DC Water Project Case Study

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In October 2012, DC Water embarked on establishing job centers that emphasized increasing employment opportunities for local residents to work on DC Water projects. Such efforts were spearheaded by L. S. Caldwell, and Associates Inc. (LSC), DC Water’s third-party compliance firm. As the Compliance Officer, LSC is responsible for the development, implementation and monitoring of compliance initiatives relative to various projects associated with the DC Water Capital Improvement Program (CIP). In doing so, LSC uses a variety of innovative methods to help DC Water meet and/or surpass their M/WBE participation goals while monitoring millions of dollars in contract opportunities for local, small, minority, women-owned and disadvantaged firms. Further, LSC has also been slated to work with DC Water to launch and manage the DC Water Works Permanent Employment initiative. The intent of the program is to increase the number of residents hired from the user jurisdictions, which encompass the District of …show more content…
More specifically, LSC manages the Blue Plains Job Center and three (3) satellite Job Centers located in the Northeast, Northwest, Southeast and Southwest quadrants of the city. Such centers are part of the ongoing effort to assist contractors in achieving their hiring objectives while also promoting the economic growth and stability of individuals within the communities which DC Water serves. The DC based locations of the aforementioned centers are as follows:

• Anacostia Economic Development Corporation (AEDC), 1800 Martin Luther King Jr. Ave S.E. 20020
• Greater Washington Urban League, (GWUL) 2901 14th St. N.W. 20009
• DC Water Business Office at Union Center Plaza, (DCWBO) 810 First St. N.E. 20002
• DC Water Works Blue Plains Job Center, 5000 Overlook Ave, S.W.

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