Construction Update April 2020 - “Pause-NY” Executive Order

Memo to all Facilities Planning and Management Officers (FPMOs) and Unit Business Officers (UBOs) dated April 1, 2020 from Tonga Pham, Associate Vice President, University Facilities

Governor Cuomo recently updated his “Pause-NY” Executive Order to close any non-essential construction projects in New York state (emergency construction is permitted to continue).

For this reason, UB University Facilities will temporarily shut down all work on campus facilities renovation projects in the construction phase.

We are working with our staff, consultants, contractors, and vendors to close each of our construction projects in a safe and rationale manner that ensures minimum impact on our UB community and preserves the progress of the projects. We will work with units and Procurement to assess whether planned purchases should proceed.

For UB campus projects that are in the design and planning phases, University Facilities’ planning and design staff will continue to work remotely on these projects.

We are aware that many renovation priorities have shifted as a result of the COVID-19 situation. Please help us support your priorities by identifying any ongoing projects that may need to be canceled or paused (held for future consideration).

Cheryl Bailey will be providing you a list of your current project within your schools or units to the FPMOs involved under a separate memo. If your unit wishes to cancel or pause any of your ongoing facilities projects, please contact Cheryl Bailey by Thursday, April 2, 2020 to let us know. Your rapid response to this request will help us prioritize our workload.

Once construction crews are reactivated, University Facilities will reevaluate all construction projects and provide you with revised project schedules.

Thank you for your flexibility during these uncertain times.

Tonga Pham

Associate Vice President Facilities

For more information:

Cheryl Bailey, Associate Director

University Facilities

119 Beane Center

716.645.3835

cbailey2@buffalo.edu