CAPITAL COMMITTEE MEETING
THURSDAY, MARCH 5, 2026
2310 BROENING HIGHWAY
BALTIMORE, MARYLAND 21224
CAPITAL COMMITTEE MONTHLY MEETING March 5, 2026 – 9:00 AM
This meeting will be livestreamed on the MDTA Capital Committee Page NOTE: This is an Open Meeting being conducted via livestreaming. The public is welcome to watch the meeting at the link listed above. If you wish to comment on an agenda item, please email your name, affiliation, and the agenda item to gsteffe@mdta.state.md.us no later than 3:00 p.m. on Monday, March 2, 2026. You MUST pre-register in order to comment . Once you have pre-registered you will receive an email with all pertinent information . AGENDA OPEN SESSION – 9:00 a.m. Call Meeting to Order 1. Approval - Open Session Meeting Minutes Chairman 5 mins of February 5, 2026
2. Approval - BB-3025-0000 Cleaning and Painting Ruel Sabellano Structural Steel at the Eastbound Bay Bridge 3. Approval - MDTA 2024-04 SBR Comprehensive Carl Chamberlin
5 mins
5 mins
Project Planning and Miscellaneous Consulting Services
4. Update – HB-3001 Cleaning, Painting and
Nafiz Alqasem Kelly Harper
10 mins
Miscellaneous Structural Repairs at the Hatem Bridge
Vote to Adjourn Meeting
SUBJECT TO CHANGE, REVISIONS TO BE PUBLISHED
2/26/26
TAB 1
MARYLAND TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY CAPITAL COMMITTEE MEETING THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 2026 OPEN MEETING VIA LIVESTREAMING
OPEN SESSION
MEMBERS ATTENDING:
Mario J. Gangemi - Chairman Samuel D. Snead William H. Cox, Jr. Maricela Cordova Bruce Gartner Greg Brown
STAFF ATTENDING:
Ishtiaque Tunio Tekeste Amare Natalie Henson Mary O’Keeffe Kendra Joseph Patricia Tracey Pilar Helm
Megan Mohan Cheryl Sparks Jeffrey P. Davis Timothy Sheets Nafiz Alqasem Ruel Sabellano Ganine Steffe Elizabeth Zito-Lynch
Member Gangemi called the meeting of the Maryland Transportation Authority (MDTA) Capital Committee to order at 9:00 a.m. The meeting was held via video conference and livestreamed on the MDTA Board Meeting web page. APPROVAL - OPEN SESSION MEETING MINUTES OF JANUARY 8, 2026 Upon motion by Member Cordova and seconded by Member Snead, the Open Session meeting minutes of the Capital Committee’s meeting held on January 8, 2026, were unanimously approved. APPROVAL – MDTA 2024-04 A STRUCTURES INSPECTION PROGRAM & MISC. ENGINEERING SERVICES Mr. Sabellano presented this request to seek recommended contingent approval from the Capital Committee to present MDTA 2024-04 A Structures Inspection Program & Miscellaneous Engineering Services to the full MDTA Board for award at its next scheduled meeting.
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This project seeks to award up to five (5) contracts to consultant engineering firms to perform routine condition inspection, reporting, design, non-destructive testing including load and laboratory testing and instrumentation, asset management and health monitoring, and project management services, under the jurisdiction of MDTA. Such services are necessary to ensure that all MDTA's assets are safe and in good working order and condition. Facility wide assets under this contract, include but are not limited to, signature bridges, workhorse bridges, tunnels, tunnel ventilation buildings including the mechanical/electrical/HVAC and plumbing systems. The inspections scope also includes, buildings, roadways, drainage structures, roadways, roadway lighting, ancillary structures, truck weigh scale systems, toll system gantries, noise walls and retaining walls, and traffic safety features including Dynamic Message Signage, cameras and poles, and other related appurtenances. The first two contracts, AE-3143 for Rummel, Klepper & Kahl/Modjeski & Masters and AE- 3144 for AECOM Technical Services/Wallace, Montgomery were approved by the Committee during the January 8, 2026, meeting. This item seeks approval for the remaining three contracts. Upon motion by Member Cox and seconded by Member Snead, the Members unanimously recommended contingent approval of MDTA 2024-04 A Structures Inspection Program & Miscellaneous Engineering Services for the last three contracts to Hardesty & Hanover LLC, Stantec Consulting Services, Inc./WSP USA, Inc., and Greenman-Pedersen, Inc. and present a contingent approval recommendation for award to the full MDTA Board at its next scheduled meeting.
