University of Alaska Southeast
Juneau • Ketchikan • Sitka
FY15 Capital Request Increment Summary
Increment Title
TEC Renewal Phase 2
UAS Student Commons
Facilities Services Replacement
Total Operating Request
Priority 1: UAS Student Commons
New Construction
SDI Category
Student Achievement & Attainment
Student Achievement & Attainment
GF
2,970.0
1,000.0
500.0
NGF
0.0
0.0
0.0
Total
2,970.0
1,000.0
500.0
4,470.0
0.0
4,470.0
1,000.0
0.0
1,000.0
Background:
Per the 2012 UAS Master Plan: The primary challenge facing UAS in its mission to support community engagement is the lack of
suitable venues on all three campuses for engaging the broader community and partners with shared visions and goals. As a
result, UAS continues to hosts a variety of forums, lectures, and cultural performances in spaces ill equipped or large enough to
accommodate large gatherings. The university’s popular Evening at Egan Lecture Series, for example, is hosted in the Egan
Library. This space lacks appropriate seating and sightlines for large audiences.
All three campus locations would benefit from larger venues for hosting music, dance, theatrical and other cultural
performances. Smaller venues specifically designed for the temporary installment and public demonstration of student, faculty,
and visiting lecturer research and creative expression is also lacking. Current space utilized for this purpose is often in high traffic
corridors and hallways that do not lend themselves to public viewings or small group discussion.
Improvements to Juneau Campus dining options and facilities are a high priority. Commuter and resident students alike would
benefit from both convenient locations as well as diverse food options. With the new resident hall at the Juneau Auke Lake
campus, updated and redesigned dining facilities should be a high priority.
Amenities should be built and expanded that encourage both resident and commuter students to remain on campus in order to
strengthen both the social and academic aspects of campus life. This is an especially critical need during the winter months.
Indoor amenities could include:
• Coffee house
• Improved late-night food options
• Game areas and wellness rooms
• Comfortable lounge space and study space
• Relocated/expanded retail opportunities
Juneau campus vision: Multiple gathering spaces are provided in central locations as a resource for commuter students as well as
residential students. A new first year student residence hall with living/ learning center will be tucked away in wooded hillside
within campus Kwáan. A new student union will provide expanded dining options and relocate the bookstore also within the
campus Kwáan.
Programmatic Need Addressed by the Project:
According to the 2012 UAS Master Plan, improvements to the Juneau Campus dining options and facilities are a high priority.
Commuter and resident students alike would benefit from both convenient locations as well as diverse food options. With the
new resident hall at the Juneau Auke Lake campus, updated and redesigned dining facilities should be a high priority. Assembly
and meeting spaces have been judged to be inadequate in size and condition.
Priority 2:
(R&R)
TEC Renewal Phase 2
2,970.0
0.0
2,970.0
Background:
The Technology Education Center is the principal career education teaching facility at UAS Juneau. This project would be the
second phase of a significant renewal and repurposing of this 35 year old facility.
Programmatic Need Addressed by the Project:
UAS’ mission includes a strong emphasis on career and technical education (CTE) that meets the needs of Southeast Alaska and
the state as a whole. This mission is fully aligned with the UA Strategic Direction Initiative (SDI) which calls for “Productive
Partnerships with Public Entities and Private Industries.” UAS programs contribute to fulfilling strategies in the Alaska Career and
Technical Education Plan, which calls for a CTE training and education system that produces quality graduates in high demand
occupations. UAS achieves these results through extensive partnerships with both public sector partners (e.g., Alaska
Departments of Labor and Education, K-12 education, and private sector businesses (e.g. mining companies, tourism, Alaska
Native corporations).
The Technical Education Center (TEC) is the primary education and training facility in Juneau that allows UAS to meet these CTE
goals. It houses programs in Power Technology (diesel, automotive, marine), Mine Training (including a state-of-the-art mine
training simulator), Construction Technology, Welding, and Marine Transportation. Its proximity to nearby Juneau-Douglas High
School promotes alignment of career pathways involving both secondary and post-secondary education.
TEC Renewal Phase One provides a significant expansion with a focus on high-demand Power Technology programs, including
Mine Mechanic training. TEC Phase Two will continue facilities renovation with a special focus on the UAS Center for Mine
Training—increasing UAS capacity to meet the growing needs of Southeast Alaska’s top private employers. With two operating
mines near Juneau, and two more mines under development in SE Alaska, UAS needs to be proactive in providing essential
training in mining occupations, including mine safety, heavy equipment maintenance and operations, and mine mechanics.
Priority 3: Facilities Services Replacement
New Construction
500.0
0.0
500.0
Background:
The existing Facilities site in Juneau began as a converted residential building and has been supplemented with temporary and
marginal improvements for the last thirty years. This project would demolish a portion of the Facilities complex and construct
replacement shop, storage and office space on the current site.
The current Facilities Services site can only be accessed by a steep driveway and curving which enters directly on to Glacier
Highway. The topography and land ownership in this location prohibit the realignment of this driveway to provide a level entry to
the highway. This project will also develop a direct service access to the Auke Lake campus without entering Glacier Highway.
Programmatic Need Addressed by the Project:
The efficiency and safety of the facilities mission is in part dependent on the physical resources of the maintenance complex. The
current facilities services space is an expanded residence and a series of temporary structures that are inadequate for the future
management of the Juneau campus.
Storage of maintenance equipment and grounds supplies are either without shelter, or are in temporary fabric shelters that are
subject to wind and water infiltration. The Facilities Services principal offices to not meet basic ADA accessibility guidelines.
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