CHAP. 2.1 ORGANIZATION AND RESPONSIBILITIES FOR FIELD DESIGN .1 Policies and procedures relating to the assignment of design work to regional offices and the responsibilities of the Chief Engineer in connection with such work are prescribed in Chapter 1.1. .2 Design activities assigned to a region shall be an integrated function of the .3 2.1.1 BASIC RESPONSI- FIELD ORGANI ZATION PATTERN The Regional Engineer, as a staff officer of the Regional Director, is responsible RESPONSIfor direct supervision of the preparation of designs, specifications, and related estimates in the regional office and for technical supervision of this work performed in operating offices. This supervision will be carried out through such means as: A. Directing the activities of the regional office design staff. B. Preparing for approval and promulgation by the Regional Director C. Preparing for the Regional Director correspondence to the Chief Engineer E. Visiting operating offices, reviewing the organization and staffing for F. Providing a technical review of regional and field design activities, with the assistance as required of representatives of the Chief Engineer, for conformance to policies and standards established by the Chief Engineer. G. Coordinating design and specification work performed in the regional office with that performed in operating offices and in the Branch of Design and Construction. H. Being responsible for the progress of design work within the region in relation to program and contractors' requirements and presenting progress data for information or action by the Regional Director. I. Recommending to the Regional Director the organization and staffing for design and specification work in the region. J. Recommending to the Regional Director the reassignment, reclassification, or detailing of design personnel in the region. K. Reviewing proposed work, including extension, repair, replacement, L. Formulating, with the assistance of the Regional Branch of Operation and Maintenance, design standards based upon reasonable operating requirements, to be used in the layout and design of irrigation distribution systems. Rel.57 6/15/51 BILITY OF THE REGIONAL ENGINEER 2.1.4 REDELE- O&M CONSIDERATIONS AFFECTING DESIGN CHANNELS CHAP. 2.1 ORGANIZATION AND RESPONSIBILITIES FOR FIELD DESIGN .4 Where it is desirable to redelegate design and specification work to operating offices, the Regional Engineer should make appropriate recommendations to the Regional Director. The Regional Engineer should base his recommendations upon factors similar to those considered by the Chief Engineer in making the original delegation to the Region. Redelegations of design and specification work by Regional Directors will be made to the heads of operating offices. Whenever such requirements are considered necessary, the redelegation will provide for review and approval of design and specification work by the Regional Engineer, but in all instances the Regional Engineer is responsible for the adequate performance of such work. .5 Chapters 1.3 and 2.12, Volume XVI, emphasize the importance of operation and maintenance experience as a factor in the development of new designs and establish procedures intended to assure that significant operation and maintenance information reaches designers as expeditiously as possible. This information may be of a general character indicating a need for changing wellestablished design practices or it may have only local application to structures and facilities for which preliminary or final designs are to be developed. Regional Engineers have access to both types of information through participation in periodic inspections of structures in service, familiarity with local problems, and day-to-day contact with the other Regional branches and offices and with operating office personnel. When operating experience has demonstrated the need for considering changes in established design practices, such changes should be recommended to the Chief Engineer with a full explanation of the circumstances supporting the recommendation. Operation and maintenance information applicable to specific structures is most effective if included as a part of field data furnished for preliminary or final designs. In reviewing such data, the Regional Engineer should include recommendations of the Regional Branches of Operation and Maintenance, and Power Utilization based upon operating experience either as a part of the submission to the Branch of Design and Construction (see Subparagraph 1.1.5B) or in design instructions to be transmitted to operating office design staffs. Each Region should develop procedures which will assure that operating experience likely to influence future designs is promptly reported to the Regional Engineer. .6 Correspondence related to delegated design work will normally follow administrative lines from the Chief Engineer to the Regional Director, attention Regional Engineer, unless arrangements for direct correspondence with the Regional Engineer have been made with the approval of the Regional Director. Direct communication between the Chief Engineer and the head of an operating office, which is performing delegated design work, is authorized where the contracting authority for the work has been retained by the Chief Engineer. Direct communication by such offices with the Chief Engineer will be restricted to submittals of designs and specifications which are to be reviewed by the Chief Engineer and other technical design matters not relating to programing of work, organization, staffing, or other administrative considerations. Copies of direct communications, exclusive of attached data, shall be furnished to the Regional Director and, where applicable, to the District Manager. Supersedes 11/2/50 Interior - Reclamation - Denver, Colo. 2.2.4 DRAWINGS (Cont.) REPORT OF DELEGATED DESIGN WORK (L25) CHAP. 2.2 ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURES FOR FIELD DESIGN Engineer in duplicate. The procedure to be used for signing drawings is shown .4 Estimate and Report of Delegated Design Work (L25) has been designed for CROSS .5 References to other parts of the Manual are as follows: REFERENCES Rel.41 2/12/51 |