Florida County Retains LA Consulting to Perform Management Review
LA Consulting Inc. has been awarded a contract from Volusia County, Fla., to conduct an extensive management review of Parks and Central Services (encompassing fleets and facilities). Harry Lorick, P.E., LA Consulting president, made the announcement. The project is slated to begin in early 2009.
Volusia County, comprising 1,207 sq miles, is located on the east coast of central Florida. The county seat is DeLand, and the county population is about 500,000.
According to Volusia County Special Projects Manager John C. Gamble, LA Consulting was selected based on its nationwide and Florida experience in public works, plus recommendations received from Pinellas and Seminole counties.
LA Consulting also recently completed a management review of all Volusia County maintenance operations in the Public Works Department, which included roads and bridges (1,039 miles, 51 bridges), traffic engineering (414 signals), utilities (water and wastewater-26 treatment plants, collections, distribution points), solid waste (landfill with annual fill of 440,000 tons and a transfer station), mosquito control and drainage.
A number of LA Consulting recommendations are already being implemented and have resulted in more than $1.5 million in improvements that have occurred, with an additional seven-figure savings to be realized through business and system enhancements with the firm’s assistance.
Source: LA Consulting Inc.