OATdb Archive

2010 - 2011

Facilities Planning And Construction

Goal
Promote Responsive, Welcoming, And Customer Oriented Service.
Improve accessibility to campus building and facilities to encourage greater enrollment of physically challenged students, faculty, staff and visitors by addressing accessibility issues in all areas of the campus.

Objective
Maximize Use Of Historically Underutilized Businesses
Facilities Planning will aggressively pursue the utilization of Historically Underutilized Businesses.

Indicator
Purchasing Monthly HUB Status Report
The Director of Purchasing publishes a status report monthly which reports the HUB utilization by division

Criterion
26.1% HUB Utilization Rate
The state guideline sets 26.1% as the goal for HUB utilization for Building Construction.

Finding
Achieved 40.02 Percent HUB Utilization Through July 2011.
The goal of 26.1% HUB has been exceeded.  The University achieved a 40.02 percent participation rate through the month of July, 2011.

Action
Recommend This Objective Be Discontinued
The construction program continues to show good participation in the HUB program and we exceed the goal by large margins each year.  We will continue to monitor the results for future action if needed.  This Objective has been met and will be discontinued.


Goal
Continually Improve The Support Services To Internal Constituents
Parking Improvements to campus that are funded by Administration.

Objective
Complete Capital Improvement Projects Under Budget.
We will strive to complete all projects with budgets of $500,000 or larger within budget.

Indicator
Project Final Design Development Budgets
Facilities Planning & Construction will use the approved design development project budget for projects $500,000 and larger as the baseline for measuring final project over/under run.

Criterion
Achieve A 5 Percent Cost Under Run On Projects With Budget Of $500,000 Or More
Facilities Planning and Construction will compare the final project cost with the approved design development budget for over/under run percentage and will achieve a 5 percent under run on capital projects over $ 500,000.

Finding
University Storage Building Completed 8 Percent Under Budget
University Storage Building:
Budget: $950,000
Final Cost: $748,769.78
8% Under Budget

Finding
Bowers Stadium Parking Lot Resurfacing Completed 9 Percent Under Budget
Bowers Stadium Parking Lot Resurfacing
Budget: $2,000,000
Final Cost: $1,748,307.69
9% Under Budget

Finding
Performing Arts Center Completed 1 Percent Under Budget
Performing Arts Center
Budget: $38,500,000
Final Cost: $38,176,253.80
1% Under Budget

Action
All Construction Management And Facilities Operations Staff Will Conduct Joint Project Reviews
All Construction Management and Facilities Operations Staff Will Conduct Joint Project Reviews of all drawings and specifications on Capital Projects.  The goal is to reduce change orders after award.


Action
Use Construction Manager At Risk Delivery System On Projects To Reduce Change Orders
By using the Construction Manager at Risk delivery system, more contractor input is received at the design stage and more problems are identified and corrected before final drawings are produced.

Objective
Parking Improvements
Facilities Planning and Construction will make improvements to campus parking by executing parking projects as they are approved and funded by the administration.


Indicator
Track Progress On Parking Improvement Project(s)
Progress on any parking improvement projects approved by the TSUS Board of Regents or University President will be tracked and recorded.


Criterion
Complete One Or More Parking Improvement Projects In FY 2011
Facilities Planning and Construction will complete one or more projects during FY 2011.

Finding
Property North Of Lone Star Hall Purchased For Surface Parking
The President was able to purchase a small piece of property on the north side of campus adjacent to the new Lone Star Residence Hall.

Finding
Lone Star Hall North Parking Lot Project Design Complete And Construction Documents Are Completed
The design of the parking lot on the north side of the Lone Star Residence Hall has been designed and the construction documents are completed.  Contracting is under way.

Finding
Project Not Awarded By August 31st.
Funding was not secured for this project by the end of the fiscal year. 


Action
Award Construction Contract
Design is complete and upon securing the funding for this project, Facilities Planning and Construction will award a construction contract to complete the parking lot.

Action
Award Construction Contract In FY 2012
We hope to obtain funding for this project in FY 2012 as parking is needed to comply with Texas Accessibility Standards.  This is the designated parking area for Lone Star Hall.


Update to previous cycle's plan for continuous improvement

Plan for continuous improvement Facilities Planning and Construction (FPC) has undergone a leadership change due to a retirement.  Our new Director is reviewing all office processes for improvement areas.  A tremendous amount of effort is placed on every capital project to secure maximum Historically Underutilized Business (HUB) support through the use of bid documents, pre-bid or pre-submittal meetings, and day to day construction contract monitoring.  The FPC area excels at achieving high numbers against our HUB goals as a result of this emphasis. We continue to meet our goals in this area by a wide margin and will discontinue the objective.  Monitoring will continue and actions will be taken should results warrant. 

Over the years parking improvements have steadily been accomplished as part of the SACS initiative to complete one or more parking improvement projects.  This effort has left the campus with very few areas to improve.  Our parking maintenance budget, austere as it is, continues to be stretched to the limit in keeping our parking lots and streets in good condition, a tribute to our small one person shop.  Land purchased this year near the new Lone Star Hall was to have parking established on in in FY 2011 as part of our achievement of Texas Accessibility Standards (TAS) requirements for the construction of the residence hall.  Since award did not occur in FY 2011, it will be imperative to fund and construct this project in FY 2012.

Our history of bringing construction projects in under budget has been exemplary.  We are facing increasing pressure to stay within budgets as a result of unforeseen issues, scope changes and errors in construction documents.  The FPC staff works hard in all of these areas to continue to keep projects in budget.