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Chair Mayor Zehr and Members of the Audit Committee
November 26, 2007
Rob Browning, General Manager DTS
Rob Browning, General Manager DTS
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November 22, 2007
DTS 07-190
AUDIT OF ENGINEERING PROJECTS
RECOMMENDATION:
That Council receive this interim report for information.
BACKGROUND:
Earlier in 2007, Council requested staff to undertake an audit of two engineering projects,
namely the Victoria Street reconstruction and the Joseph-Gaukel reconstruction. Concerns
expressed included but not limited to cost overruns, project timing and project methodology. It
was anticipated that by examining these two projects, the City could improve its performance on
capital projects such as these.
REPORT:
In accordance with the City of Kitchener purchasing policy, MMM Group was retained to
conduct a review of the two afore mentioned projects. The consultants have conducted a
document review, interviewed staff and one of the consulting firms used on the projects. They
have provided the City with an interim draft report of their findings. The report is attached for
your review.
Staff expects that the final report will be completed in early January, 2008 and the consultants
will provide an overview of their findings at the next Audit Committee meeting.
FINANCIAL IMPLICATIONS:
To be reported with the final report.
COMMUNICATIONS:
None at this time.
CONCLUSION:
The interim report is intended as information at this time. It is in draft form and is subject to
revision before it is in final form.
Rob Browning, General Manager, DTS
Grant Murphy, Director, Engineering
City of Kitchener Engineering Audit:
Victoria Street and Joseph/Gaukel Streets Projects
Project No. 19-07032
Table of Contents
A. INTROD U CTI ON .................................................................
.......... 2
Appendix A - Chronologie
Streets Projects
A.1 B a c kg r 0 un d .............................................................................. . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 2
A.2 Sco pe..................................................................................................... .......... 2
A.3 Methodology .................................................................... ............. ...... 3
A.4 History of Joseph/Gaukel Streets Project....................... ....................4
B. A UD IT FOCAL AREAS .................................
B.1 Soil Testing and Methodology ............................
B.2 Consultant Selection ....................................
B.3 Project Cost Estimating..........................~
B.4 Site Management.................................
B.5 Project Performance Monitoring.
B.6 Project Risk Assessment and Mitiga
B.7 Other Project Management e
C. RECOMMENDATIONS.......
.... ....................7
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ictoria treet Project and the Joseph/Gaukel
of Kitchener Teleconference Nov. 9,2007
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Victoria Street and Joseph/Gaukel Streets Projects
Project No. 19-07032
A. INTRODUCTION
A.1 Background
In 2002 and 2003, the City of Kitchener undertook two projects in the City's downtown
area:
. the Victoria Street project which comprised the upgrading of
underground services and reconstruction of the roadway for seve
Park Street to King and Park Street from Devon Street to the CN
. the conceptual and detailed design and contract administr
Entrance.
olic tendering
esign and tender
Both projects were initially awarded to design Consultan
process. Consultants were retained oy the City to co
packages and provide oversight during construction.
Upon commencement of construction, ooth ediately encountered issues
related to soil contamination within the pro hrough the later stages,
additional project scope was added to ist acts for the reconstruction of
neighoouring streets. City staff were d on eral occasions to request council
approval for additional funds to increase of services for the Consultants and
Contractors.
A.2 Scope
lated with the scope of these projects, City Staff faced
ot limited to schedule and financing. As a result, the
) to undertake an engineering audit using the Victoria
e treet projects as examples to identify ooth strengths and
ents in the City's engineering project management processes
completion. The City's processes were evaluated under four
outlined oy the Project Management Institute (PMI).
g audit scope specifically examined evidence of the City's processes used
during th ctoria and/or Joseph/Gaukel Street projects (not including Phases 3 and 4 -
Cleanup a 44 Gaukel Street and the Environmental Risk Management). In particular,
the audits will focus on the following areas:
. Soil testing and methodology for identification of hazardous and non-
hazardous materials
. Proj ect management
o Consultant selection
o Project cost estimating
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o Project risk assessment and mitigation
o Site management
o Project monitoring
It should oe noted that a detailed forensic audit and root cause analyses for the two
projects is oeyond the scope of this assignment.
