PARTNERING WITH PROJECT STAKEHOLDERS AT THE SAN VICENTE DAM RAISE

摘要

The San Vicente Dam in Lakeside, California, is being raised to increase water storagefor the region. The existing 220-foot-high concrete gravity dam will be raised by 117 feetusing roller-compacted concrete (RCC), thereby expanding the usable reservoir capacityapproximately 152,000 acre-feet. The existing San Vicente Dam is owned and operatedby the City of San Diego (City) for water supply and has marina facilities and a boatramp providing public access to the water surface. Following the dam raise, the SanDiego County Water Authority (Water Authority) and City will jointly use the expandedreservoir for water supply. In addition to the City, Water Authority, and publicstakeholders, the key regulatory stakeholder is State of California, Department of WaterResources, Division of Safety of Dams (DSOD), which provides approvals throughoutthe planning, design, and construction processes. The project is being completed as aseries of competitively bid public works construction contracts, and the multipleengineering and construction companies working for the Water Authority compriseanother set of project stakeholders, which results in additional challenges in coordinatingthe multiple construction contracts and project interfaces at the site. Uniting the manydiverse project stakeholders into a cohesive team involved using a partnering process,which included periodic formal meetings as well as applying the principles of partneringon a daily basis. The various ways partnering is used to unite the multiple stakeholders isdiscussed.