Jonathan Rewers
Construction Mitigation Program

Capital Delivery · 2017 to 2019

Construction Mitigation Program

The citywide program that protects small businesses while the city builds around them.

The problem

Construction keeps a city working and can quietly kill the small businesses on the corridor while it does. The impact arrives with the fences; the help, if any, arrived after the damage.

What was built

He led the citywide Construction Mitigation Program, the program for construction impacted small businesses, run across the SFMTA, Public Works, the Office of Economic and Workforce Development, and the Public Utilities Commission.

Source: Construction Mitigation Program Update, July 2019

How it was done

Start mitigation before construction, not after the complaint.

  1. Catalog early

    Catalog corridor businesses during planning, before design hardens.

  2. Write the plan by 65% design

    Set the impact plan while the project can still change.

  3. Stay on site

    Keep staff on the corridor to resolve problems as they surface.

Documents and artifacts

Credits

  • OrganizationCity and County of San Francisco