A.3 Methodology
Early in the work program, it was identified that City staff w
aoout either projects were no longer employed oy the Cit
had knowledge of the Joseph/Gaukel Street project, howev
in the final construction phase (Phase 3) of the projec
ledgeaole
of City staff
oeen involved
Standard auditing methodology was used to determine the strengths and
improvement in the City's project management processes. These
interviewing staff and evaluation of availaole project documentatio
In order complete gaps in project knowled
Managers from each proj ect prime consul
turnover, only the Project Manager fr
availaole to corrooorate some aspect
conducted on the Victoria Street proje
Consultant (McCormick Rankin) the Cit
s of the respective Project
ted. Again due to staff
aukel prime consultant was
o interviews were aole to oe
e proj ect managers from ooth the
e no longer availaole.
There was limited underst
Victoria Street project.
used on the Joseph/ Gauke
could oe ootained from the processes used on the
, the directed the audit oe focused on the processes
s Proj ect.
. 2007, a project kick-off meeting was held at the City offices.
approach MMM would take in completing the assignment was
As part of the kick-off meeting, initial interviews with City
staff on the City's processes were conducted. The following City
re in attendance:
Roo Browning
o Grant Murphy, P. Eng.
o Steve Allen, P. Eng.
o Jim Oakley, C.E.T.
o Jim Ellerman, C.E.T.
o Greg McTaggart, C.Tech.
. With assistance from City staff, MMM has ootained and reviewed various
documents retrieved from the City's project files. These documents were used to
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Project No. 19-07032
develop a high-level chronology of the project's lifecycle. Appendix' A' contains
the two project chronologies.
. A generic project management process outline was developed to guide the audit
process (Appendix B). The audit was to ultimately seek oojective evidence of the
processes used oy the City under the following four areas:
o Planning
o Execution
o Controlling
o Close out
. Due to the limited numoer of staff associated with the p
City staff were conducted to ootain insight in the City
policies on Nov. 9, 2007 (Appendix C). The followi
o Roo Browning
o Grant Murphy, P. Eng.
o Steve Allen, P. Eng.
o Jim Oakley, C.E.T.
o Jim Ellerman, C.E.T.
o Eric Saunderson, ??
o Kathleen Reinert
. Interview with the City's
Duane Litner of MTE w
procedures as it relate
Joseph/Gaukel Streets Project, Mr.
to investigate the City's practices and
nsultant on Nov. 16,2007.
A.4 History of Josep
s Project
Victoria Park Entr
In May 2002, Green
the Gaukel/ Co
Victoria
2002 w.
(GS
eon (GSP) was part of the creation of a Master Plan for
Integral to the Master Plan was the development of the
e first planning documents were identified in the Septemoer
conceptual design and fee estimate from Green Scheel Pidgeon
Streetscape and Victoria Park Entrance.
02, the City approved the Ontario Super Build Millennium Partnership
lch identified the Gaukel/ Young Street Axis as one of the projects to use
In Novemoer 2003, as part of an open tendering process, there was a formal response to
the expression of interest E03-058 from GSP for the Victoria Park Entrance.
On April 26, 2004, there was an agreement signed oetween GSP (with MTE as a
Suoconsultant) and the City for the Conceptual design, detailed design and construction
services for the Victoria Park Entrance. As part of that agreement, MTE was to addresss
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Project No. 19-07032
any potential issues of soil contamination for the Victoria Park Entrance. The Agreement
contained a detailed schedule that included the pre-design phase to oegin in mid- Nov.
2005, preliminary design completion oy early Peo. 2005, award of contract in end of
April 2005, oeginning of construction oeginning of May 2006.
Scope Change
Aoout the time when GSP signed the agreement, MTE determined that there was more
contamination then previously thought in the area of the Park entr GSP's
understanding of the issues associated soil contamination was limited an ame reliant
on MTE's expertise to deal with those issues. As such, MTE oe e prime
Consultant and GSP oecame the Suoconsultant. In May 2004, C concu with
the recommendation oy the DTS Engineering Division that MTE hener e ter into
agreement to:
This Agreement was e
work oy the City. MTE c
the City.
