About FDC

Facilities Design & Construction (FDC) provides professional support services and facilitates best practices in design, development and construction on behalf of our internal clients. FDC provides guidance related to the institution’s built environment; specifically, architectural development, building efforts and best design practices.

FDC is a department of Institutional Support Services (ISS), this group builds and maintains the physical spaces of UNM with a focus on collaborative outcomes aligned with the University’s mission. With an emphasis on quality services, our dedicated staff serves to enhance the campus experience with safe, clean, and beautiful environments.

Planning

Campus Capital and Space Planning is responsible for the development and coordination of the University’s long-range facility and campus plans, implementing integrated plans, capital funding requests, and space planning for the University's land across New Mexico.

Project Management 

Facilities Design & Construction project management staff includes Associate Project Managers, Project Managers, and Senior Project Managers, all who manage projects from small renovations to large complex multi-million dollar facilities. The project management staff reports to the Associate Director. FDC project managers help safeguard the goals and objectives of a funded project while ensuring the balance of scope, schedule, and budget and coordinating with internal stakeholders and partners, professional consultants, and construction teams.

Interiors

Facilities and Construction provides direction and oversight for furnishings, flooring, paint, and other finishes; establishes interior environment standards and guidelines and advocates for the reuse, repurpose, or reconfiguration of furniture when appropriate or feasible.

Sustainability

Sustainability is a core value at UNM, and is deeply integrated into the work of Facilities Design & Construction . The maintenance and operation of campus buildings is the single largest source of campus greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions at UNM.In Partnership with Campus Capital and Space Planning (CCSP), FDC and its consultants design and build all projects with consideration for the environmental impact over the life of the facility. We not only emphasize the initial capital costs of the building but carefully consider the life cycle costs associated with the operations and maintenance of the facility. We meet or exceed the U. S. Green Building Council's LEED Silver standard per the Governor's Executive Order 2006-001.

Historic Preservation

Facilities Design & Construction works closely with CCSP Facilities Managment, and the UNM Regents' Historic Preservation Committee to uphold the UNM Heritage Preservation Plan, maintain the University's historic resources (buildings and heritage zones) and assists University departments that occupy these spaces with the preservation and protection of these resources.