Michael Wall
Engineering is completing the Macro guidelines for each system. College
and district personnel are in the process of reviewing the
recommendations for adoption
Construction Management Firm Selection
Project Description
Selection of
construction management firms for the Digital Arts/ Sculpture Project,
the Student Services Complex Project, and three projects at Cuyamaca
College
Project Update
Over twenty firms
submitted statements of qualifications to be considered for construction
management contracts for the above listed projects. A selection
committee made of district, college, and Gafcon representatives narrowed
the firms down to nine top firms. Interviews were held the last week in
September with five firms being selected to move forward for second
interviews.
Interior Design Firm Selection
Project Description
Selection of interior
design firms for “full service” design services for Grossmont and
Cuyamaca College projects
Project Update
Numerous firms
submitted statements of qualification to be considered for interior
design contracts. A selection committee made of district, college, and
Gafcon representatives narrowed the firms down to four top firms.
Interviews will be held October 20, 2004.
500 Restroom
Remodeling
Project Description
Renovate a total of
four (4) restrooms, including plumbing, fixtures, and flooring.
Restrooms that will be remodeled in this phase are: Men’s Student
restroom in the East 500 building; women’s student restroom, women’s
faculty restroom, and men’s faculty restroom in the South 500 Building
Project Update
Architectural Drawings
are now completed by MDWF, and the college has approved final design
specifications. Now that the drawings are approved, the project has
been submitted to DSA for review and approval and then will go out to
public bid. Color boards for the color scheme will be approved this
week.
Technology Center Portion of LTRC
(Old LRC Remodel)
Project Description
This project involves
remodeling the old Learning Resource Center into a High Technology
Center. This new facility now houses a large number of computer labs
including Business Office Technologies, Math Labs and Tutoring Centers,
Assistive Technology Center, English Tutoring Center, and Independent
Studies. The new Technology Center also houses large open computer mall
areas, Instruction and Technology Resources offices, and staff offices.
The Printing and Duplicating Center is located on the west side of the
Technology Center in the old Instructional Media Center location.
Project Update
We are still working
on completing the landscape and irrigation portions of this project. We
have two contractors working to resolve the irrigation and landscaping
issues, including broken irrigation control wires, missing irrigation
valves, and water pressure issues. The landscape architect was out this
week and will provide the college with design modifications to correct
the water pressure issues.
New
Science Lab Building
Project Description
This project involves
the construction of a new two-story Science Lab Building and
greenhouse. The complex will house Biology (including microbiology,
physiology, zoology, and Botany) Chemistry (including organic
chemistry), and Geology/oceanography and their related labs. The
project also includes a computer lab accessible to all science
disciplines for student and faculty lab use.
Project Update
The construction
documents are currently undergoing constructability review. The bids
packages are scheduled to go out in November with the second phase of
construction schedule still on time and scheduled to start on February
2005.
Student Services Complex
Project Description
A new multi-storied
structure will consolidate Student Services programs and staff into a
single “one-stop” center that provides for better coordination of
services to students throughout their stay at Grossmont. A related part
of the project is the renovation and expansion of the current Student
Center, including an enhanced dining area, multiple food vendors, and
improved work areas for the Associated Students, the Culinary Arts
instructional program, and better use of adjacent outdoor areas. The
project’s secondary effects will be felt on the temporary buildings that
will be displaced by the new building, and the re-location of the
programs located there to the Student Services Building or, in some
cases, to a remodeled Administration Building from which a number of
Student Services will be moved to the new building.
This project’s design
is being coordinated with the parking structure and life safety road
projects.
Project Update
The Task Force has
been meeting and redefine square footage needs and office proximity
needs. The Public Safety Offices have been taken out of the Student
Services Complex and been added to the Parking Structure project. This
was done after further evaluating Public Safety’s needs and operation
requirements. They will now be located in a building placed at the
southeast corner of the new parking structure. Health Services and the
community meeting rooms and been taken out of the Student Services
Complex, and are tentatively scheduled to be a part of the renovated 100
buildings. The Board approved the IPP of the Student Services Complex,
and we will now begin to start the FPP of the Student Center.
Digital Arts Sculpture Building
Project Description
This project consists
of two buildings. The Digital Arts Laboratories Building, which will
provide art, digital art, photography, digital photography classrooms,
video and radio studios, and faculty offices. The sculpture Laboratory
Building and Yard will provide a sculpture studio, a 3-D design /jewelry
studio, and an outdoor sculpture work yard.
Project Update
The task force has
been meeting with Mosher, Drew, Watkins, and Ferguson on the 50%
construction documents. The room locations, designs, and furniture
placement are nearing completion. The Task Force is continuing to meet
to resolve some of the last issues. The current footprint of the
building will require that the 200 B portable building be removed. The
Secondary Effects task force has finalized a relocation plan, which was
taken to the Facilities Committee at their last meeting. The
replacement building for 200B will now be located behind 200 A, this
change was made do to a Fire Marshal required fire lane that will be
constructed on the east side of the current 200-A location
Health Professions/Science Building
Project Description
Replace the west 300
Building with a new Health Professions/Science Building. Relocate
faculty offices; Health Professions, Physics, and Forensics labs; Health
Professions, Science, Geography, and Astronomy classroom spaces to new
building, leaving instructional space and offices available in the north
and south 300 building.
Project Update
The FPP for this
project was completed a while back. Preliminary Plans and Working
Drawing funds are allocated in Series “B” of Prop “R” funding.