1) facilitate removal/ remediation of existing soils th
oy coal tar within a 200 m long corridor at
extending into park entrance feature;
e to oe impacted
f way, and mayoe
2) MTE to oe prime engineering Co
design, construction for 2005 Ga
to Water St., and
ate a seamless pre-design,
eph Street from Queen Street
3) DTS Engineering
engineering fee with
nd Purchasing negotiate a suitaole
witho competitive oid and without a firm scope of
ced work without an agreement or purchase order from
In P e oruary
the proj ec
Ci .
oped a detailed scope and cost estimation of $10.82M for
al request from the City which included the following:
oseph & Gaukel Street Reconstruction, Joseph Street
tlon - Water to RR Tracks)
g ( Joseph & Gaukel Sts., Joseph - Water to RR Tracks)
Park Entrance
ination Remediation (Joseph & Gaukel St. intersection)
In June 9, 2005, MTE and the City enter into several agreements for the civil work,
Streetscaping, and Soil Remediation for Joseph St. from Queen St. to Victoria &
Westerly, Gaukel St. from Joseph St. to King St., Prancis St. from Joseph St. to Charles
St. and Richmond Ave. from Joseph St. to Victoria Park.
Due to the legal issues associated with 44 Gaukel Street, the contamination of
surrounding area at the Park Entrance could not oe fully explored. Hence this portion of
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the project was put on hold. On August 24, 2005, MTE and the City enter into an
additional agreement for the extension of Engineering services for the Design and
Contract Administration for:
Francis Street Reconstruction, Joseph St. to Charles St;
Joseph St. Reconstruction ,Water St. to North of Victoria St. South; and
Richmond St. Reconstruction, Joseph St. to end.
In January 2006, the legal issues associated with 44 Gaukel Street were resolved and in
July 2006, the City was aole to take ownership of the land for further soil. estigation
and cleanup was undertaken and will oe completed oy the end of Dece 2007. On
April 18, 2006, the area around the Park Entrance was fully explore spect to
contamination and additional Agreements with MTE were exercis orks,
Contamination cleanup and Landscaping & streetscaping for foil
Joseph St. from Queen St. to Victoria St.
Gaukel St. from Joseph St. to King St.
Francis St. from Joseph St. to Charles St.
Richmond Ave. from Joseph St. to Vi
These agreements did not include the cleanup a
The contracts for all the work for Phases 1
Throughout the project, several cost upda
These were provided when there was
post-tender to incorporate the contractor'
complete. Taole 1 shows vario imates
project. The total costs for Ph nd 2 wer
44 Gaukel Street (Phase 3).
leted oy the end of 2006.
oy the Consultant to the City.
e, prior to tendering the project,
rid when Phase 1 of the project was
ere performed at various stages of the
2.75 M + $11.34M == $14.1 M.
Table 1: Consultant's
Date Scope
Feo. 8, 2005 Civ
Reco
h & Gaukel Street
oseph Street Reconstruction -
o ssed Victoria St. to the RR
Gaukel St. from Joseph to King St.)
ping ( Joseph & Gaukel Sts., Joseph -
ter to RR Tracks)
toria Park Entrance
Contamination Remediation (Joseph & Gaukel
St. intersection)
Total Cost Estimate
$10.82M
( construction
estimated $9.64M)
May 3, 2005 Added Francis Street to aoove estimate and $10.99M (construction
staged the works into three stages. est. $9.64M)
Jan. 24,2007 Joseph St. from RR Tracks to Queen Street
Francis St. from Joseph St. to Charles St.
Richmond St. from Joseph St. to Victoria Park
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Phase 1 - $2.75M
(Joseph St. from Water
St. to RR Tracks)
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Victoria Street and Joseph/Gaukel Streets Projects
Project No. 19-07032
Date Scope Total Cost Estimate
Gaukel St. from Joseph St. to King St. Phase 2 - $11.34 M
(Joseph St. from Water
St. to Queen St.)
total $14.1M.
