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Contact Information, Office Hours
Functions, Department Responsibilities
History, Interesting Facts
Functions
The Facilities Department provides repair, maintenance, design, renovation and construction services on County Government buildings, ensuring that all county government departments have an effective working environment to carry out their responsibilities to meet the needs of Charleston County citizens.
Department Responsibilities
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Operations Section
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Serves as the point of contact for routine and emergency maintenance service calls. County utilities are budgeted and paid by the Facilities Department
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Repairs, maintains and provides routine maintenance on County facilities and on County-owned facilities occupied by other agencies
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Performs minor building renovations and improvements
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Acts as a clearing house for surplus County property (fixed assets) such as furniture and equipment
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Construction Section
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Executes the Capital Improvement Plan
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Serves as County representative for construction projects
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Monitors project schedules
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Reviews contractor pay requests
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Negotiates contract changes and change orders |
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Reviews design submittals |
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Monitors the shop drawing submittal process |
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Coordinates utility outages and other project-related activities |
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Contracts Section
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Manages contracted maintenance services for work performed for other departments
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Manages real estate contracts for sales, leases and rentals to provide space for County Government
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Negotiates real estate transactions, leases and rentals for county properties (owned or leased)
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Assists with bid preparations for contracted maintenance services
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Design Section
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Plans designs and helps oversee construction of new county buildings
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Provides technical advice on construction
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Provides technical expertise for inspectors when requested
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Assists the construction section with contract administration services
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Performs value engineering on projects
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Ensures that necessary approvals are obtained by the County
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Manages design contracts
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This Department Does Not
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Design, construct or maintain any school properties
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Build furniture or bookcases or assemble and repair furniture
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Fabricate exterior signs (See Public Works)
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Repair kitchen or small electrical appliances
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Provide grounds maintenance (See Public Works)
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Handle real estate transaction other than county government owned, leased or rental sites
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Act as furniture movers
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Act as a general contractor in the construction or renovation of County buildings
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Design, construct or maintain roads or bridges (See Public Works)
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History
The General Services Department was established in 1989 to centralize many County functions that were once performed by other departments, such as telephone service and copier repair, mail delivery, records storage and parking (Internal Services). The benefit of this centralized support service was a coordinated program that maximized resources and minimized duplication.
In October of 2002, the Facilities Management Department was created when the Internal Services Department functions of General Services was split off leaving the building maintenance function to stand alone. The Capital Projects Department was created in July of 1988 as a division of the Building Inspection Department. After Hurricane Hugo in 1990, it became its own independent department, and then merged with the Building Services Department in 1991.
Six years later, the two departments regained independent status. In May of 2009, the Capital Projects Department merged with the Facilities Management Department and is and is now called the Facilities Department. This department operates under the Assistant Administrator for General Services.
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Interesting Facts
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Facility Inventory:
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Total County facilities 130
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Total County facilities owned 107
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Total County facilities leased 23
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Total square footage 2,372,049
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Total square footage owned 2,247,972
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Total square footage leased 124,077
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Total acres of land owned 1,600.46
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The Operations Section completed 10,943 routine, preventative maintenance and repair work orders and 64 significant construction or renovation projects during fiscal year 2009.
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Contact Information
Routine and Emergency Maintenance and Renovations
Perimeter Center
4050 Bridge View Drive
N. Charleston, SC 29405
(843) 746-4080
(843) 746-4087 (Fax)
Contracts Management and Real Estate Transactions
Lonnie Hamilton III, Public Services Building
4045 Bridge View Drive
N. Charleston, SC 29405
(843) 202-6900
(843) 202-6919 (Fax)
Construction and Design
Lonnie Hamilton III, Public Services Building
4045 Bridge View Drive
N. Charleston, SC 29405
(843) 202-6900
(843) 202-6919 (Fax)
Office Hours
Monday-Friday
8 a.m. - 5 p.m.
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