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Ren%u00e9e E. Bahl%u00a0 Associate Vice Chancellor%u00a0%u00a0IT IS WITH GREAT PLEASURE that I share our Design, Facilities andSafety Services (DFSS) Annual Report for FY 2022. DFSS departments include:%u2022Business and Financial Planning. BFP provides financial andhuman resource support to all DFSS units for capital, operating andmaintenance projects totaling over $200 million and 350 FTEpositions. %u2022Design and Construction Services. DCS represents theUniversity in all aspects of capital development and improvementwith the goal of creating quality, efficient, safe and sustainablefacilities respectful of the region%u2019s unique and sensitiveenvironment.%u2022Environmental Health and Safety. EHS provides guidance andservices to the campus community to promote the integration ofhealth, safety, and environmental stewardship to all Universityactivities.%u2022Facilities Management. FM provides operations andmaintenance services to the core campus. Its focus is on the statesupported, general-funded buildings and infrastructure including 4million gross square feet and over 260 acres of grounds whilemaintaining the energy needs of the campus in a sustainablemanner.In DFSS we aim to work seamlessly to provide needed support toenhance UC Santa Barbara%u2019s education and research mission. FiscalYear 2022 was a year full of accomplishments and initiatives whichyou will read about in the ensuing pages. While DFSS shines inaccomplishing planned projects, we are also proven in respondingto unexpected situations. We continue to make great progress on becoming a moresustainable campus by reducing our potable water usage andprocuring green energy to supply our main campus. You will learnmore about these accomplishments in our article on sustainability. Our largest capital project %u2013 the Interactive Learning Pavilion %u2013which will add 2,000 additional seats for instruction, remains ontime and on budget with an opening date for Spring quarter 2023despite global supply chain delays. Our achievements, planned and unplanned, are due to our tenets ofcustomer service, telling our story, and a valued workforce.We strive to provide excellent customer service through relationshipbuilding, communication, and technology. Our customer servicethis year was exemplified through our continued work on campuswhether we were meeting in-person or virtually. We work as one DFSS team to tell our story about our excellent workto be the pride of UC Santa Barbara. We participate in Town Halls,lead collaboration meetings with campus partners, meet regularlywith stakeholders to receive feedback and share successes, anddevelop tools to improve our customers%u2019 understanding of what wedo and how we can help. In DFSS we also tell our story by what yousee, not what you hear. The well-maintained grounds, cleanbuildings, safe campus, and capital improvement projects are allabout our story.We value our workforce through recognition, training, growthopportunities, and open communications so staff choose to stay inDFSS. The Acknowledging Commitment and Excellence (ACE)program recognizes DFSS staff and partners who makeextraordinary efforts on campus and are recommended by acommittee and awarded through the leadership team.Thank you for reading about our FY 2022 accomplishments. Welook forward to continuing to serve this world-class campus andworking to achieve great things.