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Reasons for decrease in on-time project completion rates
6:03:31
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Council Member Rita Joseph inquires about the reasons for the decrease in on-time project completion rates, noting that performance has declined since 2016 despite the change in metric. SCA representatives explain various factors contributing to this decrease.
- COVID-related supply chain issues continue to impact project timelines
- Uncertainty around tariffs affects planning and execution
- Unexpected site conditions in older buildings often lead to additional work and delays
- New requirements and regulations add complexity to projects
Rita Joseph
6:03:31
everyone could be on the same page in the line.
6:03:33
Despite the change in metric, SCA fiscal twenty twenty four on time completion rate was only 43%, whereas the fiscal twenty twenty six, there was a high of 86 on time completion rate with the old metric.
6:03:46
What has contributed to the decrease in on time projects and what has SCA identify as the barrier to completing capital improvement projects on time?
6:03:55
What happened in the decrease?
6:03:57
You did better in 2016 than you've done in 2024.
6:04:03
What changed?
Nina Kubota
6:04:05
I think some of the certainly the added requirements that Cora just mentioned, but besides that, we are sorry.
6:04:14
We definitely had some COVID supply chain issues.
6:04:17
I think that we're still sort of experiencing.
6:04:19
Who knows what the tariffs are going do?
6:04:22
But also site conditions of our older buildings.
6:04:26
I think we're seeing a lot of sort of we get into the building and we're like, even though we test for different areas of the building during design, we can't test 100% obviously.
6:04:37
And so again, we get into the buildings and we're like, oh wow, we have to replace all of this brick that wasn't anticipated.
6:04:44
So it is unanticipated sort of site conditions.