APPROVAL – FT-3027-0000R2 ZONE CLEANING AND PAINTING OF VARIOUS BOX GIRDER BRIDGES ON I-95 AND I-395
Mr. Alqasem presented this request to seek recommended contingent approval from the Capital Committee to present FT-3027-0000R2 Zone Cleaning and Painting of Various Box Girder Bridges on I-95 and I-395 to the full MDTA Board for award at its next scheduled meeting. The work to be performed under this Contract is located on the Fort McHenry Tunnel Facility. The scope of work includes cleaning and painting structural steel box girders and performing miscellaneous structural steel repairs on various bridges on I-95 and I- 395.
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Upon motion by Member Cox and seconded by Member Snead, the Members unanimously recommended contingent approval of FT-3027-0000R2 Zone Cleaning and Painting of various Box Girder Bridges on I-95 and I-395 to Titan Industrial Services, Inc. and present a contingent approval recommendation for award to the full MDTA Board at its next scheduled meeting. There being no further business, the meeting of the MDTA Capital Committee was adjourned by consensus at 9:20 a.m. following a motion by Member Cox and seconded by Member Cordova. The next meeting of the MDTA Capital Committee is scheduled for Thursday, March 5, 2026, at 9:00 am. This meeting will be virtually conducted via livestream.
APPROVED AND CONCURRED IN:
_________________________________________ Mario J. Gangemi, Chairman
TAB 2
CAPITAL COMMITTEE PROJECT SUMMARY BB-3025-0000 - Cleaning and Painting Structural Steel at the Eastbound Bay Bridge (Phase 1)
PIN NUMBER CONTRACT NUMBER CONTRACT TITLE
2679 BB-3025-0000 Cleaning and Painting Structural Steel at the Eastbound Bay Bridge (Phase 1)
PROJECT SUMMARY
The work under this contract (Phase 1) includes providing all necessary labor, equipment, materials, and incidentals required to clean and paint structural steel on select eastbound portions of the William Preston Lane, Jr. Memorial (Bay) Bridge. The work will focus on deck truss spans T14 through T22, which have recently undergone deck replacement.
SCHEDULE
ADVERTISEMENT DATE
($)
11/20/2025
ANTICIPATED NOTICE TO PROCEED DATE
Advertised GOAL (%)
Proposed GOAL (%)
Apr-26
DURATION (CALENDER DAYS)
MBE PARTICIPATION
730
OVERALL MBE
18.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 1.00%
18.01% 1.58% 0.65% 0.00% 15.78% 1.00%
AFRICAN AMERICAN ASIAN AMERICAN HISPANIC AMERICAN
WOMEN
VSBE
ENGINEER'S ESTIMATE (EE)
$48,601,932.00
BID RESULTS
BID AMOUNT ($)
% VARIANCE TO EE
BID PROTEST
YES
NO ☒
Blastech Enterprises
$45,941,500.00 $53,751,599.00 $58,886,250.00 $81,164,031.45
-5% 10% 21% 66%
Titan Industrial Services, Inc. Southern Road & Bridge LLC. Liberty Maintenance, Inc.
FUNDING SOURCE
100% TOLL REVENUE
TAB 3
CAPITAL COMMITTEE PROJECT SUMMARY
Contract No. MDTA 2024-05 SBR COMPREHENSIVE PROJECT PLANNING AND MISCELLANEOUS CONSULTING SERVICES
PIN NUMBER
N/A
CONTRACT NUMBER
MDTA 2024-05
CONTRACT TITLE
SBR COMPREHENSIVE PROJECT PLANNING AND MISCELLANEOUS CONSULTING SERVICES
PROJECT SUMMARY
The requested services are for a Small Business Reserve (SBR) contract. The Consultants will be required to perform services that will include but not be limited to; project planning, environmental services, design services and miscellaneous consulting services as directed by MDTA. Assignments may include but are not limited to: providing travel demand modeling services; design services; developing secondary and cumulative effects analyses; conducting public involvement activities to completing environmental documents meeting the requirements of the National Environmental Policy Act or the Maryland Environmental Policy Act, as applicable to MDTA projects. The proposals were ranked based on: Key personel, work plan, sample assignment, similar projects, subconsultant commitments, and financial responsibility.
