Quality Assurance

Mission

To improve the quality of construction contracts by adding value in the design phase, construction phase, and post-construction phase.


Primary Functions

  • Constructability Reviews – perform constructability plan and specification reviews during all phases (Study/30%/60%/90%/100%) of design

  • Value Engineering Program – manage, track and administer the State Value Engineering Program for both consultant and in-house VE analyses

  • Construction Project Closeout – track performance metrics and process the closeout of all Construction projects

  • Records Examining – perform final project record audits of all Construction projects and perform intermediate project record audits for Construction projects over $25 million


Secondary Functions

  • Construction Manual Committee – maintain and revise the Construction Manual to reflect changes to specifications, design manuals, and Standard Operating Procedures

  • Lessons Learned, Best Practices – solicit feedback from Construction, Maintenance, and Design units in order to improve plans, specifications, manuals, and business practices

  • Standard Specification Committee – maintain, update, and create Standard Specifications, Owned Special Provisions, Directives, Guidance Documents, and Standard Drawings

 

Requests for additional information should be addressed to:


Edwin F. Rodriguez, P.E.
Transportation Supervising Engineer
State Value Engineering Coordinator
Email: edwin.f.rodriguez@ct.gov
Phone: (860) 594-3227

 

Constructability Reviews and Construction Manual Revisions

Donna L. Salzillo
Transportation Engineer 3
Email: donna.salzillo@ct.gov
Phone: (860) 594-2718

 

Records Examining

Lynn M. Szkoda
Transportation Engineer 3
Email: Lynn.Szkoda@ct.gov
Phone: (860) 594-3270

 

Value Engineering and Post Construction Reviews

Luis A. Garcia-Altagracia
Transportation Engineer 3
Email: luis.garcia-altagracia@ct.gov
Phone: (860) 594-2661

 

Final Project Closeout and Performance Metrics

Susan Orsini
Transportation Engineer 2
Email: susan.orsini@ct.gov
Phone: (860) 594-2691