Wyoming Receives School Facilities Management Award

May 6, 2015 2044 Views Anita Snader, Barber McMurry Architects, Blankenship and Partners, Central U.S., Jim Baker, Johnson & Galyon, Knoll, Lauderdale Design, The Hon Company, University of Tennessee, UT School of Music

CHEYENNE, Wyo. — The Cheyenne-based Wyoming School Facilities Department (SFD) was recently honored with the prestigious AssetWorld Achievement Award for innovative use of facilities management technologies. The award was presented on April 23 during the AssetWorld annual conference in Atlanta.

Given by AssetWorks, the Wayne, Pa.-based developer of the SFD’s AiM Facilities Management Software, the award recognizes “the highest degree of efficiency, productivity and service delivery” in utilizing the AiM system. Those responsible for overseeing AiM at SFD include Planning Administrator Stan Hobbs, AiM Administrator Jerimi Revell and AiM Assistant John Meena.

Agency Director, Bill Panos, praised the three for their hard work and continued commitment to service excellence. “The State of Wyoming and the SFD are fortunate to have talented and committed people like you,” Panos said in a statement. “Thank you for all your hard work to make our department the best it can be.”

Established in 2002, the SFD aims to provide Wyoming students with quality educational facilities. In collaboration with the state’s School Facilities Commission and the Legislature, the SFD assists with the planning, assessment, financing, construction and maintenance of Wyoming’s K-12 schools.

The SFD has also been busy establishing new schools across the state. On March 10 Panos announced the ground breaking for a new elementary school, Sundance Elementary, in Crook County. The 46,000-square-foot school will serve grades K-6 and was designed by Sandstrom Architecture with offices in Orem, Utah and Denver.

A month later the SFD announced preliminary construction on two additional schools. A new 51,300-square-foot elementary school in Ranchester — designed by Rock Springs-based Plan One Architects — will serve 365 K-5 students. Construction also began on a 502-student high school in Rawlins, designed by Celina, Ohio-headquartered Fanning Howey.

Also in March, the SFD celebrated the grand opening of Black Butte High School in Rock Springs, a 100-student alternative high school that spans more than 20,000 square feet and was also designed by Plan One Architects.