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Council debates hiring project manager, explores general-manager approach to cut costs on large capital projects
Summary
Council reviewed a request for an engineering construction project manager (top step $129,000) and discussed using a general-manager model for large capital projects to potentially reduce total project costs.
Council reviewed a request to add a project manager to engineering to focus on the construction phase of capital projects, and discussed a separate model — hiring a general manager or construction manager for large projects — that could capture savings by separately tendering specialty work.
Megan (staff member) told council that engineering staff are “pretty overloaded” and that a construction-focused project manager would help move projects through construction more…
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