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Program Management

Item: Program Management
Author: Karen Counes

CDM Smith’s program management team is bringing complexity under control by building strong, enduring relationships.

Practice Lead

Karen Counes

How we support your program management goals

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Complex infrastructure programs present complex challenges. Budget, schedule, quality, risk, procurement and outreach must be managed and monitored. CDM Smith program managers provide the technical expertise needed to achieve our clients’ goals.

Adaptable solutions

Our variety of experience offers the right people in the right roles and a broad toolbox for solving problems.

Emergency management

CDM Smith implements consent decree programs, helping clients achieve the requirements in the most cost-effective way.

International expertise

From building expressways in Qatar to water supply dams in Lesotho, CDM Smith draws on diverse global experience.

Lead service line leadership

As a national leader in the Lead and Copper Rule, CDM Smith has coast-to-coast experience guiding compliance services.

Delivering success through collaboration

See how the city of Nashville and CDM Smith have modernized a century-old sewer system.

Featured program management projects

Always looking forward, we prepare today for the problems we may face tomorrow, guiding our clients through uncertainty and forging a path towards a more promising future.

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Nepal

Rebuilding resilient infrastructure in Nepal

Following the devastating 2015 earthquake in Nepal, CDM Smith helped rebuild essential public facilities to advance safety and sustainability.

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Sunnyvale, CA

Innovation and clean water for Silicon Valley

As program manager of the $900M Cleanwater Program, CDM Smith is helping Sunnyvale achieve environmental stewardship, technology implementation and community, financial and political support.

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Houston, Texas

Advancing Houston’s growing mobility

To improve safety, expand capacity, and keep Houston’s toll corridors moving, the Harris County Toll Road Authority teamed up with CDM Smith to streamline major upgrades.

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I'm inspired by positively impacting a client's experience by providing the right skills to help them create achievable solutions.

Karen Counes

Management Specialist

Karen has expertise developing and implementing engineering, technical services and construction program solutions in the transportation, water and power industries.

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Insight

What to expect from a lead service line replacement program

Lead service line replacement programs are a collaboration between the utility and customers. Both sides must work together to get the lead out. Learn more about LSLRPs from the water customer’s perspective.

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Drinking Water

Whether your goals are to unlock new sources, enhance the quality and reliability of the supplies you have or upgrade the technologies you use, we can help you achieve water supply innovation.

Architecture

Our architects and engineers deliver quality solutions that master function, efficiency, cost-effectiveness and aesthetics.

Federal Facilities

Resilient facilities enable federal agencies to maintain and enhance readiness to protect the nation. CDM Smith designs and constructs federal facilities and infrastructure around the world.

Water Resources Infrastructure and Resiliency

Forward-thinking water resources planning, design construction and operations means making smarter investments that lower life-cycle costs and provide multiple benefits.

Toll and Revenue

We are helping support the shift from traditional fuel tax revenue sources to more sustainable user-based fees. Our revenue forecasts have supported more than $150 billion in critical transportation improvements across the world.

Water Reclamation

Whether your goal is to meet your permit conditions or to build a net-zero facility, we’ll work with you to find the right solutions.

Transit & Urban Mobility

We connect people and technology to build and modernize sustainable transportation infrastructure for the future, maximizing stakeholder funding and fueling long-term economic growth.

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