UCCS FACILITIES
October 2009
REMINDER:
The Facilities Services Department has
an on line system to submit your work
request. Please go online to
http://arc.uccs.edu/uccs/menupage.cfm.
For questions or assistance with completing this on line form please contact
our services desk.
Monday through Friday
7:30 am - 5:00 pm at 255-3313
Facilities Services Cell
(7:30 am—11:00 pm) at 492-8329
In order to keep up with the growth
and services of the UCCS campus, the
Facilities Services department has
organized itself into two primary areas;
Planning & Construction and Physical
Plant Maintenance. The Planning &
Construction team is actively working
major projects including the Science and
Engineering Bldg (SENG), Events Center,
and the renovation of the existing
Science Bldg. The Physical Plant team
includes five work groups; Maintenance,
Grounds, Electrical, Plumbing/HVAC, and
Custodial. Their responsibilities include
maintaining 890,675 square feet of
General Fund buildings along with 250
acres of landscaped property. Our Facilities Services administrative team is the
glue that keeps our teams connected.
Each team is committed to the continued improvement of the UCCS campus
and serving you.
Project Spotlight:
Event Center
We are heading into the
final stretch for the construction of the Events
Center. Two big milestones are coming up: delivery of the wood for the
gym floor, and removal of
the pedestrian walkway. The walkway should
be dismantled in midOctober making access
through the area much
easier. We’re still on
schedule for completion
on December 31, 2009 and
our grand opening celebration on January 22, 2010.
Featured Crew:
The electric shop has a wealth
of experience, with 2 journeyman electricians – Doug Martin and Brian Karnes, 1 master
electrician – David Shurtleff
and 1 electrical apprentice/
Carpenter – Sammy Wilding.
They are responsible for maintaining all of the campus electrical systems, including
street/parking/sidewalk/
building lighting, interior lighting, electrical panels, transformers, devices, emergency
generators and classroom
clocks. This year’s projects
included completion of numerous energy conservation
measures (ECM's) in the
Engineering Building, with a
monthly average savings of
$2000. We helped save thousands of dollars on the new
West Lawn by reusing
lighting poles from the Eagle
Rock Modulars. Energy efficient florescent wallpacks
were installed at the modulars
to reduce the lighting loads.
The old light poles were retrofitted with smaller Metal
Halide lamps and reused along
the new Spine. We helped
We missed a few – a very important few!! Last month, we
featured our Custodial crew and
missed mentioning Anne Smith
who services Cragmor Hall and
Yvonne Vigil and Michael
Friloux who service Dwire Hall.
They are definitely valued
ELECTRICAL
reduce the energy demand at
Eagle Rock, while saving
approximately $20,000 in
materials for the West Lawn.
The electric shop also started
a de-lamping program this
past spring that resulted in
energy savings throughout
the campus. Currently, we
are working in the Library,
installing new motion sensors, and developing new
lighting scheduling and
strategies to help reduce the
high energy demand in the El
Pomar Building.
Geranium Harvest!!
There has been a tiny helpful
addition put into the Facilities
Work Order system. When you
submit a work request on line,
now there is a reminder on the
webpage to use eight 9’s
(99999999) in the speedtype field
to satisfy the required field when
the request is for regular maintenance or repairs and not chargeable.
and appreciated members
of our custodial team. A
little known tidbit about Anne
– she is the Facilities Puzzle
Queen! We keep a jigsaw
puzzle on our counter for
vendors and customers to
stop and plug in a piece (like
stopping to smell the flowers)
Last week, our Grounds
crew harvested 100 Geraniums and gave away almost all of them to members of our campus community in an effort to
“BRING THE COLOR
INSIDE”. Care tips: Put
in a south facing window,
water deeply once a week
(in a sink-water and let
drain), and if you want
blooms—fertilize! Next
summer, they can be
planted outside again.
Good Luck!
on their busy way. Anne
always spends time after
her shift plugging in
MANY pieces. She loves
the puzzles! A big
Thank You goes out to
Frank Hammitt for supplying most of the puzzles.
Facilities Services Work Order System Informational Sessions
We recently held informational sessions on how to navigate our work order system for those interested in
brushing up and for new users. These sessions will be held again in the spring. If you were unable to attend
and would like a handout, please contact the Facilities Services Front Desk at x 3313 to receive your copy.