Public Works Real Estate Acquisition

About the Program

Category: Information Technology (Best in Category)

Year: 2014

The Public Works Real Estate Division (PWRED) provides the Flood Control District of Maricopa County (FCD) and the Maricopa County Department of Transportation (MCDOT) acquisition of land rights and parcels used for the FCD Capital Improvement Projects and the MCDOT Transportation Improvement Program. The PWRED acquires approximately 600 land rights per year in support of the agencies’ programs. The average number of FCD Projects per year is 18, while MCDOT averages 56 projects per year. The FCD and MCDOT programs are funded on average annually $40,000,000 and $73,000,000 respectively and the PWRED acquires approximately $12,000,000 in land value combined on average each year. The acquisition of land rights is one the largest costs of any capital improvement program. The process of tracking the acquisition of land rights using Excel spreadsheets was inefficient, time consuming and labor intensive. Additionally, it did not allow PWRED to provide program and project management the information required to timely respond to the internal and public needs and efficiently manage improvement projects. The PWRED worked with the MCDOT Infrastructure Technology Center (MCDOT ITC) to implement a solution for tracking the acquisition of land rights in support of FCD and MCDOT Improvement Programs. The PWRED is able to efficiently manage the multi-million dollar annual expenditures for FCD and MCDOT and provide needed information to internal clients to effectively manage improvement projects and provide timely information to the public.