College, adjacent to the Peralta District Offices, is the largest of the four Colleges that comprise the Peralta Community College District. About 43% of all Peralta students attend school at Laney College. This urban academic institution is situated in 60 acres of land. A plan for the collaboration of the District and College leaders was established as part of efforts to improve institutional effectiveness. The areas of discussions included: Capital Projects Scheduled Maintenance Differed Maintenance Life Safety related projects Outstanding work orders and plans to implement these requests 1. Personnel Needs: The DGS recruited two maintenance staff that will assist the College to deal with MEP related repairs. The Assistant Chief Engineer has been hired and the Director of Facilities & Operations position is anticipated to be filled by November 2016. Laney has also hired two additional Stationary Engineers and one Grounds worker/Gardener. 2. Work Orders and Maintenance Software: As mentioned in the Merritt discussion, the Laney stakeholders were concerned also with the District’s ability to stay abreast of work orders. The new Connections” software is sophisticated in terms of functionality and “Maintenance will store data in the cloud while providing stakeholders the status of their work orders via email. This new software system should improve the execution of deferred maintenance project lists. DGS, Stationary Engineers, and Grounds maintenance personnel (including custodians) have reduced outstanding work orders from 1,200 in August 2015 to 105 in August 2016. 3. Action Plans to Implement Work Orders: The DGS is conducting a formal bid to contract with outside vendors in the areas of MEP. These vendors will undertake the implementation
College, adjacent to the Peralta District Offices, is the largest of the four Colleges that comprise the Peralta Community College District. About 43% of all Peralta students attend school at Laney College. This urban academic institution is situated in 60 acres of land. A plan for the collaboration of the District and College leaders was established as part of efforts to improve institutional effectiveness. The areas of discussions included: Capital Projects Scheduled Maintenance Differed Maintenance Life Safety related projects Outstanding work orders and plans to implement these requests 1. Personnel Needs: The DGS recruited two maintenance staff that will assist the College to deal with MEP related repairs. The Assistant Chief Engineer has been hired and the Director of Facilities & Operations position is anticipated to be filled by November 2016. Laney has also hired two additional Stationary Engineers and one Grounds worker/Gardener. 2. Work Orders and Maintenance Software: As mentioned in the Merritt discussion, the Laney stakeholders were concerned also with the District’s ability to stay abreast of work orders. The new “Maintenance Connections” software is sophisticated in terms of functionality and will store data in the cloud while providing stakeholders the status of their work orders via email. This new software system should improve the execution of deferred maintenance project lists. DGS, Stationary Engineers, and Grounds maintenance personnel (including custodians) have reduced outstanding work orders from 1,200 in August 2015 to 105 in August 2016. 3. Action Plans to Implement Work Orders: The DGS is conducting a formal bid to contract with outside vendors in the areas of MEP. These vendors will undertake the implementation