The Scope of Services includes, but is not limited to: interagency coordination,
coordination with MBTA Engineering & Maintenance, coordination with Subway
Operations, Power, Signal and Communications for track access and for joint inspections
as may be required, coordination with MBTA Railroad Operations and Amtrak, review of
existing tunnel inspection reports, review of drawings and maintenance records for both
the operational and functional elements of the tunnels, research and data gathering,
conducting inspection and rating of tunnel elements, load rating of tunnel elements (where
applicable), identifying and reporting on critical elements encountered during inspections,
input of tunnel condition and rating reports in 4D format consistent with the reporting
requirements for the National Transit Database (NTD) and MBTA Trapeze Asset
Management Database, submission of tunnel inspection reports with recommendations,
submission of tunnel load rating reports with recommendations and cost estimate, and
providing limited structural repair design to support tunnel repairs.