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New capital delivery department aims to speed 2022 bond work; leaders stress communication and cost estimating
Summary
City staff outlined the new Capital Delivery Department, splitting project delivery from maintenance, and emphasized priorities: deliver bond projects on time and within budget, improve stakeholder communication and standardize cost estimating.
San Antonio officials on Aug. 27 described a reorganization that will split large capital project delivery from ongoing maintenance, creating a standalone Capital Delivery Department to manage voter-approved bond programs and other major projects.
"We're going to wake up and go to sleep every day focused on this," said Mike Shannon, introduced as the capital delivery department director. He told council the new department will include 188 positions and oversee roughly $222 million in capital operating budget items in the coming fiscal year. Shannon said the department's top priorities are completing projects on time and within budget, improving communications with stakeholders and refining cost…
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