibilities Provide support for munitions response actions to MSCs, USACE PMs, and other customers Authorized to execute TCRA, NTCRA, remedial action, LTM, and construction support phases of work Provide support for project management, technical project planning, contract acquisition, cost estimating, scheduling, and execution of munitions response work during removal and remedial action activities to non-design centers/removal action districts TCRA NTCRA RA Construction Support LTM 8
USACE MMRP ORGANIZATION No absolute or definitive boundaries or areas of responsibilities Customer selects the USACE Project Management District Build on existing relationships Continuation of previous phase (s) of work Dissatisfied with current service center Other Project Management District has support of the full depth and breadth of resources throughout USACE Build the Project Delivery Team (PDT) based on project specific needs Access to existing Corps-wide munitions response contracts Support from Corps-wide in-house technical resources 9
HQUSACE Programmatic Oversight (ecop, FUDS team, RIT) Regional Business Center Quality Assurance Overall PM and POC to Customer Project Mgmt District MM Design Center Studies and Design (SI, EE/CA, RI/FS, RD) and Remedial/Removal Actions/Const Support Geographical District Real Estate Regulatory Coordination Public Affairs Environmental and Munitions CX Quality Reviews Regulatory, Technical, and Safety Support/Advice MM Remedial Action District Remedial/Removal Actions/Const Support 10
MILITARY MUNITIONS SUPPORT SERVICES (M2S2) M2S2 Advisory Board Established per OPORD 2006-43 Special Assistant to ecop chief Representatives of five design centers Advisors (as needed) EM CX, remedial action districts, ERDC, etc. 11
MMRP PROGRAM SUPPORT MILCON Construction Support Range and training lands program BRAC construction Army transformation Environmental Remediation/Restoration (DERP) FUDS BRAC Army MMRP Air Force MMRP National Guard NDNODS Inventory Operational Range Support Army Operational Range Assessments National Guard and Army Reserve Operational Range Assessments Range clearances OCONUS Munitions Afghanistan Construction Support Iraq Coalition Munitions Clearance 12
MMRP PROGRAM WORKLOAD In FY08, the MMRP programs included: $ 103.5M Formerly Used Defense Sites (FUDS) $ 73 M Military Munitions Response Program (MMRP) for Army, Air Force and others $ 14 M Operational Range Support for Army and National Guard $ 258 M Iraq and Afghanistan 13
OMAHA DISTRICT MILITARY MUNITIONS DESIGN CENTER 14
OMAHA DISTRICT MILITARY MUNITIONS DESIGN CENTER Organization In-house capabilities Major programs/workload Program trends, challenges, successes Doing business with Omaha MMDC 15
MMDC ORGANIZATION CHART GES Branch ER Branch MEC Projects RESOURCES MEC Projects Design Center Manager MMDC Program/ Project Managers Chief, MMDC Technical Support MMDC Technical Team OE Safety Specialist Geophysicists Chemists IH Specialists MEC Projects MMRP DESIGN CENTER MEC Projects 16
MMDC REACH BACK SUPPORT Safety Office MMRP Design Center MMRP Design Center utilizes other/additional District resources as needed and as is currently done GIS Chemist PM IH Geophysicist Program Analyst Real Estate Legal Contracting PAO ED 17
MMDC IN-HOUSE CAPABILITIES Program/project managers 11 mostly dedicated to MMRP 5 with MMRP projects/experience Reach back support OE Safety Specialists 5 former military EOD rated at UXO Technician II or above Major responsibilities ESS/ESP preparation, MEC work plan review Field safety oversight, MEC clearance QA, and MPPEH certification 18
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MMDC IN-HOUSE CAPABILITIES Technical Staff Geophysicists work plan/report review, geophysical prove out oversight, quality assurance, technical support Chemists work plan/report review, MC DQO development, quality assurance, technical support Risk Assessors work plan/report review, MEC hazard assessments, MC baseline risk assessments Cost Estimators RACER CTCs and IGEs Others historical records reviews, GIS specialists Support Staff Contracting specialists Real estate specialists Public affairs specialists Legal review 20
MMDC PROGRAM GOALS General Meet customers requirements and exceed their expectations Cost-effective, timely, and safe response actions Specific Maximize opportunities to accelerate response actions Minimize investigation and characterization Maximize efforts that lead to response-complete Support use of non-traditional technologies Wide area assessment Airborne geophysics 21
MMRP PROGRAM SUPPORT Formerly Used Defense Sites (FUDS) Army Range Inventory (Army MMRP) Air Force MMRP Operational Range Assessment Program (ORAP) National Guard Bureau s (NGB) Non-DoD Non-Operational Defense Sites Inventory (NDNODS) FY08 funding approximately $55M FY09 projected to be approximately $70M 22
