Best Practices for Environmental Project Teams

This chapter describes the best practices for environmental project teams to help Contractor project teams continuously improve competitiveness and performance on Environmental Restoration (ER) projects. It summarizes a series of best practices based on lessons intended to help Contractor project teams continuously improve competitiveness and performance on ER projects. It is primarily directed at project team members such as project managers, engineers, geologists, chemists, and resource staff who support one or more project teams. Best practices described in this chapter can be implemented by smaller Contractors who directly compete with larger Contractors. They can also help specialty subcontractors seeking to team up with large or small prime Contractors. Contractor-perspective insights can help Government Environmental Restoration Service Providers obtain lower prices and better value for their ER funds, and help regulatory agencies support ER continuous improvement. This study also presents a historical overview of the defense environmental restoration program to highlight the mistakes made in the past and proposes corrective measures for the future.