Advantages
DPW Facilities
New Building
- Optimum program
- Healthy environment
- Lower utility costs, less maintenance
- Shared common areas (conference rooms, meeting rooms, bathrooms,
breakrooms)
- Energy efficiencies and sustainability (building shell, photovoltaic array,
green roof, water collection, electric car spaces)
- Savings in construction general conditions
- Optimum construction timeline — less operational disruption
Operations
- Unified personnel, equipment, resources
- Collaboration and communication between departments
- Cross-training
- Consolidated staff
- Work planning/staffing efficiencies
- Operational efficiencies, oversite and safety
- Purchasing efficiencies
- Inventory control
- Long-term plan for garage/equipment/storage/maintenance
- Most economical approach
- Improved employee morale