CONTRACT NUMBER
CONTRACT AMOUNT
PROPOSERS
SCHEDULE
February 18, 2025
ADVERTISEMENT DATE ANTICIPATED NTP DATE
The Wilson T. Ballard Company AE-3131-0000 $3,500,000.00
May 30, 2026 Five (5) years
Blackwater Environmental Group
N/A N/A N/A
N/A N/A N/A
DURATION/TERM
Vision Solutions, LLC
Bithgroup Technologies, Inc.
PROTEST
YES
NO
MBE PARTICIPATION
WTB
BEG
VS
BT
ADVERTISED GOAL (%)
PROPOSED GOAL (%)
PROPOSED GOAL (%)
PROPOSED GOAL (%)
PROPOSED GOAL (%)
MBE PARTICIPATION
OVERALL MBE*
13.00%
13.00%
24.50%
50.00%
30.00%
VSBE
1.00%
1.00%
3.00%
5.00%
5.00%
*no subgoals were approved for the procurement
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AE Planning Contract Budgets
10
9
8
7
6
5
4
3
2
1
0
AE 3045
AE 3046
AE 3047
AE3048
Budget (Millions)
% total budget committed
Notes:
- Data current as of January 2026 - Completion date for AE-3045 & AE-3048 – 9/30/2025 - Completion date for AE-3046 & AE-3047 – 7/30/2025 - AE-3048 is a Small Business Reserve (SBR) contract
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Hatem Bridge Cleaning, Painting & Structural Repair Project Bridge Coatings Overview by Nafiz Alqasem, PE Deputy Director of Project Development Construction Update by Kelly Harper, PMP, CCM, SSPC-C3 Deputy Director of Construction Office of Engineering & Construction
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BRIDGE COATINGS OVERVIEW
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Evaluation Phase Testing Protocol During Field Evaluation:
Corrosion – Isolated or scattered Adhesion – Failure between coats or substrate Chalking Brittleness of coating
Film thickness (Destructive & Non-Destructive) Coating identification (Alkyd, Epoxy, Vinyl, etc.) for potential overcoat projects Heavy Metals (Lead, Cadmium, Chromium) Surrounding environment Matching the right system to the environment - humidity, etc. (OZ/E/U, Moisture cured systems)
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Design Phase Specification Development Containment
Surface preparation Coatings application Stripe Coating
(Primer & Intermediate Coats) Special provision/Plan Notes – Document unique situations, hard to reach/inaccessible/ limited access areas, utilities, and Railroads – How will the contract address these areas? Defined QC/QA Warranties – 1yr., 2yr., etc.
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Bridge Coatings Overview Coating Systems 3 Coat System: Zinc Primer, Epoxy Intermediate, Urethane topcoat (Total Removal) 2 Coat System: Zinc primer, Polysiloxane or Polyaspartic topcoat Moisture Cured Urethanes System. Penetrating Sealers, Epoxy, Urethane (Overcoating, repairs)
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Bridge Coatings Overview
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Bridge Coatings Overview
The Breakdown for Average Costs: Containment and surface prep (65% - 70%) Material and application of three coat system (30% - 35%)
This does not include maintenance of traffic, mobilization, and other incidentals.
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Project Details
LOCATION: SUSQUEHANNA RIVER
TIMELINE: 700 DAYS
SCOPE: CLEAN, REPAIR & PAINT
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Project Goals
Preserve Structural Integrity
Enhance Aesthetics
Extend Life of Infrastructure
Ensure Safety
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Paint Process Abrasive Blast/Prime Perform Prescribed Repair Apply Stripe Coat Apply Intermediate Coat Apply Topcoat/Touch-up
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Land Acc ess
11
Water Acc ess
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Samples of Steel Repairs Performed
The Hatem Bridge has 29 different types of Steel Repairs prescribed. Type 8 – Cantilevered Crossbeam Strengthening Type 15 – Replace Hinge Above Pier
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Sample of Steel Repairs (cont.)
Type 20 – Replacing Gusset plate connection to floor beam
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Past Summer Activities: Paint crews abrasive blasted and primed Main Truss Spans (19-21) and Eastside Girder Spans (42-45) and Simple Beam Spans (46-51) and completed prescribed steel repairs . Current Activities & Upcoming Activities: All contract steel repairs are now completed, with 2 incidentally found repairs being worked on now . Intermediate Coat being applied to Span 16 with finish coat to follow as ambient conditions allow; platforms/access fencing to be dismantled .
Recent Progress
Work is 97% complete on the project; Time at 87% (Ahead)
Award Amount: $56,861,520.00 Paid to Date: $55,226,424.84
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Thank you kharper2@mdta.state.md.us
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