Summary
The subject of the present case is the workplan for integrating sustainability into public projects using Envision® by the New York City Department of Design and Construction (DDC), New York’s primary capital construction project manager. Sofia Zuberbuhler-Yafar, RLA, Project Executive of DDC’s Sustainable Infrastructure Unit and her team presented work in progress in the Zofnass workshops of October 2017 and March 2018. The presentations demonstrated an innovative approach in the use of the Envision® toolkit. DDC, through its planned use of Envision, establishes a new standard for project delivery and management. Moreover, “by reforming current City processes and practices that govern planning and construction of public projects, the City would be able to avoid the unnecessary costs they generate; avoided costs could serve as funds available to increase the total number of projects.”
Research director
Prof. Spiro Pollalis
Research core team
Evgenia Hagistavrou, Research Associate
Case study written by
Evgenia Hagistavrou, Research Associate
