The Public Works Facilities Management Group consist of four divisions: Building Maintenance, Energy Management, Facilities Design and Construction, and Facilities Management.
Their work encompasses City owned and leased properties and provides efficient, quality building maintenance services in the major trades (electrical, heating and air conditioning, extermination, custodial, plumbing, carpentry, painting); monitoring municipal energy use, processing energy bills, and looking for ways to save on energy costs.
In addition, the Facilities Management Groups provides professional architectural and engineering design services for new and existing City owned facilities within the Capital Improvement Program (CIP). This includes recreation centers, police and fire stations, libraries, and major renovation projects.
They also oversee planning, management and allocation of City owned or leased spaces, City property demolition, building security and employee identification systems, and building and project inspections.
Facilities Design and Construction provides professional architectural and engineering design services selections related to City owned facility projects and Design and Construction of new facilities identified within the Capital Improvement Program.
These projects include buildings such as recreation centers, police and fire stations, libraries, Virginia Aquarium expansions, and design and construction of major renovation projects.
These projects include renovations of existing City owned facilities, and design and construction of major equipment replacements to include repair and replacement of large chillers, boilers, generator, elevators, and escalators within City facilities.
- Administration and Contract Support
- Construction Inspections
- Project Management
The Building Maintenance Division serves to administer a complete facilities maintenance, management, operations, revitalization, lifecycle and capital planning, and support program for a wide inventory of City facilities and events.
This includes:
- Custodial Services
- HVAC
- Electrical
- Plumbing
- Paint
- Carpentry
- Warehousing/Logistics
- Vector Control
- Engineering and Project Management Services
- Contract Administration
- Inspection Services
- Utilities
- Professional Administrative Services and Special Event Support
The division includes:
- Maintenance Projects Bureau
- Building Maintenance Bureau
- Administration Bureau
- Building Maintenance Bureau
- Carpentry Shop
- Custodial Services Shop
- Electrical Shop
- Extermination Shop
- Fire Protection Shop
- HVAC Shop
- Painting Shop
- Plumbing Shop
- Stockroom
The Energy Office provides a full-time Energy Management Office for the monitoring of municipal energy management.
This office is staffed by the Energy Management Administrator and an Energy Specialist and is located in the Department of Public Work’s Division of Facilities Management.
Using energy/utility payment software, the office processes utility bills, monitors city energy usage and leads energy retrofit projects while looking for additional ways to save City funds.
The Facilities Management Office administers planning, management and allocation for all City owned spaces. Areas of administration include lease management, City property demolition, management of building security and employee identification systems.
Facilities Management represents the City in various building projects by coordinating the building sector of the Capital Improvement Program (CIP) involving new facilities and major building renovations, performs field inspections, general building inspections and project management.
Facilities Management helps to coordinate project feasibility, scope of development and contract document implementation to ensure quality standards, ensure timely completion of priority projects and represent the City on warranty responsibilities of contractors.