Abstract

City of Los Angeles Facility Siting Analysis
Track: Public Works
Authors: Sal Aguilar, Dillon Fitch, Anders Burvall, Tobias Wolf

The goal of this study was to identify suitable facility sites for the City of Los Angeles Bureau of Sanitation. The analysis has effectively removed or ranked potential sites in the study area such that field surveys will be focused and efficient, and that the final site selection will be quantitatively defendable. The analysis was organized as an additive model, where each factor had a systematic ranking system that was parameterized by a multiplicative weight. Esri's Model Builder and Python scripting language were used to automate this model. The City of Los Angeles Bureau of Sanitation has used this model as a tool for the site selection decision process.

Sal Aguilar
City of Los Angeles- Bureau of Sanitation
1149 S. Broadway St., MS#521
Los Angeles, California 90015
United States
Phone: 213-485-3569
E-mail: sal.aguilar@lacity.org

Dillon Fitch
HDR Engineering Inc.
8690 Balboa Ave
San Diego, California 92123
United States
Phone: 858-712-8215
E-mail: dillon.fitch@hdrinc.com

Anders Burvall
HDR Engineering Inc.
8690 Balboa Ave
San Diego, California 92123
United States
Phone: 858-712-8400
E-mail: anders.burvall@hdrinc.com

Tobias Wolf
HDR Engineering Inc.
8690 Balboa Ave
San Diego, California 92123
United States
Phone: 858-712-8400
E-mail: tobias.wolf@hdrinc.com