State Agencies

tant-designed projects and in-house designed
projects. Five staff groups, each headed by a reg-
istered architect, engineer, or landscape architect,
monitor, coordinate, and review all consultant-
designed projects. The in-house group provides
design services on projects designated as those
that can be more economically accomplished by
the Department of General Services. An in-house
project usually does not exceed a total construc-
tion cost of $1,000,000.

CONSTRUCTION SUPERVISION AND
INSPECTION DIVISION

John Hartlove, Chief

301 West Preston Street
Baltimore 21201 Telephone: 383-6363

This Division monitors the construction of new
building projects, including alterations or renova-
tions to existing structures, in order to ensure
that these projects are completed in accordance
with approved designs and specifications. The Di-
vision also monitors the Public School Construc-
tion Program to ensure that this construction ad-
heres to State requirements.

PUBLIC SCHOOL CONSTRUCTION
DIVISION

Keith D. Kelley, Administrator

301 W. Baltimore Street
Baltimore 21201 Telephone: 383-4170

By an act of the 1971 Legislature, the State as-
sumed the costs for school construction through-
out Maryland. The Interagency Committee on
School Construction (IAC), which consists of the
Secretaries of the Departments of General Ser-
vices and State Planning and the State Superin-
tendent of Schools, was created to review and
evaluate annual requests from local subdivisions
for new and renovation school construction pro-
jects and submit a recommended State public
school construction budget to the Board of Pub-
lic Works. The Public School Construction Divi-
sion works with the Committee. The Division is
composed of architects and engineers who are
employees of the Department of General Services.

The Division provides technical support to the
Interagency Committee on School Construction.
This support includes, but is not limited to, the
review and approval of school construction de-
sign proposals and the coordination of school
construction between the State, the twenty-three
counties, and Baltimore City. In addition, staff

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provides the required design and technical re-
views for community college projects that are
constructed throughout the State.

OFFICE OF FACILITIES ACQUISITION
AND MANAGEMENT

Richard S. Nietubicz, Ph.D., Director

301 West Preston Street
Baltimore 21201 Telephone: 383-2443

The Office of Facilities Acquisition and Man-
agement provides technical assistance to physical
plant personnel throughout the State in the oper-
ation and maintenance of State facilities. It oper-
ates and protects the Annapolis and Baltimore
State Office Centers. The Office is organized into
three functional divisions: Plant Management;
Annapolis Public Buildings and Grounds; and
Baltimore Public Buildings and Grounds.

PLANT MANAGEMENT DIVISION

Donald E. Schaefer, Chief

301 West Preston Street
Baltimore 21201 Telephone: 383-3345

This Division implements the State's Compre-
hensive Maintenance and Repair Program. The
Division inspects all State facilities included in
the Maintenance and Repair Program on a regu-
lar basis in order to' identify preventive mainte-
nance tasks and confirm the operational status of
the facilities. In addition, the Division administers
a program of preventive maintenace and opera-
tional reviews of all public school buildings
through the secondary school level. Under the
auspices of the Interagency Committee on School
Construction, it prepares an annual report of the
Division's activities for presentation to the Board
of Public Works.

The Division assists physical plant superinten-
dents in establishing maintenance guidelines, pro-
vides engineering and technical advice on mainte-
nance projects, prepares contract documents and
contractor directories, and reviews all mainte-
nance contracts prior to their submission to the
Department of General Services' Procurement
Review Board or the Board of Public Works.
This review ensures that work being requested is
justified, contract specifications are accurate, and
prices are competitive.

The Division also operates an energy conserva-
tion program. Under this program, the Division
monitors the monthly field reports from each
State facility to identify abnormal energy con-