Wisconsin Dept. Of Transportation 2010 Contractor-Engineer Conference

1. Wisconsin Dept. Of Transportation 2010 Contractor-Engineer Conference Damien Barr, ARM-P, CRIS, CSE- Manager of Risk Management, Wisconsin Department of Transportation (608) 267-7722

2. Areas of Discussion • History of WisDOT OCIP’s • Claim Statistics • State of OCIP’s for WisDOT • What WisDOT has learned from using OCIP’s • Unique aspects of WisDOT OCIP’s

3. History of WisDOT OCIP’s • Marquette Interchange: • $850M in design/construction • Four prime contracts (north leg, south leg, west leg, core) • Four year construction period • Commitment to completing in 4 years • Complex, multi-level bridge construction • Very high traffic volumes in the work zone • High pedestrian traffic • Rivers

4. Marquette Safety Record • 525 total WC claims • 83 claims temporary disability • 229 claims medical only • 213 GL claims • 0 Fatalities • 212 GL Claims • 104 Compensable • 1 Major (MPS Property Damage) • No Catastrophic • No Multi-vehicle collisions • No Deaths

5. History of WisDOT OCIP’s • I-94 North-South Freeway: • Total Est. project cost 1.9 billion • Construction started in 2009 through projected 2016 • Corridor spans about 35 miles • Seventeen service interchanges • Mitchell Interchange Est. project cost 330 million • Mitchell Interchange- Junction with I-43 and I-894

6. History of WisDOT OCIP’s • US-41 Corridor: • Est. total project cost 1.6 Billion • Construction started in 2009 estimated through 2015 • Reconstruction of highway • Reconstruction of interchanges • Corridor spans over 31 miles • Construction over water • Railroad exposures

7. OCIP Claim Summary from 2/1/2009 to12/31/2009 I-94- Workers Compensation: 41 claims General Liability: 23 claims Builders Risk: 0 claims US-41 Workers Compensation: 8 claims General Liability: 2 claims Builders Risk: 0 claims

8. Next projected OCIP’s • ZOO Interchange: • At this point of time: Est. total project cost 650 Million • Corridor spans about seven miles • Est. start date of construction ……..? • Unique risks involved- Railroad crossings and electrical sub-stations

9. State of OCIP’s for WisDOT • The Project size (Min: 100 Million) • Location • Technical complexity • Risk/Exposures

10. What have we learned? • OCIP’s are applicable to Highway Construction • OCIPs are still somewhat new/unique to highway construction contractors • Administration process can be burdensome • Safety and Claims Management is greatly enhanced • Communication and Partnership with contractors is critical

11. Unique elements to WisDOT OCIP • WisDOT/WTBA/Contractors partnership: • Established Safety/Risk/Risk management sub-committees • Established a 4-hours OCIP training program, required for all supervisory personnel other that the OSHA 10 hour • Safety incident trending meeting with contractors • Quarterly claims meeting open to all contractors • Open ad-hoc meeting between myself/WTBA and contractors

12. Unique elements to WisDOT OCIP’s • Drug & alcohol testing (pre-work, random, suspicion, post-accident) • Best practices vs. OSHA • Penalties for non-compliance (Safety and Return to Work) • Return to Work requirements • NCCO certification required for cranes 75 tons or larger • 100% fall prevention/protection at 6 feet • Unique truck driver requirements • Staffing requirements • 1 non-working safety person 30 or more workers combined • 2 non-working safety personnel for 100+ workers combined

13. Questions?