Project Status Report – September 2002

 

 

 

We have a number of projects underway on campus.  The following is the status of these projects and their expected completion dates:

 

James L. Welch Hall                                            Project Completion Date: September 2002

This new building is the first state-funded facility to be constructed at California State University, Dominguez Hills since the late 1970s.  It is a four-story building with approximately 115,000 assignable square feet that will house the School of Health, Student Services, the Computer Center, and Administration.  The project also includes classroom space to serve over 1,000 full time equivalent students.  The building is currently at 95% completion and will be occupied by January 2003.  Welch Hall will greatly relieve our significant space issues on campus.  We have a website that provides information about Welch Hall as well as construction progress pictures. http://www.csudh.edu/admfin/FP/ITphotos.htm

 

National Sports Training Center                                   Project Completion Date: June 2003

In July 2002, it was announced that the naming rights had been sold to Home Depot.  As such, the venue is now called the Home Depot National Training Center.  Background information on the Home Depot organization is available at the following site:  http://www.csudh.edu/admfin/proposal/homedepot.htm). With an expected opening of the venue in June 2003, the construction will continue to move at a very fast pace.  The parking lot expansion to the north of parking lot 6 is completed.  This new parking lot expansion is part of the campus-parking inventory in place of parking lot 7.  Once Welch Hall is completed, the northeast access to lot 6 will be directly from the Tamcliff entrance to the campus off Victoria Street.  The In-line Skating Rink that was northwest of parking lot 6 has been relocated to an area east of parking lot 4A across from CAMS.  The contractor, PCL, is working out of the former Child Development Center/Infant Toddler Center.  Kent Gibson is serving as the primary contact for questions or concerns related to the construction of this project.  Randy Sharp will serve as Kent's alternate.  Their phone numbers and e-mail addresses are: Kent Gibson (310) 243-3306, kgibson@csudh.edu; Randy Sharp (310) 243-2163, rsharp@csudh.edu.  In order to document the construction of this project, a webcam has been installed on the roof of the ERC building.  Additionally, a website has been established for this project at:  http://www.csudh.edu/admfin/proposal/proposal.htm

 

TV Studio Upgrade and Renovation                         Project Completion Date: October 2002

This upgrade and renovation of our TV Studio (ERC B112 and ERC H120) will 1) provide facilities that will meet industry standard acoustical dampening specifications, thereby allowing our students to learn in a state-of-the-art studio environment; 2) allow the production of state-of-the-art local studio programming; 3) allow for the opportunity to establish partnerships with the Hollywood movie industry and local TV studio production constituents; and 4) allow for the integration of the new digital video capabilities with digital audio equipment, thereby providing the necessary required  'mix' of  AV equipment and physical plant (environment).

 

Emergency Phones                                             Project Completion Date: September 2002

Current emergency telephones placed throughout campus do not meet ADA requirements for accessibility and use.  Additional issues include: difficult operation due to their configuration, inadequate phone coverage throughout campus areas and sub-par performance.  Due to these safety concerns, the campus is replacing existing phones and adding seven new phone locations.  Of the 36 existing phones, 29 are slated for replacement, including new elevator phones.  The remaining locations have been upgraded to the new specification.  Both the University Police, and the Office of Risk Management/Environmental Health and Occupational Safety selected the seven locations.

 

Telecommunications Infrastructure                            Project Completion Date: June 2003

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This project will upgrade critical infrastructure components of the telecommunications system that are essential to support changes in instructional technology that will help us meet the need for expanded telecommunications.  The campus telephone switch has been relocated from the ERC basement tunnel to a larger facility on the 1st floor of ERC.  The relocation involved the move of telephone equipment, equipment racks, cables, and the batteries that power our Uninterrupted Power Source (UPS).

 

We ask for your patience as most offices, classrooms, and labs will be impacted on some level or another (new or upgraded voice and data jacks).  The contractor is mobilized in the fenced-in area up on the plateau just east of the new East Academic Complex.  There are Building Captains assigned to facilitate user inquiries.  The Building Captains attend periodic project meetings and make sure occupants are informed when the contractor is coming into their areas.  Most of the new fiber will be installed in the campus tunnel system.  There will be some trenching around the campus in areas not accessible by the campus tunnel system.

 

Replace Asphalt with Concrete                                  Project Completion Date: September/

and Add Lighting West of                                                                                  October 2002

Sculpture Garden

This project replaces the asphalt that was along the west side of the Sculpture Garden with a concrete sidewalk and lighting.  The asphalt was a safety issue and the area was very dark.

