515 S. Flower Street, 9th Floor

Los Angeles, CA 90071

March 2016

Program Highlights

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LACCD Leadership

Board of Trustees

Scott J. Svonkin, President

Mike Eng, Vice President

Andra Hoffman

Mike Fong

Ernest H. Moreno

Nancy Pearlman

Sydney Kamlager

Milo Anderson, Student Trustee

Dr. Francisco C. Rodriguez

Chancellor

Dr. Adriana D. Barrera

Deputy Chancellor

James D. O’Reilly

Chief Facilities Executive

BuildLACCD

Tom Donovan, MBA

Director, Program Management

Office

Future Looks Bright for

LACCD From the

President, Scott

J. Svonkin

I was excited to

lead a delegation

to Washington DC

with my fellow

trustees, Mike

Fong and Andra

Hoffman, and

Chancellor

Francisco

Rodriquez. In partnership with other

community colleges from throughout

California, we were privileged to attend

a meeting at the White House to learn

and share how we can improve access,

restore the promise and potential of

community college education, and

make community colleges tuition-free

again.

I’m honored to have been recently

appointed a member of President

Obama’s College Promise National

Advisory Board, and our gathering in

the nation's capital was one important

way to influence and bring progressive

change to our Community College

education system to better meet the

needs of students in the 21st Century.

My role has uniquely positioned me to

be a champion for students in Los

Angeles and in California who struggle

to afford higher education, even within

our community college family of

campuses. My objective in Washington

DC, and going forward, is to initiate

efforts that will allow all students,

especially those who struggle most

with affordability, to go to college,

either tuition-free or for a greatly

reduced fee. I believe there are three

important things that we must

President Scott Svonkin

accomplish:

Economically manage the fees

associated with college;

Facilitate affordable textbooks

and learning resources; and

Provide transportation

solutions that allow students to

get to school and classes.

After attending these important

meetings, I know that my

colleagues and I are energized

and more motivated than ever to

address and overcome any

challenges in order to make higher

education more affordable and

accessible. For the past five years

I’ve worked with my colleagues

and the administration of LACCD

to ensure we’ve been building and

providing world class education

facilities. Look on any campus and

you can see that we have made

tremendous progress.

We still need to build capacity with

more classrooms and modern

learning resources that enable and

inspire community college

students to reach their goals,

including support to continue at

four-year colleges and

universities, where they can take

their lives and careers to even

greater heights and become the

leaders and workforce of the

future that we need. In my role as

President of the Board, our

greatest achievements are being

planned and discussed now, so we

stay true to our mission, we can

build better, smarter and more

prepared communities – and help

as many students as possible. I

look forward to sharing more with

you about the exciting ideas

shared this past week in

Washington DC in our next

newsletter.

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Program Highlights

This past February, the Student Union

(previously called the Monarch

Center), was opened for student use.

The Student Union, which will be the

new hub of activity for students,

faculty, staff and visitors is at the

"heart" of the campus. It is part of

Valley College’s $612 million program

to renovate, modernize, and expand

the campus to better serve the San

Fernando Valley and all of Los

Angeles. The Student Union is built to

high sustainability standards, and is

expected to receive Leadership in

Energy & Environmental Design

(LEED) Silver certification.

The 41,000-square-foot Student

Union will bring together student-

centered services such as the

Cafeteria, Campus Bookstore,

Student Health Center, Business

Office, and the Associated Student

Union (ASU) offices. It will also be

home to the new Lion's Den, a

Los Angeles Valley College Moves Into New

Student Union

Pictured at the ground breaking of the Student Union building, in

October 2014 from L to R: LAVC President Erika Endrijonas,

Trustee Mona Fields, (Ret.) Trustee Nancy Pearlman, President

Scott Svonkin, and LACCD Chancellor Francisco C. Rodriguez.

dedicated space for students to

gather and relax between classes

that includes a coffee bar.

One of the highlights of this new

building is a unique ASO

conference room featuring

panoramic views of the campus

from the outdoor patio/walkway

and sheltered seating underneath.

In addition, the new cafeteria

dining area opens to an expansive

covered outdoor patio that can

double as an open plaza for

events.

Another distinct structural feature

of the student union is the design

of its exterior façade. Through the

use of an efficient header and

jamb system, the exterior metal

stud framing is capable of

achieving parapet heights up to 14

feet above the roof level without

the use of diagonal braces

resulting in a lot more usable

roof space for the student union.

The most prominent design

feature is the 20,000-square-

foot sloping front entrance

canopy towering 41 feet above

the floor at its highest point. The

canopy provides shade to the

courtyard area centered within

the student union while

simultaneously providing an

open feel to the space. The

canopy is unique in that it is

designed to transfer all seismic

or wind-induced tension on to

the main structure, instead of

relying on the canopy columns

to sustain the weight.

For more information on the program or any of the college projects, please visits us at: www.build-laccd.org

Completed Student Union

Student Union ground breaking

Student Union during construction

Student Union artist’s concept

March 2016

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Tom Donovan

has over 40

years of stra-

tegic planning,

design and

management

experience in

the construc-

tion industry.

