OC O&M - Engineering
The Engineering Support Section of the Operations and Maintenance Division provides
engineering services and support to the maintenance functions of the division. These
services include providing recommendations for maintaining and improving a variety
of Operations And Maintenance facilities including streets, sidewalks, and curbs
and gutters access ramps, sidewalk, channels and culverts, bridges, trails and park
facilities. The section is responsible for maintaining inventories of the pavement
condition using the OCPMS (Orange County Pavement Management System), the street
inventory (Road Index) and the sign inventory through the TCDI (Traffic Control
Device Inventory).
The section prepares plans and specifications for Operations And Maintenance improvements
and maintenance for many of the facilities mentioned previously. This section ensures
that private and public developments conform to adopted County standards through
comprehensive permit and plan review. The section also responds to request from
Underground Service Alert (USA) for the locating of traffic signal conduit and loops
for County maintained traffic signals. An inventory of the street lights is also
maintained and the section responds to inquires regarding new street lights.
Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) qualifying projects within the County
are processed through Engineering, and oversight of the County dams and any related
issues regarding them are also handled by this section.
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