The Facilities Management Department (FM) consists of over 40 full time employees tasked with providing custodial, groundskeeping, maintenance and repair of all equipment and facilities on the main Arizona Western College (AWC) campus, including Northern Arizona University in Yuma's facilities. Facilities support services are also provided for the Downtown Career Center opened in August of 1999, which added an additional 22,000 square feet to the campus. Maintenance support for 33,700 square feet at the La Paz and Vocational Centers in Parker is provided by both contractors and AWC employees assigned to the La Paz Center facility.
FM maintains over 420,000 square feet of working and living space for the main campus, located on 435 acres of federal land conveyed to AWC for educational purposes. Additionally, AWC maintains 55,700 square feet of instructional space located in downtown Yuma and Parker. The department has a budget of approximately $15,000,000 for Fiscal Year 08-09. The Director of Facilities Planning and Management (DFP&M) is responsible for the funding, development and implementation of the three-year Capital Improvement Plan (CIP) and the 2000-15 Facilities Master Plan.
FM is also responsible for environmental and safety (OSHA) compliance and the loss control program throughout the campus. The Director of Risk Management, under the direction of the DFP&M, provides all mandated programs. These programs include responding to minor hazardous waste spills, disposal of hazardous and bio waste, asbestos abatement, facility safety audits, chemical hygiene and the college's indoor air quality program. Further information can be obtained by calling (928) 314-9474 or viewing the Safety Management program on our web site.
The DFP&M is also responsible for ensuring compliance with the AWC Space Management Plan and participates in the reallocation of floor space when there is a change in function or intended use of space. He also functions as Project Manager for all CIP projects and facilities-related partnership issues with other educational and government entities.
The Director of Maintenance and Operations (DMO) has responsibility for all emergency, routine and preventive maintenance and repair required for campus facilities and equipment. Utilizing a state-of-the-art computerized maintenance management system, Datastream MP-2, the DMO prioritizes, tracks and monitors all unscheduled, routine, predictive and preventive maintenance activities to ensure the facilities at AWC are of the highest quality possible.
Our employees take pride in supporting the educational goals of AWC and strive to provide the best facilities available in order to fulfill our most important responsibility, meeting the needs of our students and community every day.
For more information contact us by calling (928) 314-9470.
