Initial Review of the Project

The B&C Project Engineer handling a project will promptly look-over the project documents and specifications upon receipt to determine if anything new or unusual is involved. Informal questions or comments will be discussed directly with the cognizant customer Engineer and then is noted in the project records. An essential function of this initial review is to determine whether or not all necessary information is available to properly estimate or proceed with the work.

OC3 Fiber Management System

ACI Rack System

Customer Relations

It is expected that the customer will gather and forward to B&C data from third parties such as other railroads, regulatory agencies, contractors, etc where need in connection with a specific job. Verbal and written communications between the customer will generally be handled by the B&C project engineer except when it is necessary to desirable for the engineer(s) to directly communicate with the appropriate customer representative. Note that the overall responsibility for the correct and timely completion of the project remains vested with the B&C project engineer.

Estimating

The B&C Project Engineer will prepare estimates of engineering cost using agreed-upon norms for labor, materials, overhead, etc. for all change orders and additional work. In the event that an accurate estimate cannot be prepared with the information at-hand, the B&C project manager will promptly advise the customer's engineer as to the reasons why and what alternatives if any might be considered.

Video Recording System

Specialized Power Supply

Typical and Standards

To the greatest extent possible, designs will be based on templates derived from customer typicals and other applicable standards. The project engineer working with the assistance of the design team will develop these templates. new or revised templates will be submitted to the customer for review.

Likewise, the customer will promptly advise B&C of approved, desired, or anticipated changes in their standards.

Design

Design work will commence once notice to proceed has been received from the customer in accordance with an agreed-upon set of priorities and deliverables schedules. Emergencies will be handled at the project engineers discretion. Experienced persons under the direct supervision of the B&C project engineer will perform design work not performed by the project engineer him/herself. Routine questions developed during the course of design work will first be referred to the project engineer before they are presented to the customer.

The designer will consider all aspects of the system including power consumption and distribution.

Vital Net Ring System