At this point the Joseph/Gaukel project ha
suosurface investigation was suosequently co
extent of the coal tar contamination was :b
m, which was found to oe 3m deeper t
volumes of non-hazadous material and n
the costs of disposal of the additi I excav
non-hazardous and hazardous .als could 0
ear 44 Gaukel Street. A
2006 at which time the
e to a depth of approximately 7
Imation and hence increased the
s material. This in turn increased
soil. At this time, the actual volumes of
more accurately assessed.
Relationship of Canada Post (44 Gaukel Street) Legal Action on Jos
Work Program
With consideration to the ongoing litigation case, the Joseph/Gauke
at the west end of the project limits in an area that was not expec
Further investigation within the right-of-way near 44 Gaukel
of the contamination limits could not oe completed
Therefore, no further investigation work was completed
around January 2006.
B.
e areas of focus of the engineering audit. It discusses
ortunities for improvement in the City's project
B.1
. ity has recently mandated that prior to undertaking any infrastructure
pr ect, a geotechnical/ geoenvironmental investigation must oe performed to
assess if any environmental risks are present.
. Geotechnical investigations were completed in advance of environmental
investigations and the results of the former were considered during the planning
of the environmental investigations.
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. The Phase I and II Environmental Site Assessments were completed to CSA
standards and included ooth test pits, ooreholes and monitoring wells as a means
to investigate the suosurface conditions.
. A Conceptual Site Model indicating the inferred thickness of soil strata, ground
water depths and extent of contamination was prepared oased on availaole data to
plan the work. The Conceptual Site Model was suosequently used to prepare
estimates of volumes of contaminated material.
o
. A Remedial Action Plan was prepared to identify the approach fo
the contaminated materials.
. Sampling procedures were conducted in accordance with
Environment (MOE) protocols. Collected samples were s
accredited to complete the analyses.
. The environmental work was overseen oy a Qualifi
MOE).
.
A site inspector was assigned to the proj
assessment of site conditions including t
Weighoills and/or manifests were mo
destination of contaminated mater.
to perform regular
of representative samples.
ed to track the source and
from the site.
the project to discuss progress,
ence appeared to occur at critical
.
.
Regular site meetings took
proolems and schedule.
decision points.
Planning
t that a soil and ground water sampling program oe
suomissions to confirm that the sampling density is
h the heterogeneity of the materials oeing assessed (i.e., the
ous the material, the more sampling points may oe required).
uld include in their contract documents that:
ironmental work oe supervised oy a Qualified Person as defined oy MOE.
. ampling procedures oe in accordance with MOE sampling protocols.
. Environmental work oe completed in accordance with CSA and Ontario
Regulation 153/04 requirements.
. The City should request that soil and ground water assessments oe completed up
to 16 to 24 months in advance of project initiation to permit a rooust assessment
of soil and ground water management options including the use of risk assessment
procedures.
.
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. The City should request that a Materials Management Plan oe prepared that
identifies the types of contaminated materials (non-hazardous and hazardous)
expected to oe encountered and their specific handling and disposal requirements.
. The City should carry separate contingencies for volumes of materials to oe
handled and costs associated with management/disposal of the identified
materials. The amount of contingency should reflect the degree of uncertainty in
each item.
Strengths
to include
Execution
. No recommendations.
Controlling
. The City should formalize reporting requirements
distrioution.
. The City should formalize the Agenda ite
specifically environmental and health & safe
Closeout
. The City should consider
contaminated sites and used
projects.
. The City should formaliz
report(s) as a deliveraol
s Learned protocol for
e planning process of future
t to provide an Environmental Closure
with an environmental component.
B.2 Consultant Sele..c
. procurement document entitled "Policies and Procedures
Selection of Professional Services/Consultants" dated
(the "Policy"). The Policy was followed during selection of
or ooth the Joseph/Gaukel and Victoria projects. A copy of the
a issued as part of Expression of Interest EOO-091 (Victoria Street) out
03-058 (Joseph/Gaukel Street).
