ment Center and Warehouse at 7275 Waterloo
Road and the Motor Fuel Lab in Jessup The
Complex also oversees the Woodstock Center and
multi service centers in Baltimore, Calvert, Cecil
and Harford counties
At the Jessup facility, the Complex provides both
preventive and routine maintenance and oversees
the contractual provision of some maintenance
tasks and services At the Saratoga State Center, the
Complex provides preventive and routine mainte-
nance, repairs, alterations, improvements, house-
keeping, and security services for facilities and
equipment The Complex also supplies mamte
nance equipment and materials

FACILITIES PLANNING,
ENGINEERING, & CONSTRUCTION

Thomas R Genetti, Assistant Secretary for
Facilities Planning, Engineering, & Construction

301 West Preston St
Baltimore, MD 21201—2305 (410) 767 4214

Facilities Planning, Engineering, and Con-
struction began as the Office of Plant Manage
ment in 1971 to oversee State buildings and
grounds in Annapolis and Baltimore The Office
was reorganized in 1974 as the Division of Plant
Management under the Office of Engineering
and Construction By 1979, the Division joined
the Office of Facilities Acquisition and Manage-
ment, which became the Office of Facilities Man-
agement by 1985 In 1989, the Office was
renamed the Office of Statewide Facilities Main
tenance It reformed in 1993 as Facilities Plan-
ning, Engineering, and Construction At that
time. Facilities Operations and Maintenance be
gan to oversee government buildings and
grounds
Facilities Planning, Engineering, and Con
struction is responsible for the Project Cost Cen
ter, and two divisions Construction and
Inspection, and Project Management and De
sign This office coordinates the development
and implementation of policies, procedures,
regulations, and standards to ensure that pro-
grams and services meet the needs of State agen-
cies In addition, it provides architectural and
engineering staff to the General Professional
Services Selection Board

GENERAL PROFESSIONAL SERVICES
SELECTION BOARD
E Donald Reilly, Chair, 1997
William A Davis, Administrator

301 West Preston St
Baltimore, MD 21201—2305 (410) 767 4296

The General Professional Services Selection
Board was established in 1974 to offer an equi
table method for awarding State contracts
(Chapter 732, Acts of 1974) The Board awards
architectural and engineering contracts on cer
tain State financed capital projects for which the
design fee exceeds $100,000 The Board negoti
ates service contracts with the most qualified
architectural and engineering firms at a price the
Board determines to be fair, competitive, and
reasonable
The Board consists of four permanent members
and one floating member Permanent members are
the Secretary of General Services or designee, one
member chosen by the Governor from within the
Department upon recommendation of the Secre
tary, and two members appointed to five year terms
by the Governor The floating member is the head
or designee of the State agency that proposes to
procure architectural or engineering services (Code
State Finance and Procurement Article, sees 19-
201 through 19-218)

CONSTRUCTION & INSPECTION
DIVISION
Jean A Band, Chief

300 West Preston St, Room 402
Baltimore, MD 21201—2308 (410) 767 4360

Origins of the Construction and Inspection Di
vision date to 1970, when the Construction Super
vision and Inspection Division was formed
Renamed Construction Management and Assess
ment Division in 1992, the Division became Con
struction and Assessment in 1993, and later that
year the Construction Division In 1996, it received
its present name
The Division inspects and supervises private
contractors as they alter, renovate, or construct
State buildings By monitoring their work, the
Division ensures that construction conforms to
approved designs and specifications

PROJECT COST CENTER
Gary M Koemg, Chief

301 West Preston St
Baltimore, MD 21201 (410) 767 4676

The Project Cost Center provides architectural
and construction services in the cost management
of major and complex engineering projects It pre-
pares the Department's capital budget and repre
sents the Department at legislative budget
hearings For the Department of Budget and Man-
agement, the Center reviews and revises capital
budget requests from State agencies, including es-
timates analysis, conceptual design, and coordina-
tion It also supervises value engineering
procedures of in-house personnel and consultants