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UNIVERSITY
OF VIRGINIA
BOARD OF VISITORS EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS COMMITTEE
June 13, 1997
1:00-2:00 p.m., East Oval Room, The Rotunda
- I.
CONSENT AGENDA
- A.
EASEMENT (VIRGINIA POWER) HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER PARKING GARAGE
FOR 600 VEHICLES -- The Buildings and Grounds Committee will consider
a resolution for an easement to Virginia Power to facilitate the
construction of the Health Sciences Center Parking Garage for
600 Vehicles.
- B.
EASEMENT (CITY OF CHARLOTTESVILLE) HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER PARKING
GARAGE FOR 600 VEHICLES -- The Buildings and Grounds Committee
will consider a resolution for an easement to the City of Charlottesville
to facilitate the construction of the Health Sciences Center Parking
Garage for 600 Vehicles.
- C.
EASEMENT (CITY OF CHARLOTTESVILLE GAS DIVISION) CHANCELLOR STREET-UNIVERSITY
AVENUE INTERSECTION -- The Buildings and Grounds Committee will
consider a resolution for an easement to the City of Charlottesville
Gas Division for the extension of a gas transmission line at the
Chancellor Street-University Avenue intersection.
- D.
EASEMENT (CFW Wireless) Fan Mountain -- The Buildings and Grounds
Committee will consider a resolution for an easement to CFW Wireless
to allow access across University property on Fan Mountain.
- E.
UNIVERSITY REPRESENTATIVE TO THE ART AND ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW
BOARD - The University's representative to the Art and Architectural
Review Board is Mr. Kenneth Schwartz, an Associate Professor in
the School of Architecture. Mr. Schwartz has asked to be relieved
of his appointment. Dean McDonough and Mr. Samuel A. Anderson
recommend that Judith A. Kinnard, an Associate Professor in the
School of Architecture, be the new representative.
- F.
POLICY REVISION -- The Buildings and Grounds Committee will consider
resolutions to update Board policies on Buildings and Grounds
Design Review and on Use of the Rotunda. The Board's Ad Hoc Committee
on Policy Reform examined these policies and determined that revisions
were required. On April 12, 1997, the Ad Hoc Committee on Policy
Reform referred the policies to the Buildings and Grounds Committee
for revision.
- II.
ACTION ITEMS
- A.
Preliminary Design, Health Sciences Library Basement Development
and Renovation -- The project involves the development of 11,310
gross square feet in the basement and the renovation of 59,110
gross square feet on the first and second floors. The Board approved
the schematic design at its April 11, 1997 meeting. There are
no major changes to the design.
- B.
Schematic AND PRELIMINARY DESIGN, Student Health Center Addition
and Renovations -- The project will provide an addition of 11,383
gross square feet and will renovate 6,061 gross square feet in
the building. The Board approved the Architectural Design Guidelines
at its February 7, 1997 meeting. The guidelines call for the addition
to be located on the south side of the building and for its form
and materials to blend inconspicuously with the existing structure.
- C.
Schematic Design, Campbell Hall Addition -- The project will provide
offices for faculty, support staff, and graduate teaching assistants
and will restore studio space to its original use. The Board approved
the Architectural Design Guidelines at its June 10, 1995 meeting.
The addition will be a working laboratory utilizing the latest
technology for energy generation and sustainable design.
- D.
Architect Selection, Biomedical Engineering and Medical Science
Building -- The building will be a new state-of-the-art wet laboratory
research building housing 150,000 gross square feet with two levels
of below grade structured parking for 125 vehicles. The architect
selection process has begun and will be completed during the week
of the June Board meeting. Thirty firms from around the country
submitted letters of interest and qualifications. The Screening
Committee reviewed the proposals and identified a short list of
seven firms for further consideration. All seven firms are nationally
recognized with extensive experience in research laboratories,
health care, and higher education academic facilities.
- III.
REPORTS BY THE VICE PRESIDENT FOR MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET
- Pavilion
I Balcony Collapse -- The Buildings and Grounds Committee
met on May 27, 1997 to hear a report on the collapse of the
balcony at Pavilion I. The committee will receive an update
on the issues discussed at the May 27th meeting.
- Rotunda
Improvements -- The University has begun several initiatives
to maintain the Rotunda and improve its facilities. They include
work on the dome, in the Lower East Oval Room, on the stairs,
to the entry, and on the decks adjacent to the Rotunda. Mr.
Murray Howard, the Curator and Architect for the Academical
Village, will make a presentation. A copy of his report is
in the notebook.
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