. ity's Municipal Code pertaining to the Selection of Professional Services/
Consultants (Chapter 170) is clear and well documented. This was followed for
ooth the Joseph/Gaukel Streets and Victoria Street Projects.
. The City utilizes an evaluation committee and process to shortlist qualified
Consultants and negotiates a final contract, all in accordance with the City's
Policy.
. The City estaolishes Consultant evaluation criteria oefore opening of tenders.
. The City uses previous Consultant experience in the evaluation or proposals.
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. The City acknowledges the need for Quality Assurance which was referenced in
the EOI documents for the Victoria and Joseph/Gaukel Street projects.
. The City procurement Policy includes a requirement for staff to complete a
consultant performance evaluation at the completion of the assignment.
Opportunities for Improvement
. The City should descrioe in more detail within their EOI documents their
expectations of the Consultant with respect to the type of projec
services to oe delivered. This should include a clear set of define
the Consultant over the project life cycle.
The EOI documents for the Joseph/Gaukel and Victoria
provide sufficient detail to identify the City's req
interpretation up to the consultant. The EOI Ian
services was limited to:
· .. ... coordinate all related projec
· .. ... coordinate all aspects... q
.
The City should clearly identify th
Consultant during the course of the p
Victoria Streets EOI documents d
Quality oojectives. Furthermo ity
oojectives as criteria in the coring
uirements expected of the
er the Joseph/Gaukel nor
to Proponents as to the City's,
wish to consider using Quality
o sals.
. The City should clear ify deliveraoles expected at the time of suomission
of Consultant prop sepa and distinct from deliveraoles expected over the
course of deliver.~oject. uch deliveraoles could include:
Mo g and Reporting requirement (i.e. Progress reports that
chedule, oudget, issues, and risk management)
tion of the project elements that are required to oe
o led and how they are expected to oe controlled.
e roles and responsioilities for all participants (i.e. the City, the
Consultant and the Contractor) should oe clearly identified in the
Expression of Interest.
· Identification of schedule management.
· Identification of the risks associated with the project and an on-
going risk assessment throughout the process.
· A Project closure file to oe turned over to the City at the end of the
project with the City to identify the documentation requirements.
. The City should clearly identify the roles and responsioilities of the City versus
that of the Consultant during the various phases of the project.
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Project No. 19-07032
. The City should develop an overall procurement plan for capital projects oefore
commencing procurement. On the Joseph/Gaukel project, significant additional
design and construction services scope of work was sole sourced and direct
awarded without the oenefit of a competitive tendering process or a clearly
defined scope as developed oy the City.
. The City should consider descrioing the evaluation criteria and process to oe used
to evaluate proposals, or confirm it will oe using the process outlined in the
Feoruary 1, 1986 Policy in all EOI documents. It recomme that the
evaluation process is documented for each proponent. If the pr utlined in
the Feoruary 1, 1986 Policy is used, it is recommended that th e higher
weighting for the Consultant's processes and procedure ad of high
reliance of the experience of a single project manager.
. The City should consider adjusting the current m
cited in the Policy for consultant suomissi
appropriately reflect project complexity.
. The City's should consider clarifying t nt Policy with respect to the
process followed after shortlisting of c e Policy is not clear as to
whether consultants are to suo. il als oased on a more detailed
scope of work provided oy the er the are shortlisted, or on the original
scope of work specified in he EO ed that the only material difference
oetween the EOI suomis . n require and the detailed written proposal after
oeing shortlisted is the posal (Se tion 5( c)4).
. clear Identifying in the EOI document the evaluation
the EOI evaluation process, separate and distinct from
.on process after shortlisting.
.
o plexity warrants it, the City may wish to consider:
ifying their current procurement practice to request the
tailed scope of work along with their proposed fees oy
Consultants at the time of suomission of the EOI.
Using an EOI/Pre-qualification process to shortlist experienced
Consultants oefore issuing a final RFP and detailed scope of
services to select a Consultant.
· U sing a "two envelope" procurement process for Consultants
comprising separate Technical and Pricing suomissions. This
process would still allow the City to oojectively evaluate the
Consultant's related project experience and detailed work plan
oefore opening the pricing envelope.
