SCC
Opens Regional Office in Paterson
Now
There are 3 Satellite Centers to Bolster School Building Projects
West Paterson,
NJ (October 10, 2003) - The New Jersey Schools Construction Corporation
(SCC) held an OpenHouse
today to officially launch the operation of its Northern Regional Office,
which will help energize communityinvolvement
and facilitate building projects in school districts in Paterson, Phillipsburg,
Passaic, Plainfield, Perth Amboy, New Brunswick, Garfield and Clark.
Passaic
High School students sang
America the Beautiful for the open house guests
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The SCC is charged
with implementing the state's unprecedented $8.6 billion school construction
program designed to build quality educational facilities for the children
of New Jersey and help revitalize the state's communities with jobs
and targeted growth.
The Northern Regional
Office is located at 1 Garret Mountain Plaza, Suite 200 in the PNC Bank
Building in West Paterson. It will house SCC staff, the New Jersey Department
of Community Affairs and the New Jersey Department of Education staff.
Those attending the grand opening included state and local officials
and area educators.
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Herman Kolbe,
Northern Regional
Director
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The Northern Regional
Office is the third satellite the SCC has opened to better serve individual
school districts by situating wide-ranging services closer to areas
where the construction is actually taking place. Other regional centers
were opened recently in Newark and Jersey City to augment the SCC home
office in Trenton.
"These regional
sites are representative of the SCC's ongoing commitment to meet the
needs of our school districts for the benefit of their students, staff
and the community at large," remarked Jack Spencer, new CEO New Jersey
Schools Construction Corporation.
Spencer lauded the
vision of Alfred McNeill - the original CEO of SCC who is retiring after
successfully guiding the school construction program for the past 14
months - for initiating theplacement of regional offices in strategically
significant areas.
"These sites were
chosen precisely because they represent the bulk of the work that is
to take place in the upcoming year," Spencer noted. "By locating each
office in the heart of our most active school construction sites, we
are able to monitor the progress of the building projects and spending
activities more closely, quickly and efficiently."
Individuals who
staff each office will be responsible for project management, design
and construction review and oversight, affirmative action, land acquisition
and feasibility assessments, property management, district communications
and outreach. The offices will not only provide a base of operations
for SCC staff and other representatives assigned to projects in the
region, it will also serve to receive bids and accommodate design presentation
by architectural, engineering and construction management firms.
Donald Moore,
Design & Construction Managing Director, Jack Spencer, new SCC CEO,
Jerry Murphy, Policy & Communications Managing Director, Al McNeill,
retiring CEO,
Yan Lee, Newark Regional Director
