Los Angeles, CA 90071 Program Highlights
Transcript of Los Angeles, CA 90071 Program Highlights
515 S. Flower Street, 9th Floor
Los Angeles, CA 90071
March 2016
Program Highlights
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LACCD Leadership
Board of Trustees
Scott J. Svonkin, President
Mike Eng, Vice President
Andra Hoffman
Mike Fong
Ernest H. Moreno
Nancy Pearlman
Sydney Kamlager
Milo Anderson, Student Trustee
Dr. Francisco C. Rodriguez
Chancellor
Dr. Adriana D. Barrera
Deputy Chancellor
James D. O’Reilly
Chief Facilities Executive
BuildLACCD
Tom Donovan, MBA
Director, Program Management
Office
Future Looks Bright for
LACCD From the
President, Scott
J. Svonkin
I was excited to
lead a delegation
to Washington DC
with my fellow
trustees, Mike
Fong and Andra
Hoffman, and
Chancellor
Francisco
Rodriquez. In partnership with other
community colleges from throughout
California, we were privileged to attend
a meeting at the White House to learn
and share how we can improve access,
restore the promise and potential of
community college education, and
make community colleges tuition-free
again.
I’m honored to have been recently
appointed a member of President
Obama’s College Promise National
Advisory Board, and our gathering in
the nation's capital was one important
way to influence and bring progressive
change to our Community College
education system to better meet the
needs of students in the 21st Century.
My role has uniquely positioned me to
be a champion for students in Los
Angeles and in California who struggle
to afford higher education, even within
our community college family of
campuses. My objective in Washington
DC, and going forward, is to initiate
efforts that will allow all students,
especially those who struggle most
with affordability, to go to college,
either tuition-free or for a greatly
reduced fee. I believe there are three
important things that we must
President Scott Svonkin
accomplish:
Economically manage the fees
associated with college;
Facilitate affordable textbooks
and learning resources; and
Provide transportation
solutions that allow students to
get to school and classes.
After attending these important
meetings, I know that my
colleagues and I are energized
and more motivated than ever to
address and overcome any
challenges in order to make higher
education more affordable and
accessible. For the past five years
I’ve worked with my colleagues
and the administration of LACCD
to ensure we’ve been building and
providing world class education
facilities. Look on any campus and
you can see that we have made
tremendous progress.
We still need to build capacity with
more classrooms and modern
learning resources that enable and
inspire community college
students to reach their goals,
including support to continue at
four-year colleges and
universities, where they can take
their lives and careers to even
greater heights and become the
leaders and workforce of the
future that we need. In my role as
President of the Board, our
greatest achievements are being
planned and discussed now, so we
stay true to our mission, we can
build better, smarter and more
prepared communities – and help
as many students as possible. I
look forward to sharing more with
you about the exciting ideas
shared this past week in
Washington DC in our next
newsletter.
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Program Highlights
This past February, the Student Union
(previously called the Monarch
Center), was opened for student use.
The Student Union, which will be the
new hub of activity for students,
faculty, staff and visitors is at the
"heart" of the campus. It is part of
Valley College’s $612 million program
to renovate, modernize, and expand
the campus to better serve the San
Fernando Valley and all of Los
Angeles. The Student Union is built to
high sustainability standards, and is
expected to receive Leadership in
Energy & Environmental Design
(LEED) Silver certification.
The 41,000-square-foot Student
Union will bring together student-
centered services such as the
Cafeteria, Campus Bookstore,
Student Health Center, Business
Office, and the Associated Student
Union (ASU) offices. It will also be
home to the new Lion's Den, a
Los Angeles Valley College Moves Into New
Student Union
Pictured at the ground breaking of the Student Union building, in
October 2014 from L to R: LAVC President Erika Endrijonas,
Trustee Mona Fields, (Ret.) Trustee Nancy Pearlman, President
Scott Svonkin, and LACCD Chancellor Francisco C. Rodriguez.
dedicated space for students to
gather and relax between classes
that includes a coffee bar.
One of the highlights of this new
building is a unique ASO
conference room featuring
panoramic views of the campus
from the outdoor patio/walkway
and sheltered seating underneath.
In addition, the new cafeteria
dining area opens to an expansive
covered outdoor patio that can
double as an open plaza for
events.
Another distinct structural feature
of the student union is the design
of its exterior façade. Through the
use of an efficient header and
jamb system, the exterior metal
stud framing is capable of
achieving parapet heights up to 14
feet above the roof level without
the use of diagonal braces
resulting in a lot more usable
roof space for the student union.
The most prominent design
feature is the 20,000-square-
foot sloping front entrance
canopy towering 41 feet above
the floor at its highest point. The
canopy provides shade to the
courtyard area centered within
the student union while
simultaneously providing an
open feel to the space. The
canopy is unique in that it is
designed to transfer all seismic
or wind-induced tension on to
the main structure, instead of
relying on the canopy columns
to sustain the weight.
For more information on the program or any of the college projects, please visits us at: www.build-laccd.org
Completed Student Union
Student Union ground breaking
Student Union during construction
Student Union artist’s concept
March 2016
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Tom Donovan
has over 40
years of stra-
tegic planning,
design and
management
experience in
the construc-
tion industry.
