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Summer projects focus on
campus cleanup and semester preparation
Facilities Management has been hard at work all summer cleaning,
refreshing and repairing campus facilities and grounds in
preparation for the start of the fall semester. This
comprehensive and vast undertaking began in early July but was
the end product of four to five months of pre-planning,
budgeting, project meetings, contract preparation and execution,
and strategic coordination by the facilities project management
team. Every service and functional area within Facilities
Management has played a significant role in the implementation
of these numerous projects that will have impacted every corner
of campus.
Total Projects Completed: 161
Total Number of Projects Ongoing: 30
Project Highlights for Summer 2012
Interior Projects
• Classroom buildings project cleaning – Dedicated
cleaning crews have systematically and thoroughly cleaned all
classrooms, restrooms, and points of entry, including stripping
and refinishing floors.
• Whiteboard and chalkboard replacement – Whiteboards and
chalkboards have been replaced throughout the majority of
classrooms and lecture halls across campus, many of which were
no longer usable. Manufacturer’s cleaning and use instructions
will be provided in each classroom to ensure continued optimum
effectiveness.
• Light bulb and fixture replacement and cleaning
Exterior Projects
• Metal fencing and rails – This project focused
on scraping, painting and general refresh of metal fencing
surrounding mechanical areas outside of facilities as well as
hand rails throughout campus.
• Power washing of exterior campus wayfinding signage
• Fire hydrant and fire hose sites – This project
provided preventive maintenance on all fire hydrants and fire
hose sites around campus, and coordinated fire marshal flow
testing, painting and refresh, and installation/replacement of
FDC signage.
• Interior Campus Curb cut painting, weeding and cleanup near
curbs, curb signage painting and refresh
• Parking lot maintenance – Included selective asphalt
and concrete repair and resurfacing, seal coating and striping.
• Campus fountain refreshing – drain, clean and paint
fountains throughout campus
• General grounds and landscaping repairs – Project
includes repair of bare spots and “cow paths” that have been
created in strategic areas, and tree and stump removal and
ground repair (will continue into the fall semester).
• Kiosk installation – This project added five additional
kiosk locations to campus
• Trash can lid replacement – Clean and repaint/replace
lids, and purchase new lids where necessary (will continue into
the fall semester).
• Campus Cleanup Day Event – This summer event sponsored
by Facilities Management, Administration and Finance and
Auxiliary Services brought more than 100 faculty, staff and
student volunteers together to pick up trash, remove fliers from
poles and buildings, scrape gum and tape debris from campus
benches and sidewalks, and collect recyclables. Volunteers
collected more than 732 pounds of waste, an increase of 23% from
last year’s cleanup day event.
This by no means captures every single aspect of the summer
campus cleanup projects that have been performed throughout the
summer. It is intended to help provide an overview of activities
that have occurred during this summer-long focus as Facilities
Management continues to make the campus clean. Please contact
Jim Norcom, Director, with any questions or comments,
jgnorcom@central.uh.edu or 713.743.5804, or Melissa
Rockwell-Hopkins, Executive Director,
mrockwel@central.uh.edu or 713.743.8750, or the
Facilities Service Center at 713.743.4948. To learn more about
the programs and services of Facilities Management, please visit
the
website or
Facebook.
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