July 2009
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.
REMINDER:
The Facilities Services
Department has an on line
system to submit your
work request. Please go to
our website at http://
arc.uccs.edu/uccs/
menupage.cfm.
For questions or assistance
with completing this on
line form please contact
our services desk.
Contact us Monday
through Friday
Facilities Services Desk
(normal business hours)
255-3313
Facilities Services Cell
(7:30 am—11:00 pm)
492-8329
UCCS FACILITIES
Featured Crew: GROUNDS
The grounds crew is working on many projects that continue to beautify our growing
campus. We have a great crew made up of
Keith Woodring, Craig Ginter, Mike Lopez,
Pete March, Samantha Winter, and students
Jacob Costa, Mike Quigley, Kenny Derry,
John Palka, Dan Grainer, Lucas Hampton
and Alex Goodwin. The crew maintains 80
acres of campus which includes tree pruning, turf maintenance, litter control, outdoor
trash cans and ashtrays, snow removal, irrigation maintenance, and much more. Prior
to commencement in May, this crew
planted nearly 3,000 plants just in time for
those treasured graduation pictures! Of
these plants, nearly 2,000 were grown from
seed right here on campus.
Our crew has redesigned many
planting beds throughout campus. For example, the iris bed is being redeveloped and
will be reinstalled in the original area when
other construction is completed, and with
many more great plants. Our crew also
salvaged and moved a large Norway Maple
to the lawn in front of Main Hall. UCCS is
now a member of
Plant Select®. The
purpose of Plant
Select is to seek out,
identify and distribute the very best
plants for Colorado
landscapes. Being a
member offers us
more opportunities
to educate students,
faculty, staff, and
the community
about plants that
thrive in local landscapes. Many of
these plants are highlighted in
the newly planted triangle bed in
front of the El Pomar Library.
And the crew is not
slowing down! They have been
working on the west lawn project.
Project Spotlight
West Lawn.
SENG
The new Science & Engineering building
is almost complete. It will be the largest
and most expensive building on the
UCCS campus and will be LEED certified featuring numerous energy saving
and water saving technologies including
sophisticated air handling systems, occupancy sensors, energy efficient lighting
and low flow restroom fixtures. Though
it does not contribute to LEED points,
UCCS now has the first State building
using thin-film photovoltaic technology.
This building will feature a piece of art
from the Art in Public Spaces program.
The art will consist of a Foucault pendulum, a whirlpool and biofeedback sensors. As the earth turns underneath the
pendulum it will swing over various dots
on the granite art center piece. Each dot
on the granite represents a place on the
They have installed 10 irrigation
zones, 40,000 sq feet of sod, and
375 yards of soil all in time for the
grand opening of the new SENG
Building
earth that the pendulum has
pointed to on its swing to the
edge of the art where a stainless
steel band will have engraved the
name of the place represented by
the dot. The biofeedback sensors in the handrail are connected to the whirlpool in the
middle of the art. As a person
stands, holding the biofeedback
sensors and relaxes as they watch
the pendulum, the whirlpool will
slow down. If the person’s heart
rate speeds up the whirlpool will
speed up. Thus, this art embodies many of the disciplines in the
building.
With the completion of the new
Science & Engineering Building we
have found the opportunity to create an open, green space on our
campus. The new area, which is just
under an acre in size, has been regraded to maximize the amount of
flat, open space. Use of the new
lawn by frisbee players, soccer ball
kickers, and sunbathers is anticipated and encouraged! Trees and
boulders will be located at the perimeter of the lawn to provide shade
and casual seating. A new walkway
will skim the southern edge of the
West Lawn to provide a connection
between Library Plaza and Columbine Hall. This new wide, patterned,
concrete walk is the first section of
the pedestrian spine which will ultimately provide a distinctive pathway
across the entire central campus.
Both the West Lawn and the pedestrian spine are scheduled for completion in late July.