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Columbia County explains preconstruction steps for road projects
Summary
A county public-relations video outlines how Columbia County’s preconstruction team turns long-term road plans into buildable projects, covering funding, engineering design, right-of-way acquisition, utility permitting and the role of the Board of Commissioners.
Columbia County’s preconstruction manager, Rich Wyatt, outlined how the county turns long-term road plans into buildable projects in a county-produced video interview.
“Preconstruction really is the idea of really converting a long term vision … and really converting that into, building it,” Wyatt said, describing the office’s role from identifying funding through handing plans over to the road construction team. He said the process typically begins by identifying funding sources and hiring an engineering firm to design the work alongside an in-house preconstruction engineer.
The county’s approach emphasizes early conflict identification, Wyatt said: having a preconstruction engineer and…
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