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Past, Present and Future of On-Campus Housing

The opening of Orchard Park marks the latest in a series of impactful collaborations between DCM, SHDS, and CPES to expand student housing while prioritizing sustainability, and taking advantage of evolving construction methodology.

Staff Profile: Jenny Fortuna

If you happen to glance up when you enter the large atrium in the Student Community Center, you’ll notice large skylights of different shades of blues and greens adding color to the space — part of Jenny Fortuna’s vibrant mark on campus. Fortuna works as a Interiors and Furniture Services project manager at Design and Construction Management, a position she came to after  13 years at UC Davis Design Services. Through her work in both units, Fortuna has been dedicated to bringing fun to projects she works on.

Campus commits $55.5 million to the next phase of Big Shift

Earlier this month, the Chancellor and the Chancellor’s Committee on Campus Planning and Design, or CCCPD, endorsed moving forward with a $55.5 million investment of campus funds for the next phase of the Big Shift – a heating infrastructure overhaul that represents a crucial step in reducing the university’s fossil fuel usage.

Building Excellence

In the past two decades, philanthropic support has played a vital role in funding the construction of state-of-the-art facilities that support UC Davis’ objectives, including providing students with a world-class education and supporting impactful cutting-edge research.

Staff Profile: Leslie Carbahal

Knowing the ins-and-outs of campus — like what exciting new facilities are on the horizon long before a grand opening — is one of the things Leslie Carbahal likes best in her role as director of Capital Planning at Design and Construction Management.

In Memoriam: Colleen Kujala

It is with a heavy heart that I announce the unexpected passing of our DCM colleague Colleen Kujala early on the morning of February 14th.

Growing Our Team to Serve UC Davis Better

With over 20 new hires in the past year, Design and Construction Management is well equipped to deliver on all of the exciting and vital projects that support our community of students, faculty and staff.

Your House on Campus

Just for the fun of it, we wondered what would it take to renovate your house into a campus facility? Let’s suppose this facility is located on campus and you request that we renovate the living room into a classroom, the kitchen into a lab, and the bedroom into an office. Let’s take a walk through your house to see what we will need to do.

Why Does It Cost So Much?

UC Davis Design and Construction management provides increasingly complex facilities under shortening timelines and proliferating code and regulatory requirements. Underpinning our efforts to meet these challenges, we continue to hear the same question echoed by our governing boards, administration and customers: “Why does is cost so much?"

Never Resting on Our Laurels

DCM is in the planning stage for major infrastructure projects meant to address some of major sustainability goals, specifically improving drought resiliency and reducing the use fossil fuels on campus. 

Staff Profile: Courtney Doss

Solving the “city-scale” infrastructure problems UC Davis faces is no easy task, but it’s just the kind of challenge Courtney Doss enjoys facing in her role as associate campus engineer at Design and Construction Management.

Pathway Improvement Project and Detours

With the exciting completion of the Teaching and Learning Complex and the Diane Bryant Engineering Student Design Center coming soon, DCM will be hard at work this summer improving surrounding bike and pedestrian paths to ensure everyone can traverse and the district comfortably.

Drab to Fab

As UC Davis welcomes more and more students to campus, Design and Construction Management has been hard at work building new and upgrading old classroom space to provide the best environments for teaching and learning.  

Staff Profile: Debra Smith

Project manager and architect Debra Smith has played an integral role in bringing to life numerous innovative and sustainably designed buildings on the UC Davis campus, including the recently constructed state-of-the-art Teaching and Learning Complex.

Organizational Changes

UC Davis Design and Construction Management (DCM) delivers new, high-quality buildings at the forefront of green building design; transforms existing facilities to meet future demands; manages improvements to our campus infrastructure; administers public-private partnerships that create opportunities for building large-scale projects like West Village or innovation districts like Aggie Square, and so much more.