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Editor’s Note THE VIEW FROM HERE
Beyond the Statistics
Welcome to 2019. This issue of College Planning & Management includes our an- nual Facilities & Construction Brief. For this report, we surveyed you, our readers, to ask about construction on your campuses. You generously provided information on what projects have been recently completed, as well as plans for construction that will get
underway or wrap up this year.
The outlook is positive. Three-quarters of respondents com-
pleted construction projects in 2018. Slightly more than that (79 percent) indicated that they will complete projects this year, and that same amount will start projects this year as well.
You are balancing these campus improvements—because whether new-from-the-ground-up, additions, or renovations, these construction projects are improving campus life—against a number of challenges. Challenges that include budget and funding issues (al- though 34 percent saw no change in available funds and 22 percent— up from last year’s 18 percent—noted that more funds are becoming available for construction); complying with local, state, and federal rules and regulations; deferred maintenance backlogs on existing building stock; timing and scheduling constraints; customer (stu- dent, administrative, stakeholder, community) expectations; labor and materials availability and quality concerns; weather; and more.
Looking forward to the April issue, we will be featuring our annual Campus Housing Report. The survey underway for that report asks not only nuts-and-bolts questions about what residential projects have been completed, are in the works, or are on the boards (as this Facilities & Construction Brief survey did), but also asks open-ended questions about your challenges and concerns. Beyond the statistics, it is your answers to these questions that provide me with insight into what is on CP&M readers’ minds.
There is clearly a theme as many of your comments focused on resources, from funding to materials to skilled labor. Operational budgets are flat, staff numbers are reduced through retirements
or personnel leaving for better opportunities, materials are more difficult to source or are increasingly expensive. Still, you remain focused on your customer: the students who attend your institu- tions. You continue to design, build, furnish, and maintain the very best facilities you can. Your diligence is noted, and appreciated.
You can read the 2018 Facilities & Construction Brief begin- ning on page 6. CPM
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UC Berkeley Earns TRUE Zero Waste Platinum
Certification
Chou Hall at the University of California, Berkeley’s Haas School of Business recently earned TRUE (Total Resource Use and Efficiency) Zero Waste
certification at the Platinum level—a first for any academic building in the world. The building had already been certified as LEED Platinum.
The TRUE Platinum Zero Waste certification came after more than a year of dedicated waste sorting, composting, and other efforts to divert over 90 percent of Chou’s landfill waste. The official notice came from Green Business Certification Inc. (GBSI) following an on-site audit by the U.S. Green Building Council.
The Chou Hall Zero Waste Initiative is a joint effort led
by a multidisciplinary team of graduate and undergraduate students working closely with Cal Zero Waste, Haas faculty and staff, facilities manage- ment, and building vendors to ensure that building operations are designed for successful waste diversion. CPM
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