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Strategies for more accurate project scoping
6:01:00
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Council Member Rita Joseph inquires about SCA's strategies to scope projects more accurately from the onset to avoid revision delays. SCA representatives explain their efforts to improve the scoping process and engage with principals earlier.
- SCA encourages principals to reach out before project adoption for accurate estimates
- Direct communication with SCA can help move projects forward more efficiently
- SCA is changing their process to engage principals earlier in the project timeline
Rita Joseph
6:01:00
Thank you.
6:01:01
Has SEA identified ways to scope the projects more accurately from the onset to avoid revision delays later in the project timeline?
Nina Kubota
6:01:13
I think Cora mentioned a few minutes ago about really encouraging principal or principals to reach out to us before adoption so that we can give them the correct sort of estimates.
6:01:27
Of course, it's not going to be foolproof, and I understand that, but just again to set expectations a little bit.
6:01:34
Mentioned earlier about like curtains or flooring or seating.
6:01:37
Like we do have estimates for each
Lynn Schulman
6:01:39
of these
Nina Kubota
6:01:39
components of a project, and we really I think that direct communication with us would really help move some of these projects.
6:01:49
And again, if we have that communication earlier, we can get almost straight into design rather than having the consultant reach out and again get the scoping of the project that will be done ahead of time.
6:02:04
So we are changing our process to hopefully engage our principals earlier, and please if any of your principals are interested, we're always here to walk them through anything.