Acts as liaison between consultant firms, contractors, regulators, and citizen groups; Works with consultant administration and inspection staff in overseeing construction practices, recommending/approving changes, and scheduling City Utility operations; Informs, recommends changes, and addresses citizen concerns; Represents City at progress meetings, schedules final inspections, and submits project close-out items including Notification of Acceptance; Represents Construction Section at neighborhood public awareness meetings prior to project start-up; Issues an award of contracts and accepts construction projects upon completion; Recommends major changes and approves minor changes to designs during construction; Manages and coordinates construction project activities with other City departments, businesses, utility companies, contractors, developers, consultants, citizens, and state and federal organizations; Prepares and writes specifications and contract documents for projects of limited scope, including preparing bid documents, advertising for bid, compiling bid results, and council reports. Administers the pavement management program, creates and directs roadway preventative maintenance forecasts and rehabilitation strategies; Oversees the pavement rehabilitation program including development of the annual paving list; Oversees the work of the pavement overlay, guardrail replace, drainage, and sidewalk contractors; Oversees the Citys pavement inventory program using GIS, database (VDOT Contracted Data Collection), and Lucity; Coordinates with City departments and local agencies regarding pavement issues; and performs related duties as required; Develops annual work plans for guardrail installation and sidewalk replacement and repair; Coordinates inspections of city streets with VDOT personnel and responds when all repairs have been completed; Conducts sidewalk and retaining wall evaluation and repairs.