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PUC reports WESIP construction momentum, flags soft-cost increases and environmental permitting risks

San Francisco Public Utilities Commission · May 25, 2010
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PUC staff reported progress across WESIP projects — $210M completed locally, $1.1B in regional construction — but warned of soft-cost increases, a $12M variance on the Harry Tracy project and schedule risks due to environmental permits and migratory-nest discoveries.

The San Francisco Public Utilities Commission received its WESIP (water and related infrastructure) quarterly update, which showed significant movement into construction but also new cost and schedule pressures.

Julie Labonte, presenting the third-quarter report, said 31 of 40 local projects are in construction or completed, with $210 million of local projects finished. Regionally, the value of projects in construction rose to approximately $1.1 billion and additional projects moved into bid and award stages. Labonte said the program is ‘‘marching steadily towards 50%…

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