Case Study 01
Resolving 7,000+ Plinth Fastener Non-Conformances Without Delaying Project Completion
Fasteners inspected, documented &
repaired
Corridor assessed under structured
procedure
Schedule impact from resolution
THE CHALLENGE
Late in construction of the $2.2 billion Crenshaw/LAX Light Rail project, plinth fastener non-conformances were identified across the corridor — a condition affecting thousands of individual fasteners along eight miles of track. With the project approaching completion, an unstructured response risked exactly what the program could not afford: open-ended rework, an unmanageable documentation burden, and schedule delay on a high-visibility public program.
THE APPROACH
A1MI developed a structured assessment and resolution procedure covering the full corridor. Every affected fastener was individually inspected, documented, and dispositioned under a defined workflow — creating a complete, traceable record tying each repair to its inspection and acceptance.
Rather than treating the issue as thousands of isolated defects, A1MI managed it as a single controlled program: standardized inspection criteria, batch tracking by corridor segment, and disposition logic agreed with the owner and design-builder up front, so resolution didn't stall in case-by-case debate.
THE OUTCOME
More than 7,000 fasteners were inspected, documented, and repaired under the structured procedure, with the full eight-mile corridor assessed. The non-conformance was resolved with zero impact to the project completion schedule — and the complete documentation record supported final acceptance without reopening the issue at closeout.
