The SFPUC has a deep responsibility to the local communities we serve as we make multibillion-dollar investments in critical capital projects, such as the Sewer System Improvement Program (SSIP). By focusing on efforts to strengthen its diverse local workforce, the agency helps ensure its ratepayers benefit not only from the SFPUC’s direct investment in the…
Category: Team Spotlight
Summer Inspections Help Prep for Rainy Season
Under San Francisco’s 49 square-miles, there is a city built under the City – San Francisco’s sewer system. Under the buildings, streets and parks where San Franciscans work, live and play, the sewer system infrastructure works 24/7 to protect public health and the environment. Protecting the health of San Francisco’s beaches and water quality is…
Things You Learn When You Are Stuck in the Elevator with SFPUC Power Staff: Part II
The SFPUC’s Hetch Hetchy Power System and CleanPowerSF programs combined serve about 80% of the City’s electricity demand. To learn more about the people that keep the SFPUC’s power system running, one SFPUC communications team member took another elevator ride to chat with Power Enterprise colleagues on keeping the lights on. Victor Hong – Maintenance…
Things You Learn When You Are Stuck in the Elevator with SFPUC Power Staff
The SFPUC’s Hetch Hetchy Power System and CleanPowerSF programs combined serve about 80% of the City’s electricity demand. What does it take to keep these programs running? As part of Public Power Week and Energy Awareness Month, one SFPUC communications team member took elevator small talk to the next level. The short elevator ride and…
How a Project Construction Manager Helped Build a Nursery and Developed a Green Thumb
“I never believed I had a green thumb.” “My role at the SFPUC is to help manage construction projects,”said Emmanuel Yeboah, a Project Construction Manager for the SFPUC. “And through the Sunol Nursery Project, I learned a thing or two about plants.” Recently, Yeboah was a Project Construction Manager for the Sunol Nursery Project. In…
Meet Glen Gorski, Lead Quality Assurance Inspector
Meet Glen Gorski. Gorski is the Lead Quality Assurance Inspector for the Calaveras Dam Replacement project. A big part of his job is to ensure that the Calaveras Dam Replacement project was being built correctly. He and his team are tasked with observing and reporting that quality control measures are effective, so that the entire…