FORMERLY USED DEFENSE SITES (FUDS) Investigation and restoration of DoD contamination at properties owned or leased by DoD before October 1986 Army is agent for all of DoD USACE executes program across all States and Territories 962 SI s to be completed and/or awarded by FY10 Level out year funding of $12.2M Projects located within IMA NW boundaries (except Utah) 23
ARMY RANGE INVENTORY Addresses other than operational ranges (closed, transferred, transferring) Non FUDS and Non BRAC Nationwide effort Site inspections (SI) centrally managed by AEC Program decentralized for beyond SI efforts Currently executing SI/RI efforts at 34 Installations Dynamic funding in out years due to non-captured customers 24
AIR FORCE MMRP Centrally managed by Air Staff Transferring to AFCEE in FY09 Omaha MMDC is service center (along with AFCEE and ANG) Current workload includes CSE Phase II for 49 installations (various levels of completion) CSE Phase I for 37 installations/sites (single contract) HRR for 137 installations/sites (single contract) Various removal actions (i.e. surface clearance, SAR removal, etc) PA s finalized FY07 SI s completed by FY10 25
OPPERATIONAL RANGE ASSESSMENT PROGRAM (ORAP) Program Objective Locate Army s Operational Ranges Determine likelihood of Munitions Constituents migrating off range Utilize only existing data and interviews Nationwide Effort (Army, NGB, Reserves) Virtual teamed with Baltimore MMDC and SPD range support center Army Environmental Command (AEC) is customer Omaha MMDC will assess 134 installations by end of FY09 Out year funding is level but low $1.5M - $2.0M/year 26
NON-DOD NON-OPERATIONAL DEFENSE SITES INVENTORY (NDNODS) Inventory of UXO, DMM, and MC at defense sites (other than operational ranges) Inventory includes 54 states and territories, 398 potential NDNDODS Omaha MMDC responsibility includes 14 states and 202 potential NDNDODS Funding level is low (<$150k in-house per year) 1 0 6 6 4 1 7 1 7 2 1 2 5 6 6 1 4 5 0 2 27
MMRP TRENDS Near term workload should remain steady Potential for growth in MMRP programs PA s completed in FY07 SI s required to be completed by FY10 The traditionally more significant efforts (RI/FS, RD, RA) are still ahead of us, but Projections for beyond SI efforts may be exaggerated 28
MMRP CHALLENGES Internal Not enough time to discuss today Programmic Risk based approach address risk munitions pose, not munitions themselves No MEC-no MC MIS vs discreet General Rights of Entry Contracting Experienced contractors/personnel Over utilization of SB concerns PBC (assumptions can kill you) MRSPP Inexperienced regulators (with unrealistic requirements) Technology limitations Funding 29
MMRP SUCCESSES Highest executing MMRP FUDS District Acceleration of AFMMRP program Development of Wide Area Assessment (WAA) Platforms/sensors/methodologies development from 1998 to 2000 Production use of WAA from 1999 to present Over 1 million acres of SAR/HSI/LiDAR/orthophotography data sets collected to date First to utilize airborne magnetometry for MRS characterization Developed regulatory (CDPHE) approved post removal verification process High customer satisfaction No serious accidents 30
DOING BUSINESS WITH OMAHA MMDC What do you value most in the consultants/contractors that you work with? Jerry s top ten 10. Good attitude 9. Innovative 8. Follow direction 7. Desire to do what s right 6. Technical competency 5. Common sense 4. Responsiveness 3. Anticipate my needs and be ready to respond 2. Think on your own no hand holding 1. TRUST 31
DOING BUSINESS WITH OMAHA MMDC US Army Corps Laundry List Experienced PM s get them in the field more often PM s and tech staff who can develop a munitions response approach that makes sense not that easy!!! Project phase PA, SI, EECA, removal/remedial design, TCRA, NTCRA, TCRA, remedial action, etc. Project dynamics Customer requirements Regulatory requirements Funding Schedule Location Site specific conditions Future land use Approach (s) Visual surveys Geophysical mapping XRF MC sampling Anomaly avoidance Construction support ESS/ESP Surface clearance Intrusive removals 32
DOING BUSINESS WITH OMAHA MMDC Laundry list (con t). Get to know, understand and embrace the MMDC philosophies/approaches and apply them to our projects Get to know and understand the PM you are working for what are their needs and management style - accommodate them Get to know the technical support people, their expertise, strengths and work with them Killers Non-authorized (PM) communications with customers, technical staff, regulators, etc. Reactive, instead of proactive Poor QA of documents, reports, etc. You don t know better than us really Talking modifications the day after we award the contract/task order Cookie cutter approach everything is different almost every time 33
DOING BUSINESS WITH OMAHA MMDC Parting thought The Omaha MMDC believes that it is ok for our contractors to make a reasonable profit and we very much hope that working for us is professionally rewarding and enjoyable 34
THE END Jerry L. Hodgson, P.E. Omaha District Military Munitions Design Center Manager 402.995.2727 jerry.l.hodgson@usace.army.mil 35