BUILDING OPERATIONS

Managed daily operations and capital improvement projects for a 720,000 square foot school to provide a safe and orderly environment for the staff and students.

Regularly met and led meetings with CPS facilities staff, capital improvement project teams, vendors engineers, building operations manager and maintenance crew .

Worked with the Mayors office and CPS facilities to ensure and oversee a $65,000,000 capital improvement project set to be completed in 2017.

The beginning of the school year marks the completion of Lane Tech’s 3-year construction renovation project. At $56.7M, this project is the largest capital renovation project that our school has undergone since it was built in 1934. The building envelope was completely overhauled with all new roofing, windows, and masonry work, making it completely watertight. In addition to the 3 new science labs, toilet room renovations, and the greenhouse elevator that we completed last summer, we painted the entire school, replaced all the broken floor tile, and added air conditioning to all classrooms this summer. We will continue to see minor construction work through the fall as the general contractor completes their punch list, such as skylight work on the 4^th floor.

By the numbers:

· Replaced 2,566 windows

· Replaced 91 exterior doors

· Installed over 160 new window air conditioners

· Replaced 200,000 square feet of roofing (enough to cover 4 football fields!)

· Replaced 44,000 square feet of the building’s original slate roof

· Tuckpointed over 900,000 lineal feet of brick mortar

· Replaced over 1 million bricks

· Repaired and replaced almost 9,000 in pieces of architectural terracotta

· Painted the interior of the entire building, using over 7000 gallons of paint (enough to fill a tanker truck!)

RESPONSIBILITIES:

Strategic planning and day-to-day operations, particularly in relation to buildings and premises. procurement and contract management.

Planned best allocation and utilization of space and resources for new buildings, or
re-organizing current premises.

Prepared documents for contractors.

Managed projects and supervising and coordinating work of contractors.

Calculated and compared costs for required goods or services to achieve maximum value for money.

Planned for future development in line with strategic school objectives.

Managed and lead change to ensure minimum disruption to core activities.

Directed, coordinated and planned essential central services such as reception, security, maintenance, mail, archiving, cleaning, catering, waste disposal and recycling.

Ensured the building meets health and safety requirements and that facilities comply with legislation.

Checked that agreed work by staff or contractors has been completed satisfactorily and following up on any deficiencies.

Responded appropriately to emergencies or urgent issues as they arise.