final thoughts... “With the passing of Bond Measure JJ in November 2009, the College, for the first time in it’s nearly 50 years of operation, has the funds needed to create a greatly improved learning environment for its students.” G.H. Javaheripour ~ V.P., Administrative Services We hope you have enjoyed the first issue of a newsletter created to keep you informed about current and upcoming projects taking place at the college. We felt that with the passing of the Bond and so many projects currently in the works, it was time to find a medium to keep you informed. We anticipate sending out issues of this newsletter on a quarterly basis, and encourage you to submit any questions to the Facilities Department that you would like to see addressed in future issues. As we strive to create a better maintained, more state-of-the-art Institiution, we encourage input from all constituents of the college. The Facilities Committee meetings are usually held on the 3 rd Friday of the month at 3:00 p.m. in the West Wing Conference Room (Administration Bldg. #10). These meetings are where many of the recommendations for current and future projects get a voice. Meetings are open to faculty, staff and students that might like to sit in. Just contact Michelle Messer at ext. 2199 to find out the next meeting date. Contact us at 760-245-4271, ext. 2250, 2199 www.vvc.edu/offices/facilities Creating Curb Appeal ~ Campus Beautification Park Yourself Right Here A Campus for Training Our Hereos Power from Our Closest Star A Signal for Change Fix the Gym Cooling System? No Sweat! Repairing Lots of Lots in this issue >>> A Newsletter from the Facilities Construction Department Keeping You Up-to-Date & Informed VVCC your campus current topics >>> Park Yourself Right Here Dedicated Faculty & Staff Parking Reinstated on Main Campus “It is difficult to expect your students to be on time for class if you can’t get to class on time yourself.” ~ Debby Blanchard, P.E. Chair, Faculty The Facilities Committee met to brainstorm and figure out how best to provide parking for faculty and staff members. A recommendation for dedicated Faculty/Staff parking lots was presented to Cabinet, and approved. These lots are marked in red in the photo below. Parking lots are dedicated to faculty and staff during the hours of 6:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., at which time all parking becomes open to students as well. These changes will be implemented along with the parking lot repairs this summer. Creating Curb Appeal Making a good first impression counts! With change in leadership comes change in vision. Interim Superintendent / President, Dr. Christopher O’Hearn’s vision is focused on VVCC’s main campus. Exciting changes are coming your way, and these include a campus-wide beautification plan. The Board approved a contract with local architects Frick, Frick, and Jette who have teamed up with Webb water and maintenance required while creating a dramatic new look for the campus. The foundation for the landscape areas of the campus. In determining where to begin the process, Dr. O’Hearn wanted to select areas that would make the biggest impact. The beautification project includes the creation of landscape standards and guidelines for trees, shrubs, landscape materials, and site furnishings for all phases. The goal of the new guidelines is to reduce the amount of that currently exists on campus. Decomposed granite will be used in combination with shade trees and benches to create seating areas for reading, studying and relaxing. Flowering shrubs, cacti and succulents will add color and interest. “The new landscape will be both beautiful and enduring.” said Interim Superintendent President Dr. Christopher O’Hearn. landscape design will be large boulder outcroppings mixed with rock cobble and decomposed granite. The different colors and textures of the rock materials will create movement and break up the large expanses of bare soil “The new landscape will be both beautiful and enduring.” Victor Valley Community College District 18422 Bear Valley Road Victorville, CA 92395 coming soon >>> In The Next Issue It’s as Easy as Boiling Water Breaking Ground on the Eastside Who Makes These Decisions Anyway? A One-Stop Shop ~ A Multitude of Services West Side Story Issue ONE Associates to design a campus-wide landscape beautification master plan. This plan will be implemented in three phases, the first of which will focus on the main entrance and frontage May 2010
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final thoughts... “With the passing of Bond Measure JJ in November 2009, the College,
for the first time in it’s nearly 50 years of operation, has the funds needed
to create a greatly improved learning environment for its students.”
G.H. Javaheripour ~ V.P., Administrative Services
We hope you have enjoyed the first issue
of a newsletter created to keep you
informed about current and upcoming
projects taking place at the college. We
felt that with the passing of the Bond and
so many projects currently in the works, it
was time to find a medium to keep you
informed. We anticipate sending out
issues of this newsletter on a quarterly
basis, and encourage you to submit any
questions to the Facilities Department
that you would like to see addressed in
future issues. As we strive to create a
better maintained, more state-of-the-art
Institiution, we encourage input from all
constituents of the college. The
Facilities Committee meetings are
usually held on the 3rd Friday of the
month at 3:00 p.m. in the West Wing
Conference Room (Administration Bldg.
#10). These meetings are where many
of the recommendations for current and
future projects get a voice. Meetings are
open to faculty, staff and students that
might like to sit in. Just contact Michelle
Messer at ext. 2199 to find out the next
meeting date.
Contact us at 760-245-4271, ext. 2250, 2199
www.vvc.edu/offices/facilities
Creating Curb Appeal ~ Campus Beautification
Park Yourself Right Here
A Campus for Training Our Hereos
Power from Our Closest Star
A Signal for Change
Fix the Gym Cooling System? No Sweat!
Repairing Lots of Lots
in this issue >>>
A Newsletter from the Facilities Construction Department Keeping You Up-to-Date & Informed
VVCC your campus current topics >>>
Park Yourself Right Here
Dedicated Faculty & Staff Parking
Reinstated on Main Campus
“It is difficult to expect your students to be on time
for class if you can’t get to class on time yourself.”
