TEXAS HOUSING ASSISTANCE PROGRAM - HURRICANE RITA REHABILITATION AND RECONSTRUCTION PROJECTS

In the wake of Hurricane Rita, the Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs (TDHCA) received an appropriation from the HUD CDBG Program for repairing and reconstructing housing damaged by the storm. TDHCA hired ACS, Inc. and the Shaw Group as program managers to administer $190MM in disaster recovery funds along the Texas Gulf Coast. Known as THAP Round 2 locally due to how the funds were allocated, the program managers solicited, hired, and directed JWTC on rehabilitating and reconstructing homes in the disaster area.

The $190MM program received over 2,000 individual applicants with a construction split of 1,900 reconstruction and 290 rehabilitation projects. JWTC was selected as a pre-qualified contractor based on our capability and experience with both rehabilitation and reconstruction services and our experience with HUD CDBG programs. All construction projects were awarded individually and required to be completed within a 90-day schedule. JWTC’s average construction time was the best of all contractors participating in the program, with an average 17 days.

The majority of the projects in the area were awarded to low-income and elderly residents, requiring special considerations in terms of accessibility for older adults and care in handling the needs of lower-income groups.

The project scope included developing scopes of work for individual projects, bidding and documentation, implementation of a data management system, conducting site visits, building code review, preparing bid packages and bidding, attending pre-bid conferences, contract awards, attending pre-construction conferences, conducting necessary construction, submitting invoices for progress payments, project closeout, and homeowner evaluations.

LOCATION:
Gulf Coast Counties, Texas

CLIENT:
Aptim (Formerly CB&I Capital Services, formerly The Shaw Group)

PROJECT DURATION:
2007-2009