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Integrating Sustainability into
Major Capital ProjectsChristina Jaworski
Senior Environmental Planner
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Overview of VTA
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• VTA manages $1.2 billion capital program
• VTA delivers bus, rail, facility, highway, and other
multimodal transportation projects
• VTA is completing the $2.3 billion BART Silicon Valley
Berryessa Extension Project
• Sustainability is one of VTA’s core values
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Opportunities & Challenges
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Opportunities
• Community expects projects to be as sustainable as possible
• Sustainability reduces operating and maintenance costs
Challenges
• Budget and schedule can dictate strict adherence to business
as usual and legal requirements
• Organizational silos can create communication & coordination
barriers
• Contractors can make it difficult to implement sustainable
construction practices
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Eastridge Transit Center Improvement Project
• Originally built in 1986
• Second busiest transit center
• Desperately in need of
improvement
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Eastridge Transit Center Improvement Project
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• Project Manager involved
Sustainability Program from the
beginning
• Project Manager initiated a
Sustainable Opportunities Study
• Design and specifications
included sustainability wherever
reasonable and feasible
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BART Silicon Valley Berryessa Extension Project
• Extends BART System 10 miles
to Santa Clara County
• Two Stations:
− Milpitas
− Berryessa (east San Jose)
• Design Build and Design, Bid
Build Delivery Contract
• Construction: 2012-2015
• Passenger Service: 2017
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BART Silicon Valley Berryessa Extension Project
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• Design/Builder required to:
– Prepare a sustainability plan
– Hire a sustainability coordinator
– Submit quarterly reports
• Met requirements but not enough financial incentives to exceed requirements
• Different design and construction model and team made communication and coordination difficult
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Eastridge Paratransit Administrative Offices
• Previously an automotive repair
facility and dialysis center
• Remodeling building as an office
for VTA paratransit program
• Extremely tight schedule and
limited budget
• Not subject to city building code or
inspections
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Eastridge Paratransit Administration Offices
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• Sustainability Program provided
project team with a list of green
building measures
• Budget and schedule made
incorporating measures very
difficult
• Good relationships with project
management provided some
opportunities for sustainability
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Lessons Learned
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• Green Building Policy is fundamental to incorporating
sustainability in major capital projects
• Sustainability needs to be a core value of the
organizational culture
• Financial incentives may be needed to ensure
implementation of sustainability by third parties
• Sustainability needs a constant champion