Mobile Management Team
Keith Bardsley - Project Manager, Wade Mizelle - Construction Engineer and Dennis LePino - Construction Engineer
Mobile Management Key Function
To support Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools by planning for mobile classrooms and purchasing, installing, relocating, continuous condition assessment, mothballing, and demolishment of un-repairable mobiles to serve the educational process, as guided by our Vision, Mission, Core Values and Beliefs Statements.
Mobile Management Department
The Mobile Management Department is responsible for the current 1,241 mobile classrooms and 100 mobile restrooms. In addition there are 12 non academic mobile buildings such as Transportation, or Child Nutrition.
The CMS Mobile Management Department currently consists of 2 Construction Engineers and 1 Project Manager. We act as the liaison between the owner (Building Services) and the tenants (Schools and Public) to provide the type of services described herein: Mobile Management is organized to provide a timely and flexible system that expands the available number of classrooms at schools with growth generated needs. This is done in cooperation with the CMS Planning Department, Regional Property Managers, and Principals. The greater majority of services are provided through outsourcing with the balance of tasks by Building Services in-house staff. This is managed by 2 Construction engineers and 1 Project Manager. The Mobile Management team arranges for the installation of furniture, AV equipment, and cabling. A process of specifying, bidding, contracts, site visits, evaluation, plans, permitting, and installation is managed to give occupancy on time and in an affordable manner.
Providing mobile classrooms and installation related expertise for the school district, protecting the interests of the district and taxpayer funds, while serving the needs of the school based personnel and students, and the general public. We’re striving to provide world-class customer service to all of our constituents.
History of CMS Mobile Management
As the need for additional affordable classroom space became apparent CMS began to purchase mobiles in 1962. Some of these are still in service today. A system was developed to safely locate and relocate the units. Originally this was accomplished by staff, but has evolved into a outsourced operation managed by a CMS staff of three resulting in significant savings. Contractors are selected by an annual public bidding process that emphasizes the inclusion of minority and women owned businesses. We now manage 1,241 mobile classrooms and 100 mobile restrooms.
Mobile Management Best Management Practices:
- Planning – Determination of needs of the District and those responsible for facilities
- Adherence to a well defined Standard Operating Procedure, Logistics Plan, Flow Charts, using a Master List that tracks mobile unit location, serial number, age, costs, materials, maintenance, energy, with floor plans, site drawing, and photo.
- Constant updating of specifications to provide cost effective & energy efficient mobile units
- Regular documented Facility Condition Assessments
- Regular documented Information Exchanges with Customers
- Certification and continuing Professional Designations
- Dye testing, Warning Decals, and use of Professional Locators to prevent storm water contamination.
- Detention Ponds and Rain Gardens installed at environmentally sensitive sites.
- Energy Management Controls, Mothball Procedures, Meter & Site Light reductions, and Dehumidifiers.
Fun Facts for a Typical Year
(The following outlines the projected scope of work managed this summer by the CMS mobile team during an average summer)
- Decks wood decks 57,028 sq ft, concrete decks 18,769 sq ft, total 75,797 sf
- Sidewalks 20,967 sq ft
- Drain Pipe 9,337 linear feet
- Metal Handrail 6,805 linear feet
- Fire Access Roads 1,287 linear feet
- Footings Poured 4,150
- Clean Up New Sites 46 acres
- Clean Up Existing Sites 39 acres
- Temporary Fencing installed and removed 1,660 linear feet
- Telephone Poles Set 208
- Triplex Wire Installed 43,824 linear feet
- Units Disconnected 126
- Poles Removed 65
- Low Voltage (CMS terminated both ends)
- Intercom Cable 112,465 linear feet
- Fire Alarm Cable 59,760 linear feet
- Poles set by CMS 6
- Disconnect Restroom Plumbing 60 foot unit 9
- Disconnect Restroom Plumbing 40 foot unit 8
- Disconnect Restroom Plumbing 12x8 unit 5
- Disconnect Restroom Plumbing 8x8 unit 1
- 2” Water Lines 5,810 linear feet
- 4” Waste Lines 6,855 linear feet
- Lift Stations Removed 5
- Lift Stations Set 7 (2 new)
- Drink Fountains Removed 9
- Drink Fountains Installed 18
- Buildings Set 165,947 sq ft
- Building Inspections 916
- Electrical Inspections 360
- Plumbing Inspections 62
- Permit Applications 254
- Site Plan Designs 32