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. The City should clarify in their current procurement Policy how the consultant's
performance evaluation (Section F) may oe potentially used during consultant
selection on future projects.
B.3 Project Cost Estimating
Strengths
. The City develops a 10-year plan to estimate the costs of infra
oased on previous project estimates. This is a good roadmap for
t cking can oe
development plan.
ndard engineering
Opportunities for Improvement
. The City should develop project cost estimates t
compared in addition to the costs associated w.
The estimation factor for the cost estimates
estimates nomenclature.
. The City should consider developing In ct oudgets using parametric
estimates or other means to esta ni . ct costs, including appropriate
levels of contingency. This i n wo oe used oy the Consultant and
City to track and report 0 projec ances on a regular oasis during the
course of the project.
. The City should c
proj ect status co
early warning of co
menting a system of formal and regular internal
r management. This process would provide an
.
estaolishing guidelines identifying an "Alert" condition
anagement must oe consulted when costs or other issues
s exceeding the forecast. This should oe oased on the invoices
t, trends of the costs, communication of risks oy the Consultant
e y should ensure that there is regular reporting to Council when there are
ne estimates for various phases of the work.
B.4 Site Management
Strengths
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. The City requires the Consultant to provide full time resident inspections to oe
performed during construction to facilitate Contractor/ Consultant
communications.
. The City regularly attends Construction Meetings with the Consultant and
Contractor. This is a valuaole tool to monitor the progress and the management
of the project.
Opportunities for Improvement
Strengths
. No recommendations.
B.5 Project Performance Monitoring
. The City has staff meetings with the C.i
communication among various project ma
.
The City uses purchase orders to control
10% over the actual amount of t h
proj ect manager assess the in inst t
ensure that there are enoug funds
ount oilled to the City up to
The process requires that the
amount of the purchase order to
e InVOIce.
. The City requires the 0
regular progress p
. agement and scope change control process in place for
o
consider developing a uniform reporting process to oe used to
edule, costs, quality, and risks for all projects to senior management.
y should consider additional controls and monitoring processes to ensure
ore than the project manager is responsiole for large, complex projects.
. The City should consider having their project managers undertake regular trend
analyses where warranted on complex projects. This process examines project
results over time in order to detect improvements or deterioration in project
performance (cost, schedule, quality).
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. The City should consider having their project managers undertake variance
analyses where warranted on complex projects. This process examines actual
project results against planned results (cost, schedule, quality).
. The City should consider using more formalized schedules (i.e Primavera, MS
Project) on projects that warrant it in order to plan, monitor and manage the
various elements of the work.
Strengths
. The City should consider incorporating risk manage
on future projects commensurate with the project's
the Victoria Street or Joseph/Gaukel Str
management and assessment during executio
onitoring
ity. Neither
mplemented risk
B.6 Project Risk Assessment and Mitigation
Opportunities for Improvement
B.7 Other Project Management Processe
.
system estaolished for City projects
o
.
r conducting a Lessons Learned (LL) processes at the end
This process is a valuaole tool to identify current
as that would require improvement. The process should
of all the parties including the City. The results of the LL
ocumented so that experiential knowledge can oe transferred
ases of the current or future projects. This type of record will oe
f future staff turnover.
c.
. Both the Victoria Street and Joseph/Gaukel Street projects should oe used in a
Lessons Learned process in order that experiential knowledge gained oy the
respective project teams can oe passed on to the oenefit of other projects.
. A risk assessment and analysis should oe planned well in advance of future
project construction so that major surprises can oe minimized and avoided. This
may involve advanced geotechnical investigations.
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. U sing a master schedule, the City should plan and incorporate in all future
environmental projects sufficient time for the completion of advanced
investigations to assess potential for soil contamination.
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Appendix A
Chronologies:
Victoria Street Project & Joseph/ Gaukel Streets Pro. ec
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Appendix B
Project Management Processes
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Appendix C
Notes from Teleconference with City of Kitch
November 9, 2007
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