Facilities Connection - October 2020

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OCTOBER 2020

CHIC FIL-A GRAND OPENING RAY WEST - PROJECT MANAGER

INSIDE THIS ISSUE Campus Project Spotlight. . . . . . . . . . . 1 Welcome New Employees . . . . . . . . . . 3 New Facilities Motorpool Website . . . 3 Department Spotlight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 October Birthdays. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

Chick-fil-A opened in late August at the Madison Plaza Food Court. This was a long anticipated opening for the entire campus. The grand opening was a huge success with students, staff, faculty, patients and visitors from surrounding areas attending to check out the new facility and of course the menu.

Great job to facilities teams that worked on the project along with Contractor, LaGasse Construction and Project Manager, Ray West. Thank you to carpenters, painters, electricians, HVAC and the fire safety officer.

From photos below, you even see UTHSC’s very own Executive Vice Chancellor and Chief Operations Officer, Dr. Kennard Brown (first photo), ordering breakfast on the morning of the Grand Opening.

Don’t forget to stop in and get fresh food prepared daily, on-site!

Covid-19 Campus Testing . . . . . . . . . 4 Benefits Open Enrollment Dates . . . 4 Plexiglas Shields In Demand. . . . . . . . . 2

FACILITIES ADMINISTRATION TEAM uthsc.edu/facilities Kimberly Moore

Assistant Vice Chancellor of Facilities Administration

Christopher Conrad

Director of Planning and Design

Edwin Jeffres, Interim Director of Facilities

Interim Director of Facilities Superintendent, Custodial Services

Daniel Hutchinson

Superintendent, Mechanical Services

Michael Nelson

Superintendent, Construction Services

Jesse Johnson,

Interim HVAC Supt., PM, Boiler Operations

Rosie Davis

Administrative Specialist III The University of Tennessee is an EEO/AA/ Title VI/Title IX/Section 504/ADA/ADEA/V institution in the provision of its education and employment programs and services.

DID YOU KNOW? The Facilities Archibus Maintenance, Key/Lock, and Motor Pool request forms can be found on our website? Visit us at: uthsc.edu/facilities

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PROJECTS SPOTLIGHT 910 MADISON, 5TH FLOOR

PLEXIGLAS SHIELDS IN DEMAND

The 910 Madison, 5th floor project is complete. Flooring was installed by contractor and furniture was installed by vendor.

Plexiglas requests are still in demand on campus due to Covid-19. There are numerous projects in the works, which keep the Bio-Med team very busy, with help from the facilities carpenters. The dept. is doing an amazing job keeping up with the demand. Below are some completed projects photos.

Laura Mooney, Project Manager

Great job to facilities carpenters, painters, HVAC, IT, fire safety and plumbers that worked on the project. Thanks as well to the 910 Madison custodial staff for doing an excellent job with clean up afterwards. Below are some pictures before (top two rows) and after the project completion.

Rosalie Nelson, Project Manager

ELECTRICAL AND PLUMBING DEPARTMENT Dan Hutchison, Superintendent

The electrical and plumbing departments work many work tickets on a given day. Pictured below: Tony Patton and Jeremiah George working in the 920 Madison, NC032 across from the post office; Chris Lowery and Scott Degroff working on a Dunn Dental project; Matt Roye, Jordon Dunn and Tony Patton replacing control center breakers during an emergency outage; Plumber Ray Williams working on the GEB bathroom project. Thanks team for your dedication!

FOOD BANK CLEAN UP Edwin Jeffres, Custodial Superintendent and Interim Director Edwin Jeffres, custodial superintendent and interim director, wanted to thank the team that worked on the food bank clean-up. It was a great example of an overall team effort to accomplish our goals. Great job to Verdale Walters, Willie Earl McKinnie, Freddie Clark, Quincy Houston, Henry Buchanan and Jean Claude Fokeu. Many thanks for the remarkable efforts to clean and organize the Food Bank building. It was a big job that required many hands on deck.

Job Well Done!

FACILITIES MOTORPOOL WEBSITE UPDATE Sheretha Peart, Facilities Business Office

Introducing the New UTHSC Motorpool Reservation Website Starting Monday, October 5th motorpool reservations should be reserved online through the UTHSC Agile Fleet website link. This new reservation system allows for UTHSC faculty, staff and students to make their own reservations with the option to re-schedule, edit or cancel a reservation via the site. Motorpool reservations are only for approved University travel. You can also find updated daily rental rates and Motorpool policies on the website.

Motorpool reservations are available only for authorized short-term vehicle rental. Drivers must have a valid U.S. driver’s license to operate a motorpool vehicle and must be an active University of Tennessee faculty/staff member or student.

CELEBRATION TIME! WELCOME NEW EMPLOYEES Wade Scott Jr. Senior Power Plant Operator Salathiel Holliday Senior Refrig & Air Mechanic Michael Saig Heavy Duty Ref & Air Mechanic

The motorpool office is located on the 2nd floor of the Facilities Physical Plant building at 201 East Street, Ste. 219. Hours of operation are 8:00 am to 4:30pm. If returning a vehicle rental after hours, please contact Campus Police at 901.448.4444.