 

Restroom Upgrade – NSM                                    Project Completion Date: December 2002

This project will renovate the restrooms on all three floors of the NSM building.  There will be times when the restrooms on one of the floors will be closed for the renovation.  The first and second floors have been completed.  The third floor will be completed over the winter break.

 

 

Internet Café in the Library                                    Project Completion Date: January 2003

The Library has been provided funding from Associated Students for an Internet Café on the second floor of the Library.  The Internet Café will be a self-serve center with twelve computer workstations including flat-screen monitors, CD read-write drives, and fast AMD Athelon processors.  The purpose of the café is to provide a place for students to relax, casually surf the Web, chat, play games, and check their email.  Food and drinks will be allowed.

 

Projects Completed Since May Report:

 

Smart (Mediated) Classrooms                                     Project Completion Date: Completed

16 classrooms were renovated to smart (mediated) classrooms during the last academic year.  The 16 classrooms are: SBS A-144, SBS B-109, SBS B-115, SBS B-131, SBS B-215, SBS D-125, SBS F-125, SCC 11-305, NSM B-242, NSM B-252, NSM C-221, LCH A-103, LCH A-219, LCH A-224, LCH A-228, and LCH A-324.  The following additional classrooms were renovated to smart classrooms during the summer and were available at the beginning of the Fall 2002 semester: SAC 2101, SBS B-143, SBS B-140, SBS E-126, SBS G-126, SAC 1103, SOE 1117, and SOE 1216.  All of the smart (mediated) classrooms include a ceiling-mounted projector, projection screen, PC, VCR, a pair of wall-mounted speakers and the central control unit (the podium).  The PC is connected to our network and to the Internet.  MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Access) is installed on the PCs.  The VCR plays VHS videotapes, and the PC reads the standard data and music CDs.  All of the features (such as, sound volume, switching from PC to VCR) are controlled on the podium, the central control unit.  In addition, there are data and sound connectors on the podium that are designed for the quick connection of a laptop to the “smart” system.  This allows those professors who prefer to use their own laptops instead of the built-in PC in the podium to present their class materials.

 

School of Education Building Addition                         Project Completion Date: Completed

This project expands the School of Education building by approximately 1,200 square feet.  This space will serve as a classroom and storage area.  The expansion is being built on the old loading dock on the southeast corner of the building.  The new classroom is SOE 1216 and can accommodate approximately 45 tablet arm chairs.

 

Exterior Lighting Project                                             Project Completion Date: Completed

This project improved the exterior lighting along major walkways, stairwells and open areas campus wide.

 

NSM Patio Landscape                                                   Project Completion Date: Completed

This project renovated the outside patio areas on the north side of the three-story portion of the NSM building.

 

East Academic Complex (EAC) Landscape                  Project Completion Date: Completed

This project provided the landscape portion of the newest temporary space project that has been completed east of SBS.

 

New Security Door Locks                                  Initial Project Completion Date: Completed

The initial phase of this project installed over 60 new security locks on doors accessing smart classrooms and other high-risk areas.  Additional security locks will be installed as new funding is provided.

 

Paint Exterior of NSM                                                   Project Completion Date: Completed

 

Paint Exterior of LCH                                                    Project Completion Date: Completed

 

Upcoming Projects:

 

Video Surveillance System /                                   Project Completion Date: October 2002

Art Classrooms

In order to address security concerns, a video surveillance system is proposed for installation in the art gallery and the art classrooms on the first floor of LaCorte Hall.  This system will record images in a JPEG format directly to an internal hard drive and can be retrieved in seconds using time/date stamped searches.

 

New Child Development Center /                                                   Start Date: January 2003

Infant Toddler Center.

As part of the agreement with the developer of the National Sports Training Center, the developer has agreed to provide $550,000 for a permanent replacement facility for the Child Development Center and Infant Toddler Center.  Associated Students, Inc. is augmenting the funds available for the Child Development Center.  The Infant Toddler Center program will provide additional funds for this project.  Total funding available for this project will be $1 million.  The new Center will be located east of the Birchknoll entrance to the campus immediately north of parking lot 1.

 

Electrical Infrastructure Project                                  Tentative Start Date: Summer 2003

Proposition 47 on the November 5 ballot would fund this project.  This project will renovate and upgrade the 12KV electrical distribution system replacing 34,000 feet of 12KV electrical cable and 14 switches primarily in the buildings built before 1980 and the campus main switchgear in the Central Plant.  The Project will cost $2,790,000.  The project will take about one year.