Capital Planning and Construction

CAPITAL PLANNING & CONSTRUCTION

WesternU dedicates importance to providing a supportive environment for our faculty and students by investing in our campus educational and administrative spaces according to our Campus Master Plan. Our Capital Planning and Construction division keeps our government construction jurisdiction documents and procedures up-to-date and updates infrastructure Campus standards as necessary.

For Visiting Contractor Information, Please see last section at bottom of this page

EXECUTIVE LEADERSHIP

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Todd Clark
Campus Architect, AIA
Division of Institutional Shared Services

tclark@westernu.edu

(909) 469-5473

Portrait of Steve Vega

Steve Vega
Construction Project Manager, B.S.
Division of Institutional Shared Services

svega@westernu.edu

(909) 469-8664

 

CAPITAL PLANNING & CONSTRUCTION AT A GLANCE

*Contractor validations & Bid pool qualifying

*Construction contracts processing

*Project Timeline & Budget management

*Programming & Preliminary Design

*Capital Projects PMO Dashboard reporting

*Building Information Management (BIM) updates

*Request for Proposal (RFP) packages

*Site logistics safety coordination

*Basis of Design project manuals

*Bid scoring & selection-award

*G.C. General Conditions & Requirements manuals

*Construction site administration & reporting

*City planning & Inspection coordination

*Bids summary analysis & cost adjustments

*Close-out Warranty & corrections management

*Campus Standards

*AutoCAD floorplans

*MetaBIM Facilities floorplan database

 

SAFETY FIRST

For everyone’s safety, access to some areas during construction may be restricted. If you need access to an construction area, please reference the notice of construction for additional information, or contact us for help to coordinate safe time & day access.

For new Construction related questions or project assistance:

Campus Architect: tclark@westernu.edu

Construction Proj. Manager: svega@westernu.edu

 

 

Facility Repairs or Maintenance of existing building systems or replacements, are addressed by Facilities & Physical Plant (FPP) division via TDX tickets or for questions via e-mailing Facilities:

Physical Plant: facilities@westernu.edu.

 

 

CONSTRUCTION NOTIFICATIONS & INFORMATION

A Notice of Construction is emailed to faculty, staff & students for new upcoming construction. During this notification period, we welcome email inquiries to coordinate your campus-wide needs in construction affected areas.

Construction Schedules are constantly changing due to weather, campus events, city permitting delays, crew staffing shortages, equipment delivery delays, change orders, scope changes, and many other reasons.

If you desire a current update on latest forecasted completion, feel free to email us for any new schedule change.

 

Current Active Construction Sites are linked below to project overview information. These are a copy of the last emailed project notice sent to our campus community to help for quick access to information.

 

HSC OMM/COMP Skills Lab (Completed) HPC Dock Driveway Repair (Completed)
HPC Sim Lab (Completed)
HEC CMR Lab (Completed)
RWC Electrical Upgrade
AAC Facade Remodel

 

 

CAPITAL PLANNING & CONSTRUCTION OFFICES

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Our offices are located Off-Campus on 3rd floor of Anderson Tower (Chase Bank occupying 1st floor), at corner of S. Garey Ave. and W. 2nd St.

Building entry is restricted to only card badge-reader access. Please contact your host to be available to come down to greet you.

Street parking is available along W. 2nd Street.

Guest Parking can be found in the lot at stalls 107 & 108.

Paid parking lot for overflow need is across street East of Anderson Tower. Pay at lot kiosk

Anderson Tower

100 W. 2nd Street

3rd Floor

Pomona CA. 91766

 

Google Directions to Anderson Tower

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CONSTRUCTION PROJECT MANAGEMENT INTRODUCTION

WesternU Construction Project Management assists the Campus Architect in running the various day-to-day construction needs as well as the pre-planning & administrative needs of the University’s Capital Construction Program & Projects.

Proper oversight of the various General Contractors, subcontractors and vendors helps maintain scheduled and organized site presence, coordinated collaboration with other campus events, and helps keeps schedules and budgets from excessive deviation from established benchmarks. See a brief introduction here.

 

 

MAJOR CAPITAL CONSTRUCTION TOOLS & METHODS

Get to know some of our in-depth construction tools and processes deployed by WesternU via its Construction Project Management means & methods. These assist us to maintain high quality protocols and procedures in similar caliber with CSU/UC and Healthcare construction industry standards.

Additional industry best practices are newly implemented to provide WesternU with a robust system of execution and delivery for intricate Major Capital Coordination; While also enforcing a unified campus standards program. We strive for maximum success with minimal disruption as much as possible.

 

 

 

FEATURED PROJECT

This featured project section will occasionally showcase exciting growing campus improvements and to introduce you to WesternU’s dedication to maximum satisfaction and value for our WesternU family.

We hope our newest build makes you as proud of our campus and commitment to our students and mission as we are proud in you for your choice of career path, and choice of University.

 

Our current featured project is a fun and exciting opportunity to build an elegant, fun, innovative, and unique Hospital Simulation space. Let’s take a small virtual tour.

 

 

VISITING CONTRACTOR / VENDOR INFORMATION

If you are a vendor or contractor that will be providing services for the University, Click the link below to be redirected to our contractor information page that will include campus regulations, safety procedures & other useful information.

Contractor Information Page

For questions on content of this page, please reach out to Steve Vega, Capital Construction Project Manager.

svega@westernu.edu