Parking Structure
Project Description
This project involves
expanding parking by constructing a parking structure in parking lot 5
to meet the parking requirement of the campus. This project now
includes the construction of a new Public Safety building at the
southeast corner of the parking structure.
Project Update
The college task force
has been meeting with IPD as the plans proceed forward. The parking
structure is designed to be a three-story lot with elevators, and direct
ramp access to the South 500 Building. This project design is being
coordinated with the life safety road and Student Services Complex
projects.
The parking structure
Task Force, and Joel Javines are working on compiling a list of
alternative parking areas both on and off campus to help mitigate the
lost parking when construction on this project begins in parking lot 5.
The compiled list of alterative parking will be forwarded to the
President’s Cabinet and appropriate college and district committees for
review and recommendations.
Reconfigured Main
Entrances /
Life Safety Road
Project Description
The project also
includes restructuring and widening the access road by the entrances to
parking lot 7, adding a roadway between the Highwood and 125 entrances,
including three (3) traffic signals to improve flow patterns, a redesign
of the public transportation bus loop.
Project Update
An Engineer has been
selected (R.B. Consulting) to assist in finalizing the design
development. Gafcon is meeting with several cities and agencies
involved in the project to assist in moving this project forward. This
projects design is being coordinated with the parking structure and
Student Services Complex projects.
400 Building
Renovation
Project Description
This project involves
the renovation of the 400 building including flooring, utilities,
roofing, wall, and HVAC repairs and/or replacements.
Project Update
The Task Force is
currently working through the Architects MDWF, and is finalizing a
proposed building layout, which will be forwarded to the Facilities
Committee at its next meeting. The Task Force has been working
diligently and the plans for this project have progressed quickly. The
task force is also assisting in the development of temporary housing and
moving of programs while the building is under construction. Currently
we will have three portable trailers that will be moved onto the west
lawn area next to the tennis courts.
Central Chiller Plant
Project Description
Extend chiller plant building on the west side of the LRC. Remove the two
existing 350-ton chillers and replace with two 700-ton chillers.
Install new chiller lines to current and future buildings. Remove and
dispose of old chiller in 500 East building and replace with recently
purchased chiller from the 200 South Building to supply chilled water to
the 500 building complex. Replace 500 South offices air handling unit
with new unit. Remove and dispose of 300 North Chiller.
Project Update
The two 700 ton
chillers will be installed over the winter break. The new chiller lines
to connect the 300 south and new Science Lab Building will be installed
over the winter break. The chiller lines to connect the Digital Arts
building as well as the surrounding 200 complex will be installed this
next summer.
200
West and 300 South Air Handler Replacements
Project Description
Replace air handlers
in the 200 West and 300 South buildings with new air handling units with
direct digital controls. Replace the 300 Building boiler with a new
energy efficient boiler. Repair or replace ductwork in the 200 West and
300 South buildings as needed.
Project Update
The contract for this
work has been awarded and the drawings have been completed. The
installation of the air handlers and related ductwork repairs will be
performed over the winter break. The 200 West and 300 South buildings
will be closed for classes over the winter break. Special thank to the
Scheduling Department for all of their hard work in scheduling classes
around this shut down.
Secondary Effects Portable Building Installations
Project Description
Installation of
temporary portable buildings on campus to house displaced classroom and
office space on campus caused by construction, or renovation projects.
Three portable buildings and a portable restroom trailer will be
installed between the sidewalk and the tennis court fence on the west
side. These portables will house the trainer’s area and related office
and storage space; the men’s locker room, and the women’s locker room,
while the 400 building is being renovated. One portable building will
be installed behind the 200-A portable building by parking lot 1. This
portable will replace the 200-B portable building that will be
demolished to make way for the Digital Arts Building. The District
Electronic maintenance trailer will be demolished to make way for the
Digital Arts and Sculpture buildings. The workshop and storage will be
relocated into the District Facilities Planning and Maintenance offices
located within the current maintenance compound. The District
Facilities Planning and Maintenance personnel will be relocated into
another relocatable building placed in parking lot 4-A next to the
Gafcon trailer.
Project Update
The three trailers
that we are purchasing from Los Angeles will arrive next week and be
placed in the southwest corner of parking lot 4-A. These trailers will
be placed into their designed locations over the winter break. The
three trailers we are receiving from Cuyamaca College will arrive during
the winter break and will be placed in the northwest corner of the
soccer field, and will remain there until February when the site work
next to the tennis courts has been completed.
Office Flooding Issues
Project Description
Repair damaged to
faculty and staff offices caused by flooding in the 500 South offices
and 400 Building offices
Project Update
The flood damage to
office 513 has been repaired. The carpet has been replaced with new
floor tile, the walls were cut and the damaged drywall was replaced.
The office was repainted and the faculty member has been moved back into
their office. The flood damage to office 410 has also been repaired.
The office was constructed out of an old shower area, and the floor
drain was not capped when the conversion was constructed over 5 years
ago. The floor drain has been capped, the carpet has been replaced and
the faculty members have been moved back into their offices. The
District Risk Management Department had both areas inspected and they
were cleared for occupancy.
If you have any
maintenance issues or concerns regarding Grossmont College facilities
please do not hesitate to contact Tim Flood at ext. 7653, Kelly Rosas at
ext. 7593, or Dr. Debra Fitzsimons at ext. 7140.