Most recently,

he served as

the Project

Executive Director for Tatweer Buildings

Company for the Saudi Arabian govern-

ment’s multi-billion dollar school building

program which has a goal of creating

4,000 new schools. Tom also managed

some of Saudi Arabia’s largest projects

including the Jeddah Stormwater Devel-

opment Program, the Tatweer Building

Company and the Jizan Economic City.

Tom has demonstrated leadership and

results with teams on a broad range of

New PMO Director Selected

global contracts with construction

values ranging from $150M to

$20B. Tom’s construction manage-

ment experience includes project

development, engineering, design,

construction management and self-

performing construction services

for commercial, federal, state and

local clients including the US De-

partments of Energy and Defense.

Prior to AECOM, Tom served as

Project Director for Saudi Parsons

Ministry of Housing Design/Build

Project involving more than 75,000

apartments and villas at 11 sites

throughout the Kingdom of Saudi

Arabia. The project included all in-

frastructure, utilities, potable water

and wastewater; as well as public

facilities including schools,

mosques, retail/commercial build-

ings and landscaping features

PMO Director Tom Donovan

Tom holds a Master of Busi-

ness Administration from the

Kellogg School of Management

at Northwestern University and

a Master of Science in Civil En-

gineering from Virginia Poly-

technic Institute. Tom is also a

registered engineer in several

states. A native of Chicago, IL,

Tom now calls Southern Cali-

fornia home, with his wife Mar-

lene. They have a daughter,

Shannon, in college at the Uni-

versity of Northern Colorado

outside of Denver.

New Deputy at PMO

Lisa

Turnbaugh

brings more

than 29 years

of experience

project

management

from a wide

range of

industries

and facilities

across the

globe. She has been instrumental in

driving project management teams to

achieve outstanding program and

project results by enhancing project

delivery platforms to minimize costs,

improve efficiencies, increase quality

and enhance value generation across

the complete project life cycle.

From 2004 to 2012, Lisa served on

the Massachusetts School Building

Lisa Turnbaugh

Authority, which created by the

state treasurer to drive the

restructuring of the ailing School

Building Assistance program. As

a member, she reviewed and

voted on regulations to

implement the law, including rules

governing cost and size

standards and reimbursement

rates for future projects and a

wide variety of other issues

relating to construction and

finance of local school programs.

Lisa is no stranger to Los Angeles

having served as the Program

Manager for the Dodger’s

Stadium Renovation project

where she implemented strategic

off-season renovations that lead

to an on-time and on-budget

Opening Day for both the 2005

and 2006 seasons. Prior to

joining AECOM, Lisa served

with Bank of America for nine

years as the Corporate

Workplace Northeast Project

Director, responsible for all

real estate project

management in the Northeast.

region

Lisa holds an MBA from

Boston College and is a

registered Civil Engineer, with

a degree in Architectural

Engineering from

Pennsylvania State University.

She also has a Six Sigma

Green Belt having solved

several highly complex

process and quality projects

in various countries.

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Getting To and From

Corporate Center

The PMO Transition has been busy working

for our move at the end of April. Here are

some of the public transportation options

available to us.

1055 Corporate Center is supported by a

Metrolink Station at Cal State LA and the

Metro Gold Line stations Maravilla and

Atlantic. You can refer to Metrolink or the

Metro Trip Planner for train schedules that

will connect you with their respective

stations.

There is a designated shuttle run by the

City of Monterey Park operating between

CSULA and Corporate Center that will run

every 30 minutes. The schedule and fares

are as follow:

The County of Los Angeles also operates

the El Sol Shuttle Service from CSULA

which runs twice an hour. General fare is

25 cents per trip. Senior citizens (60 and

older), persons with disabilities, and

children under five years old ride for free.

The service operates:

Monday - Thursday 6 am to 9 pm

Friday 6 am to 11 pm

Saturdays 9 am to 11 pm

Sunday 9 am to 5 pm

Route A Departs on the hour

Route B Departs on the half hour

The closest stop to Corporate Center (0.5

mi) is Floral/McDonnell.

Because AECOM wants its employees to go

home safe every day, per company policy, no

device—either handheld or hands-free-

enabled—is to be used when driving a

vehicle on company business.

DON’T BE A DISTRACTED DRIVER

A person is 23 times more likely to be

involved in a collision if texting while driving

and 4 times more likely if talking on a

cellphone (hand-held or hands-free) while

On behalf of

AECOM, I am

pleased to

introduce the

newest

member of

our

communications team.

Michael Chee is a

communications and

community relations

professional with 30 years of

experience in the Los Angeles

region. In his new position as

Senior Manager of Media and

Community Relations, Michael

will be instrumental in

providing critical

communications support and

outreach to support LACCD’s

mission in the community,

particularly in raising public

awareness for the District and

promoting key projects we

have underway within the

BuildLACCD program. Michael

is based in AECOM’s Los

Angeles office and will be

working closely with me. His

understanding of, and

professional relationships with

community groups and local

media will be a valuable asset

to the services that AECOM is

delivering to LACCD. Please

join me in welcoming Michael

to our team.

Regards,

Tom Donovan

El Sol Shuttle Service

Goldline

Maravilla

Goldline

Atlantic

1055 Corporate Center Drive Area Map