| | September 20198IN MY OPINIONKerrie Romanow, Director and Chief Sustainability Officer, City of San JoséByTHE ROLE OF TEAMWORK IN DELIVERING SUCCESSFUL CAPITAL PROGRAMSBuilding a strong and collaborative team is essential to delivering successful capital programs, especially when they involve large and complex projects at a working facility.The City of San José has experienced this firsthand as part of a $1.4 billion, 10-year Capital Improvement Program (CIP) to upgrade the San José-Santa Clara Regional Wastewater Facility (RWF),operated by the San José Environmental Services Department (ESD). The RWF serves more than 1.4 million residents and 17,000 businesses in a 300-square-mile area in Silicon Valley and has operated 24/7 since 1956.The CIP, which currently has more than $200 million of projects in construction, involves multiple City departments, a program consultant and contractors– all of whom must work as a cohesive unit to ensure work safety, uninterrupted service and project delivery.
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