Meet Your Community Construction Liaisons

Meet Your Community Construction Liaisons


Community Construction Liaisons (CCLs) work on behalf of DDC as the point of contact for stakeholders and the local community. They are responsible for communicating construction impacts to the local community and resolving any construction-related issues. The East Side Coastal Resiliency project has four community construction liaisons. Please meet our CCLs:

Pauline Chan

Project Area 1 (PA1)
Pauline Chan is a Community Construction Liaison who has represented the New York City Department of Design and Construction (NYCDDC) for the past six (6) years. She has been involved with large infrastructure projects in the area of Manhattan and Queens. DDC experience includes: NYC Borough-Based Jail Program in Manhattan Facility, Sewer and Watermains Upgrades, Micro-Tunneling, Reconstruction of Corona plaza, Reconstruction of Main Street with Widened Sidewalks and others. She has field experiences providing liaison services on stakeholders, community, local residents and businesses. She is fluent in English, Cantonese and Mandarin. Pauline is very excited to be working on this East Side Coastal Resiliency project and looks forward to meeting all of you in the community.

Vanessa Gomez

Project Area 1 (PA1)
Formerly a student in media, Vanessa decided to venture into the world of construction. Before joining our team, Vanessa had spent time in the field as a proud member of Local Union 1010 working on excavation projects all throughout New York City on behalf of Con Edison. In the hopes of combining media and field experiences, she is very excited about joining this critical project and hopes to create and maintain prosperous relationships with the community and assist in the delivery of timely construction information.

Nadine Harris

Project Area 2 (PA2)
Nadine Harris has worked alongside numerous notable New York City clients such as the Department of Design and Construction, Department of Transportation, Department of Environmental Protection, Department of Health, Department of Sanitation and Private Utility Organizations.

DDC experience includes: Installation of Perimeter Security Measures-Group A Sites, Times Square Pedestrian Protection Emergency Contract, Trunk Main Connection to Shaft 25B, Reconstruction of School Safety Citywide, Reconstruction of Fulton Street from Clinton Avenue to Bedford Avenue, and others.

Nadine will keep the community informed about the progress of the project via regular bulletins, reports, newsletters and other notifications.

"My goal is to ensure that all stakeholders are well-informed of the project at every phase. I am your go-to person for ANY and Everything you need to know about this project." – Nadine Harris

Tannia Wokoun

Parallel Conveyance (PC)
Tannia Wokoun is a CCL who has represented the New York City Department of Design and Construction (NYCDDC) for the past four (4) years. She was instrumental in the completion of a infrastructure watermain project in the Washington Height area of Manhattan. Prior to her time with NYCDDC she worked for the NYSDOT on the rehabilitation of the Major Deegan Expressway Viaduct in the Bronx. Tannia has a background in hospitality and is fluent in English and Spanish. In the words of her Costa Rican heritage she wishes everyone Pura Vida, a Pure and Healthy Life.


Nadine, Joyce, Vanessa and Tannia will be facilitating inquiry responses between the Team and our partnering agencies moving forward, so please direct all questions to them through the Inquiry Tool.

Inquiry Tool