On the southwest corner of Maddy Equine Lab, wooden striped racing poles are scattered around the western exterior of the building. These wooden poles were originally used as markers at the TanforanRacetrack in San Bruno. Due to the age and historical importance of the poles, it’s a priority to ensure they’re kept intact and well preserved. When Chase Fowler, from the Building Maintenance Services (BMS) PaintShop, was assigned the task of preserving the poles, he knew the importance of keeping these wood poles intact and was excited about the task!
In April 2020, Facilities Management (FM) was notified by Design Construction Management (DCM) of several buildings on the Davis campus that were slated to be decommissioned. The notification allows our teams the option to identify any equipment or materials that might be useful to use for future projects.
In 2016, Facilities Management (FM) started a venture with the University of California, Office of President (UCOP) to create a UC-wide program to evaluate every significant piece of real property on campuses. This program would evaluate the property’s current condition, potential failure and mission-critical-importance level. Today, ten UC campuses utilize this program to have an accurate assessment of Deferred Maintenance (DM) needs for all UC buildings and infrastructure including equipment based on actual asset conditions.
Jedediah Whetstone is a fourth-year Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering major who is minoring in Technology Management while working at Fleet Services. Currently, his duties include cleaning vehicles' interiors and exteriors, refueling vehicles, picking up parts, and driving vehicles to and from dealerships for service.
Meet Sirarpi Hovhannisyan, a fourth year Cinema & Digital Media and Communications major who has worked in the Energy and Engineering Office as a communications intern for the past two and a half years. Her duties include learning about energy efficient programs on campus and finding innovative and creative ways to promote the projects and teach students about energy efficiency.
It is all about creativity and communicating for third year, Communications and Professional Writing student Cassandra Ng. She began working in Operations Support as the Communications Intern in November 2020. Her associate of arts degree in journalism allowed her to hit the ground running at a socially distanced pace and quickly become a valuable asset to the team. Since then she has been using her talents to create billboard slides, creating and editing newsletter articles, and revamping the Facilities Management social media pages.
Alain Javier is the Facilities Manager and Department Safety Coordinator for the UC Davis Libraries on both the main campus and the Medical Library in Sacramento. Alain started his journey with UC Davis as a senior building maintenance worker, then was promoted several years ago to the Library Facilities Manager. He heard about how great UC Davis was to work for when his previous company sent him to a safety training.
Meet senior Devin Cabillo, a Mathematics and Computer Science major. Devin has been working as a software engineering intern in the Energy and Engineering office since April 2019, and is currently working on a project with the University of California Office of the President (UCOP) Carbon Neutrality Initiative (CNI). He is developing a web-based app to track each UC campus’ historical energy use and progress toward carbon neutrality. Other projects that Devin has worked on are the UC Davis therMOOstat and the CEED campus energy project.
In June 2020, the Toxic Pollutant Health Research Laboratory Building earned LEED Gold Certification with 72 out of 110 total points. This was a collaborative project with contributions from the teams within Facilities Management, the TPHRL building occupants and facility managers, the Green Building Team, and more!
Acknowledging stormwater as a valuable resource, The UC Davis Long Range Development Plan (LRDP) has guided new campus construction to incorporate stormwater strategies to mitigate construction impacts by reducing runoff and improving water quality. Campus Planning and Landscape Architecture works closely with EH&S to guide and shape the designs for these features.
