College Planning & Management

NOV 2012

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SAFECAMPUS Environmental Health and Safety, Univer- sity IT, Capital Projects, University Police, and Capital Resource Planning, which handled the budget and liaised with the state. There were representatives from a separate Campus Crisis Communications Committee — which itself consists of University IT, Media Relations & Commu- nications, and the UW Offi ce of Emergency Management. The Seattle Fire Department was also involved. Things were predictably unpredict- able. Planners fi ghting the funding clock discovered that just 90 of the 150 campus buildings slated to be included in the new mass notifi cation system had full voice capability — a plan for the remaining 60 had to be devised. In retrospect, it was the second biggest challenge, after the fund- ing, that confronted the University's team, Murray says. On the other hand, Bales says that the highest hurdle for the design team was "to defi ne the specifi c scope of work for every building." He says, "In more than 150 buildings, the age and condition of the fi re alarm and communications systems varied enormously from new to decades old. In some cases the electronics of the fi re alarm and communications panels could be updated, in other cases the panels had to be replaced fi rst, in itself a major undertaking. "The entire project team visited more than 150 buildings, rapidly collaborating to determine the design and engineering solution required for each building, and no two buildings were the same in terms of panel upgrades; determining horizontal and vertical paths for raceways; interface with existing building systems; [and] loca- tions of new amber horn-strobes, signage, speakers, and electronic text-messaging boards," Bales reports. He explains that "many building spaces were kept locked, so the fi eldwork had to quickly gather all the key information in the fi rst visit while the space was available to us." Teamwork and Cooperation The fi eld team, consisting of architects and electrical engineers, key UW person- nel, and consultants, walked through all of the buildings together, precluding much guesswork later. The team spent much time "in mechanical and electrical spaces, utility tunnels, locked back-of-house areas, and too many back stairs to count," Bales recalls. "At times we felt like we should be leaving markers to help retrace our steps!" Work continued "until the level of detail of the documents was complete, down to matching paint colors," he says. Given such complexity and the deadline, UW, in what Bales calls "a very unique approach," requested that the design team combine architectural, engineering, EDFNXS IRU HYHU\ V\VWHP RQ FDPSXV DOO ZLWKLQ \RXU EXGJHW 352 /&' 6HULHV (Q6SLUH 6HULHV 352 57 6HULHV 6WXGHQW DQG VWDII VDIHW\ GHSHQGV RQ 32:(5 The safety of every person on campus depends on the security systems in place in each building. Whether those consist of a single camera DVR or a 400 camera supersystem stretching across multiple locations, Minuteman's line of power protection products will ensure they will remain operational when the power fails. Since 1982 we have provided reliable, comprehensive power protection solutions to 1000+ educational institutions. &RPSUHKHQVLYH; 3URWHFWLRQ Minuteman's product line includes solutions ranging from enterprise-level Uninterruptible Power Supplies to single-outlet surge suppressors, simplifying the process of building a quality power protection system. _ ZZZ PLQXWHPDQXSV FRP _ ZZZ VL]HP\XSV FRP 3DUD 6\VWHPV ,QF _ /H0D\ 'U &DUUROOWRQ; 7; 34 COLLEGE PLANNING & MANAGEMENT / NOVEMBER 2012 WWW.PLANNING4EDUCATION.COM Scan now!

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