Most recently,
he served as
the Project
Executive Director for Tatweer Buildings
Company for the Saudi Arabian govern-
ment’s multi-billion dollar school building
program which has a goal of creating
4,000 new schools. Tom also managed
some of Saudi Arabia’s largest projects
including the Jeddah Stormwater Devel-
opment Program, the Tatweer Building
Company and the Jizan Economic City.
Tom has demonstrated leadership and
results with teams on a broad range of
New PMO Director Selected
global contracts with construction
values ranging from $150M to
$20B. Tom’s construction manage-
ment experience includes project
development, engineering, design,
construction management and self-
performing construction services
for commercial, federal, state and
local clients including the US De-
partments of Energy and Defense.
Prior to AECOM, Tom served as
Project Director for Saudi Parsons
Ministry of Housing Design/Build
Project involving more than 75,000
apartments and villas at 11 sites
throughout the Kingdom of Saudi
Arabia. The project included all in-
frastructure, utilities, potable water
and wastewater; as well as public
facilities including schools,
mosques, retail/commercial build-
ings and landscaping features
PMO Director Tom Donovan
Tom holds a Master of Busi-
ness Administration from the
Kellogg School of Management
at Northwestern University and
a Master of Science in Civil En-
gineering from Virginia Poly-
technic Institute. Tom is also a
registered engineer in several
states. A native of Chicago, IL,
Tom now calls Southern Cali-
fornia home, with his wife Mar-
lene. They have a daughter,
Shannon, in college at the Uni-
versity of Northern Colorado
outside of Denver.
New Deputy at PMO
Lisa
Turnbaugh
brings more
than 29 years
of experience
project
management
from a wide
range of
industries
and facilities
across the
globe. She has been instrumental in
driving project management teams to
achieve outstanding program and
project results by enhancing project
delivery platforms to minimize costs,
improve efficiencies, increase quality
and enhance value generation across
the complete project life cycle.
From 2004 to 2012, Lisa served on
the Massachusetts School Building
Lisa Turnbaugh
Authority, which created by the
state treasurer to drive the
restructuring of the ailing School
Building Assistance program. As
a member, she reviewed and
voted on regulations to
implement the law, including rules
governing cost and size
standards and reimbursement
rates for future projects and a
wide variety of other issues
relating to construction and
finance of local school programs.
Lisa is no stranger to Los Angeles
having served as the Program
Manager for the Dodger’s
Stadium Renovation project
where she implemented strategic
off-season renovations that lead
to an on-time and on-budget
Opening Day for both the 2005
and 2006 seasons. Prior to
joining AECOM, Lisa served
with Bank of America for nine
years as the Corporate
Workplace Northeast Project
Director, responsible for all
real estate project
management in the Northeast.
region
Lisa holds an MBA from
Boston College and is a
registered Civil Engineer, with
a degree in Architectural
Engineering from
Pennsylvania State University.
She also has a Six Sigma
Green Belt having solved
several highly complex
process and quality projects
in various countries.
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Getting To and From
Corporate Center
The PMO Transition has been busy working
for our move at the end of April. Here are
some of the public transportation options
available to us.
1055 Corporate Center is supported by a
Metrolink Station at Cal State LA and the
Metro Gold Line stations Maravilla and
Atlantic. You can refer to Metrolink or the
Metro Trip Planner for train schedules that
will connect you with their respective
stations.
There is a designated shuttle run by the
City of Monterey Park operating between
CSULA and Corporate Center that will run
every 30 minutes. The schedule and fares
are as follow:
The County of Los Angeles also operates
the El Sol Shuttle Service from CSULA
which runs twice an hour. General fare is
25 cents per trip. Senior citizens (60 and
older), persons with disabilities, and
children under five years old ride for free.
The service operates:
Monday - Thursday 6 am to 9 pm
Friday 6 am to 11 pm
Saturdays 9 am to 11 pm
Sunday 9 am to 5 pm
Route A Departs on the hour
Route B Departs on the half hour
The closest stop to Corporate Center (0.5
mi) is Floral/McDonnell.
Because AECOM wants its employees to go
home safe every day, per company policy, no
device—either handheld or hands-free-
enabled—is to be used when driving a
vehicle on company business.
DON’T BE A DISTRACTED DRIVER
A person is 23 times more likely to be
involved in a collision if texting while driving
and 4 times more likely if talking on a
cellphone (hand-held or hands-free) while
On behalf of
AECOM, I am
pleased to
introduce the
newest
member of
our
communications team.
Michael Chee is a
communications and
community relations
professional with 30 years of
experience in the Los Angeles
region. In his new position as
Senior Manager of Media and
Community Relations, Michael
will be instrumental in
providing critical
communications support and
outreach to support LACCD’s
mission in the community,
particularly in raising public
awareness for the District and
promoting key projects we
have underway within the
BuildLACCD program. Michael
is based in AECOM’s Los
Angeles office and will be
working closely with me. His
understanding of, and
professional relationships with
community groups and local
media will be a valuable asset
to the services that AECOM is
delivering to LACCD. Please
join me in welcoming Michael
to our team.
Regards,
Tom Donovan
El Sol Shuttle Service
Goldline
Maravilla
Goldline
Atlantic
1055 Corporate Center Drive Area Map