District Project Manager Bernadette Gronewold is the only green belt certified employee in the Albuquerque District, USACE. During the process of achieving her Green Belt certification, Gronewold’s project goal was to reduce labor cost percentages on small projects in the District from the current average of 14 percent to 11 percent. This project would result in $537,000 in cost avoidance per year. The project will continue on as more data is gathered and process are improved to reduce the pre-award labor costs on small projects.

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