Our predecessors who planned, designed and built New York City's modern water supply and sewer systems in the late 1800s and early 1900s were able to create engineering wonders that left future generations the infrastructure to support growth, prosperity and public health in NYC. This long term vision of the future of NYC, provided a mandate for meeting the needs of the time while providing flexibility for future generations. Embedding these principles into modern project management is in itself a challenge. But only a full lifecycle view of infrastructure will ever be truly sustainable. New York City's Department of Environmental Protection (NYCDEP) is applying this long-term approach to address the challenges of climate change and the increasingly limited energy and material resources. This paper provides information about NYCDEP's process of defining and implementing their sustainability objectives within the context of an existing Project Delivery System.
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