According to\ninformation from the contractor, construction of the new UM campus will be\ncompleted in late March or early April this year. After that the new campus\nwill be delivered to the Macao SAR government, which will then hand over to UM\nas the user. Now the new campus project has entered the interior furnishing and\ndecoration stage as UM is busy preparing for relocation. This issue of My UM<\/i> has the latest.<\/p>\n\n
Individual Buildings Have Entered the Interior\nFurnishing and Decoration Stage<\/b><\/p>\n\n
According to the\ncontractor, construction of the main structures of the underwater tunnel is\nexpected to be completed around the end of this March, after which the tunnel\nshould be ready for use. Currently, construction workers are in the process of\ninstalling interior secondary structures and electromechanical systems, removing\ntemporary safety structures, and backfilling, etc. The more than 80 individual\nbuildings have all entered the interior furnishing and decoration stage, and exterior\nwall works for these buildings have been almost finished. Excavation of the\nartificial lakes has been finished as well. Planting and greening have started\nin the surrounding areas of some individual buildings.<\/p>\n\n
Numerous Items to Be Purchased<\/b><\/p>\n\n
New campus\nconstruction has entered the final stage. Because the project will be completed\nthree months behind schedule, UM hopes to enter the new campus as soon as\npossible so as to have sufficient time for pre-relocation preparations and\narrangements. Currently tenders are being invited for numerous projects that\nare challenging, important and potentially time-consuming, including campus\nnetwork, WiFi network, phone system, AV systems for classrooms and conference\nrooms, and furnishing and decoration for wet labs, just to name a few . Also, a\nlot of facilities and service will have to be repurchased after UM moves to the\nnew campus. Nearly one hundred large-scale purchase items need to be followed\nup on, concerning comprehensive management of campus facilities; furnishing and\ndecoration of labs; electromechanical engineering works; supply and installation\nof natural gas water heaters; design of the university exhibition hall,\nlibrary, Learning Commons and supply and installation of furniture for them;\ndesign, supply and installation of electric curtains; and supply and\ninstallation of lab computers. Apart from the abovementioned work, there will also\nbe a lot of other followup work, such as purchase of pantry cabinets,\nsplit-type air conditioners, movable partitions, and reception desks.<\/p>\n\n
100,000 Pieces of Furniture to Be Purchased<\/b><\/p>\n\n
The university\nis working against the clock to purchase over 100,000 pieces of furniture,\nequipment and facilities for offices, classrooms, conference rooms, auditoriums,\ndormitories, residential colleges, library, labs, faculties, university exhibition\nhall, computer labs, central classroom building, and restaurants, as well as\nelectronic products like hand driers, water heaters, drinking fountains and\nwater distillers. The availability of numerous sports venues on the new campus\nmeans that a large quantity of sports facilities, like audience seats and\nfitness facilities, need to be purchased. Part of the management services, such\nas security, cleaning, catering, sports facilities management, reception\nservice, swimming pool maintenance, and lifeguard service, will need to be outsourced\nthrough open tendering.<\/p>\n\n
Town Hall Meetings to Involve Everyone<\/b><\/p>\n\n
Relocation to\nthe new campus will be a huge project that requires the participation of\neveryone. Numerous Town Hall Meetings for students were held in late 2012, and this\nyear there will be numerous Town Hall Meetings for staff, to ensure that everyone\nis involved in the planning and execution process for smooth relocation. To\nbetter coordinate relocation-related work, UM has established a relocation task\nforce consisting of seven teams, each responsible for different planning, coordination\nor execution tasks. The Campus Relocation Student Affairs Sub-Command Centre\nhas also been established to enhance communication with students.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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