New firm to lead E bond

Published in Long Beach City College's Viking newspaper in 2006.

In a closed session the Board of Trustees decided the construction of the child development center on PCC will no longer rest in the hands of the Bovis management firm, but be completed by the Cordoba management team.
Board president Thomas Clark said, "Early on in the construction, we needed a team to search for health risks or hazardous waste and Bovis did a great job, but for the actual construction phase of the project, the college went with our own people.
"It just made sense economically to go with Cordoba at this time," Clark said.
Vice president of administrative services Eloy Oakley said, the Cordoba management team has been associated with the project through Bovis since the beginning, but now will lead as project manager.
"We decided to change management teams because we are entering a new phase of bond implementation, primarily construction for the next four years," Oakley said. "Bovis did a good job identifying the needs and costs of each project, working with our architects to design and plan projects and assessing all of our infrastructure needs."
Oakley also said that with the up-coming construction, it was time to scale down the bond management team and utilize a smaller more responsive team.
"There was never any concern over misuse of funds and our auditors have repeatedly confirmed that," Oakley said. "I personally thank the Bovis team for the service they provided."
Gene Farrell, former interim vice president of administrative services at LBCC, put together the list of projects for Measure E during his time at the college and now has joined with Cordoba as the teams project manager.
"We feel that the new team structure will not only save us precious bond dollars over time, but also create a closer tie between the college and the project manager," Oakley said. "We believe that we will have a much more seamless relationship going forward."