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Nashville State Technical Community College operates and
maintains the main campus and three remote centers. Classes are also
offered at a number of off-campus sites in the seven-county service delivery area.
While space shortages do exist in student services and faculty office
space, the space is adequate to serve the needs of the college programs,
support services and meet the college’s mission-related activities.
The
main campus [1] of Nashville State Technical Community College is
jointly located with the Tennessee Technology Center at Nashville on a
109 acre tract of property in Davidson County. Approximately 85-acres of
the tract are assigned to the college. This campus currently has seven
buildings and seven modular classrooms, which total 263,937 square feet
of instructional and support service space. The Facilities Master Plan
describes future plans for additional buildings and site development.
The
Don Sundquist Center in Cookeville [2] includes 71,747 square feet and serves
approximately 315 FTE. The center has eleven classrooms, seven computer
laboratories, four engineering laboratories, one science lab, a virtual
library, a tutoring room, a student lounge, and a multiple office area.
The
Humphreys County Center [3] houses 22,000 square feet and
serves approximately 192 FTE. The center is leased from the county.
The Center has a shop, two computer labs, a Learning Resource Center, a multiple office area,
one science lab, and eight classrooms.
The
Southeast Center [4] includes 13,000 square feet and serves
approximately 80 FTE. The facility is leased from the state and
includes
five classrooms, one computer lab, a student lounge, and offices.
Routine On-going Maintenance and Custodial Activities
The on-going maintenance and operational upkeep of
college facilities are the responsibility of the Director of Operations
and Maintenance and the Operation and Maintenance division which
encompasses facility planning and administration, facility maintenance,
custodial services, landscaping and grounds maintenance, and major
repairs and renovations. Work order policies that are located in the
Faculty and Staff Handbook [5] communicate to employees the process for
requesting the various services of the department.
State law and governing board policy require additional
review and approval for
major projects
[5] The college is required to annually submit a
capital outlay/capital maintenance
request [6] to the governing board. In addition to requesting funding
for major items, the college is required to disclose all projects that
will be self funded. The governing board assigns a designer to all
disclosed projects [7] to insure that all work completed is accordance
with state law, building codes, and appropriate for the intended
purpose.
In addition to routine campus service requests, the
department also performs preventive maintenance functions.
Custodial services are performed by both contracted labor
and custodial staff. All classrooms and public areas are cleaned
nightly by contracted labor. All office areas and areas that contain
confidential information are cleaned by in-house staff during normal
working hours.
The Director of Operations and Maintenance works closely
with the campus environmental concerns committee in the areas of
recycling and campus beautification. Proceeds from the recycling
operation have been used to fund the campus landscaping plan.
Energy Management
The college uses an Andover energy management system on
the main campus and a Niagara energy management system on the Don
Sundquist campus. Additional detail on
energy management policies [8] is located in the Faculty and Staff
Handbook. The college underwent an energy savings study in 2005 in
order to insure that resources were efficient. The study resulted in
several recommendations for increased efficiency. During fiscal year
2006-2007 the college is funding
$762,138 in
energy improvements
through a loan that will be repaid over a ten year period from utility
and maintenance savings.
Facilities Planning
The college prepares or updates the facilities master plan every five
years. The master plan is approved by the Tennessee Board of Regents,
the Tennessee Higher Education Commission and the State Building
Commission. The last campus master plan was approved in 2002. The
college prepared a utilization and migration study to enhance the master
plan in 2005-2006. Both plans are on file in the office of the Vice
President of Finance and Administrative Services. In additional to
internal resource management, the utilization and migration study will
be used by the architects and designers in the design of the student
services/classroom building and the renovation of areas that migrate to
the new building.
Capital Outlay Projects in Process
Funding has been allocated by the State of Tennessee for
the construction of a
student services/classroom building [9] that is currently in the
planning stages. This building will add approximately 60,000 square
feet. It is estimated that construction will be complete in January of
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