Facilities Planning and Construction
2011-2012 Annual Report
Facilities Planning and Construction
2011-12 Annual Report
Construction Projects Completed This Year:
• Mechanical, Materials and Aerospace Engineering Lab
• Combined Heat & Power Co-Generation Facility
• Computer Center I and II renovations (Technology Commons)
• Deck and Tensile Awning Structure for Chick-Fil-A (John T. Washington Center)
• Barbara Ying Academic Center renovations
• Expansion of Mass Notification System for Towers I-IV and JT Washington Center
• Baseball Stadium Expansion (Phase I)
• 107.52 kW DC Photovoltaic Array
• Pegasus Health
• Campus CHW System Piping Expansion
• Reclaimed Water System for Irrigation to Campus Core
• Roth Tower Club Level Restroom Addition
• 181 Facilities Improvement Projects throughout Campus
Construction Underway:
• Academic Villages II
• Greek Park Housing and Life Center
• Classroom Building II and ROTC
• Recreation and Wellness at Knights Plaza
• Burnett House Re-roof
• CREOL HVAC Retrofit
• Intramural Softball Field Improvements
• Structural Repairs to Building 20 Basement
Projects in design:
• Academic Villages Parking Garage
• Wayne Densch Academic Performance Center
• Baseball Stadium Expansion (Phase II)
• UCF Health Science Campus at Lake Nona Campus Signage
• Multilingual & Multicultural Center Addition
• Emergency Operations Center Renovation
• Distributed Antenna System
• Bennett Building Renovation
• Facilities and Safety Renovation
• Campus Road Network Repaving Plan
• Recreation and Wellness at Knights Plaza
• Starbucks at Health and Public Affairs II
Projects in concept:
• Visual Arts Building Expansion
• Counseling Center Addition
• Library Expansion (Automated Retrieval System)
• Performing Arts Complex Expansion
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Math and Physics Building Renovation
Engineering Building I Renovation
Intersil Renovation
UCF Goals
Offer the best undergraduate education in Florida
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Facilities Planning and Construction renovated and added several on-campus restaurants, providing faculty,
staff and students additional options for on-campus dining. Restaurants include Seattle’s Best Coffee, High
Five Yogurt, and Skewers.
Facilities Planning and Construction is currently constructing a new Classroom Building and ROTC center with
seven large lecture halls ranging from 125 to 450 seats, to accommodate the University’s growing student
population.
Facilities Planning and Construction is designing a new addition to the Library that would include an automated
retrieval center in which an automatic crane locates materials and delivers to a pick-up station. 1.5M volumes
can be housed in 8,800 gross square feet (GSF), vs. 113,000 GSF of traditional open shelving.
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Become more inclusive and diverse
• Facilities Planning and Construction selected four Continuing Service Small Business Enterprise Certified General
Contractors to perform work on $1 million and under projects.
• Facilities Planning and Construction is designing an expansion to the Multilingual and Multicultural Center. This
expansion will accommodate the increase in international students attending the Intensive English program
and will include a large meeting room for orientation, certificate ceremonies, large group testing, guest
speakers, and other group functions. This additional space will also serve as classrooms, providing needed
space as more courses are scheduled.
• Facilities Planning and Construction co-wrote a “how to” construction video tutorial with Purchasing’s Diversity
in Contracts Program that featured the contracting success story of John. J. Christie, an African-American
engineering firm. The video features Associate Vice President Lee Kernek encouraging the inclusion of small,
minority, women, and veteran business enterprises (SMWVBE) on projects and giving tips for submitting
proposals. The video debuted online in October 2011 at http://engage.ucf.edu/v/p/ALATare.
• Facilities Planning and Construction presented a construction workshop during UCF’s November 2011 Supplier
Diversity Day as an outreach to the SMWVBE community. Associate Vice President Lee Kernek and panelists
Gina Seabrook and LaShanda Brown-Neal provided an overview of UCF’s construction process and conducted a
question and answer section with the audience.
Be America’s leading partnership university
• Facilities Planning and Construction works closely with local, regional and state governments on all main
campus and Health Sciences Campus at Lake Nona master plan amendments.
• Facilities Planning and Construction is collaborating with ROTC to provide a new state of the art facility featuring
a military history library, multipurpose room, and recruiting offices for the more than 500 cadet student
program.
Other accomplishments of the division
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Facilities Planning and Construction has attained LEED Gold certification on Performing Arts Complex with ten
other projects awaiting final review and certification through the US Green Building Council (USGBC).
Facilities Planning and Construction successfully attained Certificate of Completion/Occupancy on 181 Facilities
Improvement projects throughout the main and regional campuses.
Facilities Planning and Construction continues to edit and publish the UCF Design, Construction, and Renovation
Standards to ensure consistency throughout all facilities and capital improvement projects.
Cost effectiveness
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Facilities Planning and Construction is using GC quotes to ensure competitive quotes are attained for
continuing services and maintenance contracts.
Technology
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Facilities Planning and Construction completed construction on a renovation of Computer Center II’s computer
labs to improve the aesthetics of 1st floor spaces which serve as a comprehensive technology center for
students, with state-of-the-art computer labs, collaboration rooms, wireless study lounges, a computer store,
computer repair center, cafe/coffee shop, video editing and podcast room, and 2 large furnished project
rooms.
• Facilities Planning and Construction implemented a standard that all new capital projects be designed utilizing
Building Information Modeling (BIM). The department is preparing to begin development of new projects using
BIM in-house.
• Facilities Planning and Construction is organizing the in-house electronic plans filing system to store and track
digital copies of construction documents and related material. Hard copy prints from forty years of
construction and development are being scanned and archived.
Employee achievements and awards
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James Davis was promoted to Interim Director.
Jack Price was promoted to Associate Director.
Lori Baker from Facilities Planning & Construction attained both an International Code Council Commercial
Building Inspector License and a Florida Commercial Building Inspector License.
Donna Reid was nominated as one of eight finalists for the Leadership Spirit Award for UCF ‘s United Way
Charity Campaign 2011. Finalists were chosen by the Campaign Cabinet by blind vote from a pool of
nominations sent in from across the university. Nominations were based on leadership qualities such as
personal initiative, contributions to the campaign, creative events & marketing, and more.
Charitable in Intercampus Giving
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Facilities Planning and Construction participated in the “I Believe” charity campaign in which employees to help
fund critical University projects.
Facility & Safety units (of which Facilities Planning and Construction is a part) combined earned first place for
the $2,309.94 raised for UCF’s 2011 United Way Charity Campaign.
Departmental Highlights
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Partnership III – ABC (Associated Builders & Contractors) Central Florida, 2011 Excellence In Construction
“Eagle Award” – Schools/Educational Facilities $10-$20 million, Clancy & Theys, SchenkelShultz Architecture
Parking Garage H – ABC (Associated Builders & Contractors) North Florida, 2011 Excellence In Construction
“Eagle Award” – Haskell Construction
Technology Commons was featured as cover photo and full-page feature in the February 2012 issue of College
Planning & Management Magazine as one of two projects nationally spotlighted in two-page spread titled
“Facility Focus: Libraries / Learning Commons”
Baseball Stadium Expansion (Phase I)
Mechanical Materials and Aerospace Engineering Lab
107.52 kW DC Photovoltaic Array
Technology Commons
Combined Heat & Power Co-generation Facility
Combined Heat & Power Co-generator
Greek Life Center
Wayne Densch Academic Performance Center
Pegasus Health at Quadrangle
Classroom Building II and ROTC
Academic Villages II