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Facilities staff says campus master plan is driving workload; building automation completed
Summary
Facilities staff told the Washington County Public Works Committee most of the department’s work is tied to the campus master plan, reporting that the fuel island relocation is nearly finished, the east parking lot remodel begins next week, building automation work was completed, and safety team and KPI projects remain behind schedule.
Facilities staff told the Washington County Public Works Committee that the campus master plan is taking the majority of the department’s time and resources.
Cara, presenting the quarterly facilities report, said the county’s Fuel Island relocation is underway, the canopy has been installed and staff expect the relocation to be completed in a few weeks in September. She said staff "don’t foresee any issues with contamination in the existing site," though the committee noted uncertainty remains until work is complete.
Cara also said the East Parking Lot remodel will start next week and an internal remodel of the administration building will start this fall. Those efforts, she said, tie into multiple projects — exterior and interior signage, card access changes, and transitions related to University of Wisconsin extension space — that are consuming staff time.
On the master-plan items, Cara said the building automation project listed in the packet, which she had marked complete the previous day, was finished that day. Two ongoing items remain: a county safety team that has been created but "stalled out," and a process-improvement effort tied to key performance indicator documentation that is currently at risk. Cara said she expects the safety program to be reconstituted and functioning by the end of the year and that she will work to get KPI documentation back on track.
Committee members asked questions about the delays and were told the department’s workload from relocations and remodels has limited capacity for ancillary projects. With no further questions, the committee moved to the next agenda item.
