Capital Planning, Designer Procurement, and Carbon Goals: 21st Century Strategies for Operating State Owned Facilities
2023-PAKC03
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Course expires on: 08/03/2026
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Description
The Division of Capital Asset Management and Maintenance (DCAMM) will present an overview of our agency including recent and current projects and upcoming opportunities for the design and construction community. Learn more about the range of State-owned buildings that require periodic design services and our designer procurement processes and our strategic approach to the Commonwealth’s primary goals of decarbonization and equity, diversity, and inclusion in all aspects of our projects. About DCAMM: The Division of Capital Asset Management and Maintenance (DCAMM), an agency within the Executive Office for Administration and Finance (A&F) is responsible for capital planning, major public building construction, facilities management, and real estate services for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. DCAMM oversees the Commonwealth’s capital assets, totaling over 65 million square feet. The agency manages over $2 billion in capital projects, working with state agencies on the full cycle of their strategic facility needs. DCAMM directly manages 5.5 million square feet of state buildings, and for those buildings not managed by DCAMM, they assist client agencies using comprehensive and cost-effective maintenance and management strategies and standards.
Course expires 08/02/2026
Learning Objectives
Understand the broad structures around the oversight of state owned facilities within the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Become familiar with the different methodologies of designer procurement for a broad range of DCAMM projects
Learn about DCAMM’s initiatives to meet the carbon goals of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Learn about DCAMM’s initiatives for increasing diversity, equity, and inclusion in all stages of projects from procurement through design and construction.
This session was recorded live on September 13, 2023.
Sarah (she/her) is an Architect with leadership experience in strategic visioning, capital planning, architectural design, and construction management. Sarah has been serving the Commonwealth since 2015, and is a Deputy Director in the Office Planning for the Massachusetts Division of Capital Asset Management and Maintenance (DCAMM). She oversees strategic assessment of the Commonwealth’s building portfolio, capital investment prioritization, and management of capital planning projects for multiple state agencies with a focus on Higher Education Facilities and Public Safety Facilities. Sarah holds a Master of Architecture degree from Harvard University’s Graduate School of Design and is a graduate of Hamilton College
Susan Goldfischer serves as Massachusetts Division of Capital Asset Management & Maintenance (DCAMM) deputy general counsel. Ms. Goldfischer oversees DCAMM’s construction procurements, works with DCAMM’s Access and Opportunity/Compliance Office in all aspects of DEI including MBE/WBE Business and minority and women workforce participation, and on all facets of agency construction and design projects. Ms. Goldfischer graduated from the University at Albany and earned her JD at Northeastern University School of Law. Prior to joining DCAMM, she was partner of a law firm specializing in construction law and served as assistant attorney general with the Massachusetts Department of the Attorney General.
Betsy Isenstein joined the Division of Capital Asset Management and Maintenance (DCAMM) as the Director of Energy and Sustainability in 2017. The Energy and Sustainability Team leads DCAMM’s Zero Carbon Initiative and designs, guides, and implements the Commonwealth’s nationally recognized program for energy and water efficiency improvements in state buildings. Betsy came to DCAMM from Tufts University where she was the Director of Facilities Technical Services. Previous to this position, she was the energy manager at Tufts. Betsy holds a BS in Civil Engineering from Tufts and an MBA from Northeastern University.
Ludmilla Pavlova is an architect, planner and project manager with over 30 years of professional experience, over two decades of which was dedicated to the University of Massachusetts community. She has contributed to and managed a wide spectrum of complex, multi-million-dollar projects, including master plans, carbon mitigation plans, historic preservation and building feasibility studies, as well as the design and construction management of corporate, municipal, and academic facilities for science, the humanities and student life.