housed in a large trailer complex right beside the existing city hall. “Whenever there is an obstacle


“With design-build P3


procurement you can literally hit the ground running,” said Kersey. “We took full advantage of being able to fast track design to construction.” Te project team was also able


to save time during the excavation phase by delivering roughly 140,000 cubic yards of material excavated from the site to the Port of Long Beach just a few blocks away, rather than off-hauling it to a more distant location as originally planned. Te Port’s ability


to reuse the material represented a “win-win” for both the project and the Port, Kersey noted, helping push the project approximately three months ahead of schedule.


Collaborative Approach Helps Mitigate Challenges


A high level of collaboration


among all team members has also contributed to the project’s success to date, according to Kersey, with key staff from multiple firms collectively


or challenge everyone is motivated to solve it for the best interest of the project,” he said. “It’s been a very good client group of the port and the city, and everyone shares the same collaborative mindset. It makes you confident that even when obstacles and issues come up we can overcome them together as a team.” Tat collaborative approach has


been critical to help work through challenges that naturally accompany a project of this magnitude. Among the major hurdles: satisfying myriad project and design considerations from multiple project stakeholders, end-users and community groups, and meeting the workforce needs on this largescale project in the face of a highly saturated construction market. Given the number of high profile jobs that


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