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Key Investment in a Utility Upgrade
Author(s) -
Pallansch Karen,
Barrett Jerry,
Tucker Clara,
Sanjines Paula,
Heroux Jeff
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
opflow
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1551-8701
pISSN - 0149-8029
DOI - 10.1002/j.1551-8701.2004.tb02715.x
Subject(s) - upgrade , activity based costing , sanitation , key (lock) , investment (military) , business , control (management) , operations management , process management , industrial organization , marketing , engineering , computer science , management , computer security , economics , political science , environmental engineering , politics , law , operating system
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.