Year: 2025
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Partnership with the Center for Integrated Spatial Research (CISR) Brings Early Returns
PPDO has always maintained an archive of Computer-Aided Design (CAD) drawings representing our facilities and floorplans. There are many SaaS offerings for Integrated Workplace Management Systems (IWMS), but one in particular offers the chance to integrate with spatially-enabled operational data. This is an exciting development as previous campus planning tools have been limited to individual…
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UC Santa Cruz welcomes new AVC for planning, design, and construction
Dear UC Santa Cruz Community, I am happy to announce the appointment of Emil Zordilla as UC Santa Cruz’s new associate vice chancellor for planning, design and construction. He will begin his position on February 26. Zordilla is currently serving as the program director at Cordoba Corporation in Santa Ana, California, where he manages the…
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Kresge Renewal
Kresge College, one of ten residential colleges on the UC Santa Cruz Campus, was originally constructed in 1973. Its existing 22 buildings, 21 of which are included in the project scope, support a complete living and learning community with student residences, academic and classroom spaces, administrative offices, lecture halls and assembly space, outdoor social areas,…
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Campuswide Habitat Conservation Plan
The University is currently preparing a Comprehensive Habitat Conservation Plan (Comprehensive HCP) for the main residential campus (Permit Area). The HCP will provide a framework for ensuring conservation of special status species while providing incidental take authorization for Covered Activities such as development, operations, and maintenance activities undertaken by the University, including activities associated with…
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Wildfire Vegetation Management
The University has started preparing a Wildfire Vegetation Management Plan (Plan) for the Main Residential Campus and the Coastal Science Campus. The Plan is being prepared to optimize strategic vegetation treatments and enhance ecosystems across the campus landscape, promoting resilience against wildfires and the overall effects of climate change. The Plan is required mitigation in…