Kahua Update
- User Acceptance Testing (UAT) - We conducted UAT on January 9 - 11 and January 23 - 25 with our vendor. We were pleased with the turnouts for these sessions and the ability to test projects and work through access issues and other concerns on the spot. UAT will help us be more prepared to begin the pilot late February / early March.
- Kahua Customer Advisory Group (CAG) – We kicked off the CAG in early January and look forward to meeting with this group monthly. CAG members will help drive the agenda for these meetings and can use this time to address concerns and discuss all things Kahua candidly. Representatives from Capital Programs, Subject Matter Experts, AITS and Operations Change Management will be on hand.
- Pilot Kickoff and Training - We will soon be communicating pilot information to capital users and vendors. We are committed to providing comprehensive training, job aids, and resources to help you quickly adapt to and benefit from this improved system. We plan to kick the pilot off in February.
Cycle 24.1 January Systems Updates
AITS/UOCP’s semi-annual updates to systems (Contracts+, PRZM, FCPWeb, VSA-CAPS, PSP and Policies and Process) were updated and live 1/25/24 end of day. The communication letter identifying the updates made was sent on 1/26/24 and can be found at the following link on UOCP’s website Announcements: https://www.uocpres.uillinois.edu/cms/One.aspx?portalId=7842&pageId=2125459
University’s CCU can expect a request for input regarding their requested system improvements for July 2024, in early March.
Reminders
- FY25 Retainer Renewals and JOCs Renewals must be fully executed by June 30, 2024, or vendor contract will end for that procurement and will not be able to be renewed. As in years past, UOCP is suggesting that all required posting information for renewals be received by UOCP no later than end of March to provide the best chance of fully executing renewals. For reference regarding Retainers and renewal process, please review the Retainer Agreement Policy on the UOCP website: https://www.uocpres.uillinois.edu/UserFiles/Servers/Server_7758/file/UI/manual/retainer.pdf
- UOCP has agreed to share the Retainer Diversity Utilization reports with the CPO and SPO at the end of each FY Quarter. If you have not submitted a report for FY24 Quarter 1 or 2, please do so now.
Coffee table book featuring Capital projects across the University of Illinois System
The University of Illinois System office has compiled a decade’s worth of Capital projects from UIUC, UIC, and UIS. A capital initiative launched in 2018 fueled “more than 500 projects valued at $4 billion over 10 years”. A small handful of these projects are featured in this coffee table book, ‘Building Momentum’, of renovation and new construction projects for teaching and research facilities, facilities that support student life, healthcare, innovation, and athletics.
All this would not be possible without the help and support of the Universities and the Architects who contributed project details and images featured here. But more importantly, appreciation goes to all the staff members who worked on delivering these projects on time, on budget, to fulfill the program needs of the so many units on each university campus.
In January 2024, the Board of Trustees released the distribution of this book through the University of Illinois Press and Amazon.
A copy is available here for your enjoyment and inspiration.
Amazon Link to purchase
University Press Link to purchase
Art in Architecture – Policy and Artwork
A little more than thirteen (13) years ago, in January 2011, the University of Illinois Board of Trustees established an Art-in-Architecture (A-i-A) policy for all University Capital projects, System-wide, requiring BOT approval. The Capital Development Board (CDB) instituted the policy in 1979, after the State requirement was established in 1977, Public Act 80-241. Today, we want to showcase some of the artwork solicited, procured, and installed over the years. As intended by the Board of Trustees, each installation “is a vital expression of the University community symbolic of shared values and vitality and a source of student pride”, “art in University buildings provide an identity and significant benefit to the members of the University community as well as visitors to the University”, “has the ability to transform and to improve the reputation of a building or area of the University”, but more importantly, “art significantly contributes to the University’s sense of a place and educational mission.”
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BNAACC
UIUC
‘We Live, We Learn, We Overcome’
By Damon Lamar Reed
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Medical Science Building
UIUC
‘Structural Mechanics’
By Ted Metz
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Hydro Engineering Building
UIUC
‘Convolution’
By Barbara Cooper
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Hydro Engineering Building
UIUC
‘Windy City’
By Mukaila Ayoade
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Turner Hall
UIUC
‘Yield'
By Tom Stancliffe
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Mechanical Engineering Building
UIUC
‘Grasp’
By Pete Beeman
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Computer Design, Research, and Learning Center
UIC
‘Scala’
by Edra Soto & Daniel Sullivan
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Engineering Innovation Building
UIC
‘Irreversible Progress of Entropy – 2nd Law of Thermodynamics’
By Christine Tarkowsk
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Simulation and Integrative Learning Space @ Mile Square Health Center
UIC
‘If Everything Lasts Forever’
By Pooja Pittie
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Student Union Building
UIS
‘Obstruction, Reflection, Transition’
By Lisa Williamson
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Student Union Building
UIS
‘A Convenient Fiction’
By Sanford Biggers
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References
BOT Art-in-Architecture (A-i-A) Resolution
http://www.trustees.uillinois.edu/trustees/agenda/January-20-2011/001-jan-Resolution-Art-in-Architecture.pdf
Policies and Laws
https://www.uocpres.uillinois.edu/architects/policies
Procedure for University Art in Architecture Policy
https://www.uocpres.uillinois.edu/UserFiles/Servers/Server_7758/file/UI/manual/ArtInArchitectureProcedure.pdf