January 22, 2013
Tuesday, January 22, 2013
- Construction Strategic Sourcing: develop capability with unified purchasing group
- With Purchasing, conducted job order contracting pre-bid meeting.
- Coordinated with Kansas Dept. of Administration on advertising next round of on-call contracts for architectural and landscape architecture services. Financial Management Best Practices: design processes to enhace KU's buying power
- Evaluated applications for vacant accountant position, shortlisted and scheduled interviews.
- Responded to inquiry regarding tax exemption criteria.
- Requested additional proposal from auditing consultant for detailed condition assessments to facilitate prioritization of building system maintenance and replacement needs.
- With assistance from Purchasing, negotiated lower price from an on-contract vendor based on matching an off-contract competitor's lower list price.
- Coordinated with Travelers Insurance, KU Risk Management, and Facilities Services to schedule risk control visit week of January 21. Construction Management Best Practices: develop Unit and integrate with KU Master Plan
- DCM director met with directors/representatives of Facilities Services, Dept. of Student Housing, Kansas Memorial Unions, and KU Center for Research regarding criteria to distinguish between construction and maintenance responsibilities. Drafted guidelines.
- Conducted monthly KU Construction staff meeting.
- Continued development of key performance indicators report.
- Formal kickoff of campus master planning project.
- Interviewed candidates for vacant administrative associate position.
- Released online map of active construction projects to be updated weekly for administrative and public informational purposes.
- Ordered additional safety equipment for construction crews.
- Provided roof warranty records to Facilities Services.
- Coordinated with Business Operations Shared Service Center regarding asset management of construction materials inventory in Maximo.