Jesse Breault Carpenter

For questions or concerns please contact the Motorpool Office at 901-448-2438.

Rodney Gaddis Maintenance Mechanic

Visit the website at: https://www.uthsc.edu/ facilities/motorpool.php

Jeffrey Sanders Fire Safety Specialist I

DUNN DENTAL STUDENT LOUNGE PROJECT

Mark Gammon Fire Safety Specialist III

The Dunn Dental student lounge project is complete. Below are some before (far left, top and bottom) and after pictures. The project renovation included new flooring, new furniture and design, new ceiling tiles and paint. Facilities HVAC carpenters, electricians, movers, painters and IT worked on the project. It looks great!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY OCTOBER BIRTHDAYS

Sibel Kaskal, Project Manager

William Ammons Sr. Refrig & Air Mechanic

William Ammons Kameron Lurry Fabian Howard Bennie Williams Conrad Tate Sibel Kaskal Antwain Hall Victoria West Ebony Miller Alcenia Randolph Daniel Claxton

WELCOME TO FACILITIES

Accounts Payable Supervisor - LaTisha Williams Please help us welcome LaTisha L. Williams to facilities as the new Accounts Payable Supervisor. Latisha holds a Bachelor of Science degree from Jackson State University and is currently a graduate student at the University of Memphis. Latisha possesses over 25 years of management and accounting experience. She previously served as Assistant Manager of general accounting at the University of Memphis, Accounts Payable Manager at Baptist Cancer Foundation formerly University of Tennessee Cancer Institute and served as an Administrator for Shelby County Government. LaTisha seeks to achieve quality accounts payable process improvements, enhance customer service. Welcome aboard Latisha, we are glad you joined us!

Rosalie Nelson Leslie Gray David Wade Ronald Boren LaDerrick Means Myra Rogers Sylvester Reed Maurice Ware Kristy Bell Steven Duncan

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NEWS YOU CAN USE...

KEY AND LOCK CONTROL MANAGEMENT

Key and lock control management is under Facilities Administration. If you need to turn in, transfer, have new keys issued, or have locksmithing needs do the following: 1) Complete a request form found on the facilities website under the key control tab (https://www. uthsc.edu/facilities/key-control. php).

2) Attach the form to an Archibus work order request (link found at the bottom of each page of Facilities website) and bring to Facilities.

We are located in the Physical Plant Building, room 224. Office hours are 8:00 - 11:30 am and 1:00 - 4:30 pm, Monday through Friday.

For further assistance please call 901.448.4001.

COVID-19 CAMPUS TESTING POLICY COMMUNICATIONS AND MARKETING

A COVID-19 testing site has been set up on the Memphis campus in the StudentAlumni Center (SAC) gymnasium at 800 Madison Ave. The gymnasium is located on the backside of the SAC and patients should enter via the breezeway, and not through the front door of the SAC. The SAC testing site is open Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays 12:00 – 4:00 pm and Saturdays 1:00 – 3:00 pm with no appointment necessary for faculty, staff, and students. Students should refer to their portal for streamlined scheduling.

Spouses, family members, and friends of UTHSC faculty, staff, and students cannot be tested at the SAC location and should go to a community testing site operated by University Clinical Health. The SAC testing site is closed on holidays.

The SAC testing site is for those who are asymptomatic (no symptoms) and have had no known exposure to COVID-19.

Those with symptoms or who may have been exposed to COVID-19 will be referred to a University Clinical Health mobile testing site by texting “COVID” to 901.203.5526.

Test results will take about 48 hours to be returned to the patient.

REMINDER: THE ANNUAL ENROLLMENT PERIOD FOR CALENDAR YEAR 2021 COVERAGE IS OCT. 1 - 16, 2020.

EVEN IF YOU DO NOT MAKE ANY CHANGES DURING THE ANNUAL ENROLLMENT PERIOD, IT IS GOOD TO REVIEW YOUR ENROLLMENT SELECTIONS EACH YEAR DURING THIS TIME. IF YOU ARE HAPPY WITH YOUR CURRENT SELECTIONS, YOU DO NOT HAVE TO DO ANYTHING. UTHSC STAFF DAILY DIGEST

UPCOMING OFFICIAL UTHSC HOLIDAY CLOSING November 26 and 27 Thanksgiving December 21 through December 25 Winter Holiday

For more information, please contact: Facilities Administration | 201 East Street | Suite 113 phone 901.448.5661

uthsc.edu/facilities

THE UTHSC CAMPUS IS OUR #1 PRIORITY! The Facilities Administration department at UTHSC has the overall responsibility of all facilities activities, including basic operations, buildings systems maintenance, logistics, grounds, transportation, custodial services and continuous maintenance of the Health Science Center of The University of Tennessee.