Navigating the business processes with a higher education institution can be challenging---for both parties in the equation. Understanding the external challenges facing a university team, the challenges within the university's operations and processes and the tools available to institutions can lead to success for both partners in the relationship.

1. •
Higher
Education
Facilities
Challenges &
Opportunities:
What Business
Partners Need
to Know

2. Agenda
• The Higher Ed Environment
• Challenges for Facility Teams
• Business Partner Challenges
• Opportunities to Succeed

3. Environment

4.  Joined UNT in 2013
 34 Years of Installation/Campus Operational Management
 30-year career as a Colonel in the US Air Force including Installation
(Campus), Major Command (System), Pentagon and combat
assignments
 Vice President, Texas Association of Physical Plant Administrators
 * Fellow, Society of American Military Engineers
Bachelor of Science, Civil Engineering Georgia Institute of Technology
Master of Political Science Midwestern State University
Master of Civil Engineering Clemson University
Master of National Security & US Naval War College
Strategic Studies
DAVID REYNOLDS. P.E., F. SAME*
Associate Vice President, Facilities

5. Associate Vice President
Facilities
David Reynolds
Sr. Director
Maintenance
Chad Crocker
276 Employees
Auxiliary
Maintenance
Custodial Services
Structural Services
Grounds
Maintenance
Utilities
Electrical
Maintenance
Fire Maintenance
Construction Services
Director
FPDC
Helen Bailey
28 Employees
Campus Planning
Auxiliary Planning
Engineering
Information Systems
Estimating
Inspection
Director
Support & Services
Hilary Liscano
24 Employees
Budget
Utilities Billing
Solid Waste
Work Control
Automotive Services
Contract
Administration
Safety and Training
Purchasing
Stores
Personnel/
Real Estate
Rob Pearson
2 Employees
Total Facilities Employees: 336

6. Environment
 E&G ~ 3.3M gsf
 Auxiliary ~ 3.7M gsf
 900 Acres
 165 Facilities
UNT Campus
7 Million+ Gross Square Feet (gsf)
25% increase in gross square feet since 2007

7. Texas University Physical Plants*
* THECB and other sources
School
Gross
Sq Ft (M)
# of Facilities Acres
Texas Tech 9.18 255 1839
Texas State 7.88 265 485
UNT 7.2 165 904
UT Arlington 6.5 136 420
UTSA 5.28 125 725
UT Dallas 4.8 140 485
A&M Commerce 2.5 99 2013

8. Environment
 ~ 40 Higher Ed Institutions
 ~ 111 Community Colleges
 ~ 96 Private Universities/Colleges
 And then there is K-12….
Texas

9. Environment
 Wide range of staffing, budgeting & structures
 Varying depths of organization maturity
HigherEd across the Nation

10. Challenges

11. Challenges
 Wide range of staffing, budgeting & structures
 Varying depths of organization maturity

12. Challenges
 Enrollment growth….or not…..
 Staff availability --- salaries and economy
 Local Economy
 Competition for resources in Texas economy

13. Movement of Public University Students
From the New York Times article “The Great Out-of-State Migration”
Provided by Sightlines, LLC from UNT/Sightlines presentation at MAPPA/CAPPA 2017

14. UNT Enrollment Growth Outpaces GSF Growth
© 2017 Sightlines, LLC. All Rights Reserved.

15. Challenges
 Aging staff…..who wants to work in facilities?
 Staff development and training
 Staff replacements --- salaries and economy

16. Challenges
 Aging Infrastructure
 Procurement/Acquisition Options & Processes

18. Challenges for Business
 How to work with HigherEd?
 Who to contact?
 System?
 University?
 Staff….at what level?
 Procurement Nuances

19. Opportunities

20. Opportunities
 Infrastructure….growing or shrinking
 Provides work/opportunities for all
 Funding ---- $800B in Texas
 State HigherEd Plant Ops & Maint in 2016
 State Procurement postings
 esbd.cpa.state.tx.usa

21. State Web Pages
 Esbd.cpa.state.tx.usa
Opportunities

22. Opportunities
 https://www.untsystem.edu/hr-it-business-services/procurement/purchasing/bid-opportunities
 http://utdirect.utexas.edu/bidweb/bidweb.WBX?component=0
University Web Pages

23. Opportunities
 Cooperative purchasing
 Professional Organization
 APPA or TAPPA in Texas
 www.appa.org
 www.tappa.net