Andrea Alonzo connects her passion for architecture and supporting her community as a project manager at UC Davis Design and Construction Management.
Before transitioning to her current role, Alonzo spent many years in the private sector where she found a way to give back to her community — working on education projects.
“Designing for the education sector is designing for the future of our kids,” Alonzo said, “ I have kids myself so it is something really important to me.”
Whether learning about gigantic strawberries or the intricacies of dog cataract surgery, Christine Vargas’ favorite part of her role as project manager at UC Davis Design and Construction Management is discovering “all the little interesting things” that happen on campus.
UC Davis Design and Construction Management, or DCM, will host an in-person campus Town Hall on Wed., April 29, from 10 to 11 a.m. at the Student Community Center.
UC Davis is asking departments to take a fresh look at how they document room occupancy and space use in FacilitiesLink and confirm accuracy each November. The effort is designed to improve safety, communication and planning across campus.
The UC Davis campus is a living and ever-changing space, shaped by every tree, landscape, building, road, sidewalk and sightline. The charge of Design and Construction Management’s Campus Planning team is making sure that the built environment — especially, all the in-between spaces — comes together to create safe and enjoyable experiences for the tens of thousands of students, employees and community members that live, work and learn here every day.
Design and Construction Management (DCM) has introduced a new Space and Project Needs Request (SPNR) form in DocuSign to make it easier for you to initiate projects. This updated process helps ensure your requests are reviewed and approved efficiently, allowing DCM to better support your project needs.
Starting before project initiation and extending to grand openings and beyond, Reed Kawahara is instrumental in bringing high-impact projects like The Green at West Village, Orchard Park and Aggie Square to life in his role as Director of Public-Private Partnerships within Real Estate Services at Design and Construction Management. A Public-Private Partnership, or P3, is a collaborative agreement between a public institution like UC Davis and private developers or investors.
Julie Nola recently named the associate vice chancellor of Design and Construction Management and university architect for the Davis campus, following a comprehensive national search.
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Long before an exciting new building breaks ground or a renovation project launches on campus, Lorin Torbitt can be found “knee deep in a spreadsheet,” planning, analyzing, and reporting on potential future projects in her role as associate director of Capital Planning.
