Key Investment in a Utility Upgrade

Autor: Pallansch, Karen, Barrett, Jerry, Tucker, Clara, Sanjines, Paula, Heroux, Jeff
Zdroj: Opflow; August 2004, Vol. 30 Issue: 8 p1-6, 6p
Abstrakt: This article discusses an effort by the Alexandria (Virginia) Sanitation Authority to upgrade its 54 mgd advanced wastewater treatment facility. The massive upgrade, costing $330 million, is driving huge organizational changes throughout the Authority that involve transforming the traditional command-and-control operational approach into a workplace environment based on cooperative teams that will make the transition from dependence on manual labor and unskilled tasks to highly skilled employees working with an automated system.
Databáze: Supplemental Index