~ Debby Blanchard, P.E. Chair, Faculty
The Facilities Committee met to brainstorm and figure
out how best to provide parking for faculty and staff
members. A recommendation for dedicated
Faculty/Staff parking lots was presented to Cabinet,
and approved. These lots are marked in red in the
photo below. Parking lots are dedicated to faculty and
staff during the hours of 6:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., at
which time all parking becomes open to students as
well. These changes will be implemented along with
the parking lot repairs this summer.
Creating Curb Appeal Making a good first impression counts!
With change in leadership comes change in vision. Interim Superintendent / President,
Dr. Christopher O’Hearn’s vision is focused on VVCC’s main campus. Exciting changes
are coming your way, and these include a campus-wide beautification plan.
The Board approved a contract with
local architects Frick, Frick, and Jette
who have teamed up with Webb
water and maintenance required while
creating a dramatic new look for the
campus. The foundation for the
landscape
areas of the campus. In determining
where to begin the process, Dr.
O’Hearn wanted to select areas that
would make the biggest impact. The
beautification project includes the
creation of landscape standards and
guidelines for trees, shrubs, landscape
materials, and site furnishings for all
phases. The goal of the new
guidelines is to reduce the amount of
that currently exists on campus.
Decomposed granite will be used in
combination with shade trees and
benches to create seating areas for
reading, studying and relaxing.
Flowering shrubs, cacti and succulents
will add color and interest. “The new
landscape will be both beautiful and
enduring.” said Interim Superintendent
President Dr. Christopher O’Hearn.
landscape design will be large
boulder outcroppings mixed
with rock cobble and
decomposed granite. The
different colors and textures of
the rock materials will create
movement and break up the
large expanses of bare soil
“The new
landscape will be
both beautiful
and enduring.”
Victor Valley Community College District
18422 Bear Valley Road
Victorville, CA 92395
coming soon >>>
In The Next Issue
It’s as Easy as Boiling Water
Breaking Ground on the Eastside
Who Makes These Decisions Anyway?
A One-Stop Shop ~ A Multitude of Services
West Side Story
Issue
ONE
Associates to design a
campus-wide landscape
beautification master plan.
This plan will be
implemented in three
phases, the first of which
will focus on the main
entrance and frontage
May 2010
Building Design The Eastside Public Safety Training
Center, an independent campus located in
Apple Valley on the corner of Johnson
and Navajo Road, combines an inviting
learning environment with special training
props to create the perfect setting for
educating future police, fire, and medical
emergency professionals.
Fire/Police CERT City Prop Area This is one of the primary
components for the multi-
use / joint-agency
specialized tactical training
programs at the center. It
offers tremendous
This is the first of an ongoing
series of articles dedicated to
updating you on the
construction of the Eastside
Public Safety Training Center.
Things are moving along
quick, and we want you to be
informed of the progress.
set the stage >>>
A Campus for Training our Hereos
opportunities for the development of
complete role-playing training scenarios.
Indoor Shooting Range Within the campus plan is a nine-lane
indoor tactical firing range where scene
rinactment can take place, including
shoot-don’t shoot situations using paint
ball, laser or similar nonlethal
ammunition.
Burn Tower A five-story training tower has been
designed to accommodate numerous
training exercises. Each side of the tower
will be significantly different, providing
various challenging approach, planning
and access conditions.
Next Time The next issue dedicated to this amazing
new facility will look at sustainability
features, including the specific building
design plan and solar technology to help in
the overall operating costs of this campus.
Fix the Gym Cooling System? No Sweat!
ask the experts >>>
How many rooms are on the campus? The main campus has 731 rooms.
A Signal for Change
With the signing of the
Memorandum of
Understanding between
“For years the Main Gymnasium cooling system has been insufficient
during the hot desert summers. Classes have even been cancelled in the
past due to temperature issues.” ~ Jaye Tashima, Athletics Director
Built in 1994, this 31,500 square foot facility
is used for everything from wrestling to
volleyball to yoga classes. Even
commencement ceremonies took place in
the main gym in the past.
In an ongoing effort to update facilities and
meet current standards, the Facilities
Department contracted to repair leaking
expansion joints in the walls on the south
side of the building.
Now the focus for this facility is on
upgrading the Heating, Ventilation, and Air
Conditioning (HVAC) system.
The current evaporative cooling
technology which the building was
originally built with is energy efficient
and normally works well in the High
Desert climate. This system works by
putting moisture into the air and
delivering it at a high volume. The
draw back is the system does not work
well when outside humidity levels are
high. These systems are past their
useful life, and have become
increasingly unreliable and costly to
repair. We will be replacing the current
evaporative system with a direct
expansion (DX) cooling system. This
system has advantages of lower
capital cost, less maintenance, and
easier installation over other cooling
systems.
The Facilities and Maintenance &
Operations departments are working
together with the architect, structural,
and electrical engineers to complete a
design and advertise the project for
contractors to bid on. We anticipate
completion during the fall semester,
taking advantage of the seasonal
transition of mild weather.
The college’s 253 acres is comprised of 41 buildings, and 731 classrooms, labs,
offices and meeting rooms. It also includes multiple athletic fields, tennis courts,
a five acre lake, and an abundance of open land for future building sites.
Very few campuses have the room that VVCC has to expand.