edward lopez. before i give my presentation, given the project managers with the vw -- dpw, she has been working very closely with the project. i wanted to provide some context of project delivery for means of building up the project. public projects in san francisco are done in a traditional way. this method tends to work well for projects that are fairly straightforward. for the projects that are more complex in nature, we have been using a new delivery method called construction manager general contractor. we were successful in using this project for the california development academy of sciences, including the general hospital headquarters and the veterans building. the new police headquarters as well. this method helps projects where there is a certain amount of complicity. contractors are hired to look at the drawings that the design team put together and help with coordination on that effort, resulting in change orders, in turn resulting in savings to the project. chapter 6 of the administra