ABSTRACT
Construction programs generally start as a result of one of four things: a need, a problem, a mandate, or an opportunity. A need might result in the construction of a new airport terminal, like the $1.3 billion Terminal Expansion Program in San Jose, California, designed to alleviate congested air and ground traffic (and also improve Silicon Valley’s world image). A problem of a dirty lake might result in a mandate to upgrade a county’s wastewater treatment facilities, as with the LIPO. Or an opportunity might result in the construction of a microchip manufacturing campus, such as the $6.9 billion Globalfoundries Program underway in Albany, New York.
