The long awaited 30m Practice Facility for men's and women's basketball
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Pablo
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This is the guy that I would want to contact regarding the basketball practice facility phase II and the George Mason Cricket Stadium - https://www.linkedin.com/in/andrewlieber
Andrew Lieber
Sr. Associate AD, Capital Planning, Facilities, and Events at George Mason University
Fairfax, Virginia, United States
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Strategic Advisor who is driven to lead and empower organizations to achieve bold and ambitious goals through sports and entertainment facilities and programs. Experienced analyzing critical details of transformational decisions and communicating results clearly to leadership, staff, and students. Draws on unique and comprehensive experience leading facilities and events operations teams in professional sports and collegiate athletics to make sound decisions under pressure.Specialties: Budgetary Controls, Project Planning and Implementation, Reporting, Feasibility Studies, Quality Control, Scheduling, Data Analysis, Contracting, Logistics, Team Building, RFP Building, Green Projects, Bidding Processes and Procedures, Change Management, Ownership Representation, Information Procurement and Tracking, Creative Problem Solving, Resource Management."
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Senior Associate Athletics Director, Capital Planning, Facilities, and Events
George Mason University Athletics
Aug 2021 - Present 2 years 3 months
Fairfax, Virginia, United States
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Nice- his email is here - https://gomason.com/staff-directory/andrew-lieber/399This is the guy that I would want to contact regarding the basketball practice facility phase II and the George Mason Cricket Stadium - https://www.linkedin.com/in/andrewlieber
Andrew Lieber
Sr. Associate AD, Capital Planning, Facilities, and Events at George Mason University
Fairfax, Virginia, United States
"About
Strategic Advisor who is driven to lead and empower organizations to achieve bold and ambitious goals through sports and entertainment facilities and programs. Experienced analyzing critical details of transformational decisions and communicating results clearly to leadership, staff, and students. Draws on unique and comprehensive experience leading facilities and events operations teams in professional sports and collegiate athletics to make sound decisions under pressure.
Specialties: Budgetary Controls, Project Planning and Implementation, Reporting, Feasibility Studies, Quality Control, Scheduling, Data Analysis, Contracting, Logistics, Team Building, RFP Building, Green Projects, Bidding Processes and Procedures, Change Management, Ownership Representation, Information Procurement and Tracking, Creative Problem Solving, Resource Management."
Let me know what he says if you reach out to him. If you feel more comfortable feel free to DM me. I don't know Andrew so he isn't someone I have specifically reached out to for information.
Pablo
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Actually, I was hinting to the GMU Giant Killer folks that this would a good guy to interview.
He looks 17 years old
After you get to a certain age - everyone looks like 17 -20 years old
If they are doing fundraising - they should send out an ask to Alumni. I would write a check for this.
That would make logical sense, ergo it isn’t happening
Check your email 6 years from now when the school decides to revisit the practice facility again.
Yeah I can't express enough to people on here how much this project isn't happening. At best they'll shift a few walls around and repaint some stuff. But the project as is being imagined on here is not going to happen.
Pablo
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Reappropriations
| Fiscal Year | Adjustment Title | Agency Code | Reapprop Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | FY 2018 Capital Reappropriation | 247 | $15,500,000 |
| 2019 | FY 2019 Capital Reappropriation | 247 | $15,500,000 |
| 2020 | FY 2020 Capital Reappropriation | 247 | $15,500,000 |
| 2021 | FY 2021 Capital Reappropriation | 247 | $15,500,000 |
| 2022 | FY 2022 Capital Reappropriation | 247 | $15,500,000 |
| 2023 | FY 2023 Capital Reappropriation | 247 | $15,500,000 |
| 2024 | FY 2024 Capital Reappropriation | 247 | $15,500,000 |
| Project 18253: Construct Basketball Training, Wrestling and Athlete Academic Support Center Project History Lifetime Expenditures | |||||||||||||||
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| Agency Code | Fund Detail Code | Fund Detail Title | Subobject Code | Subobject Title | 2024 Legislative Appropriation | Mandated Reappropriation | Execution Adjustments | Current Operating Amount | YTD 2024 Expenditures | ||||||
| 247 | 03000 | Higher Education Operating | 2411 | Unallotted Capital Amount | $0.00 | $15,500,000.00 | $0.00 | $15,500,000.00 | $0.00 | ||||||
| Total | $0.00 | $15,500,000.00 | $0.00 | $15,500,000.00 | $0.00 |
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Pablo
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GMU Community, Music, and Wellbeing Center - Hoar Construction
Read about construction of a new student community, music, and wellbeing facility on the George Mason University campus.
hoar.com
"The new Community, Music, and Wellbeing Center at George Mason University will be a 25,000-square-foot building that will host practices for “The Green Machine,” GMU’s athletic “pep” band/ensemble, as well as recreational athletic activities. The facility will consist of a full-sized NCAA basketball court, a flexible secondary recreation space for intermural pickup basketball and volleyball games, space for yoga and exercise classes, conference rooms, equipment storage, group rooms, small offices, and spaces for building services.
Our team is partnering with Powers Brown Architecture using a design-build delivery method."
Some environmental documents for both the Community, Music, and Wellbeing Center and new Practice facility are on DEQ's website here: https://public.deq.virginia.gov/OEIR/GMU/GMU Community, Music, and Wellbeing Center - Hoar Construction
Read about construction of a new student community, music, and wellbeing facility on the George Mason University campus.
"The new Community, Music, and Wellbeing Center at George Mason University will be a 25,000-square-foot building that will host practices for “The Green Machine,” GMU’s athletic “pep” band/ensemble, as well as recreational athletic activities. The facility will consist of a full-sized NCAA basketball court, a flexible secondary recreation space for intermural pickup basketball and volleyball games, space for yoga and exercise classes, conference rooms, equipment storage, group rooms, small offices, and spaces for building services.
Our team is partnering with Powers Brown Architecture using a design-build delivery method."
Here's an excerpt from the rough site plan for the RAC addition/practice facility:
That is actually cool - the quilled M looks great on that structure
So we are getting to new facilities being built - this is actually great for the basketball team and great for the Green Machine and great for the campus.
Was just looking thru the BOV deck for their meeting this Thursday (thanks for the heads up Kaufman).
There is a page dedicated to the basketball practice facility, and it includes most of the details already shared here/what we already know: $30M addition to the RAC, same renderings they shared 6 years ago, etc. One new nugget of info on there though is that the estimated completion date is Summer 2026, a whopping 10 years after they first announced the overall project.
It's obvious that the previous AD/Admin de-prioritized this/dropped the ball after they got the "easy" Phase 1 done, because even for Mason's standards, it's ridiculous that a project like this should take a decade to complete.
While I'm not going to buy anymore rising star gear (probably), I would buy Quill M stuff today!
The documentation that is now here points in the other direction.
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Check out these great sites:
GiantKiller.co
ByGeorge
Expat Hoops
Fourth Estate
Doc Nix and the Green Machine
Bill Bride - DMV Sports Shots
Patriot Brew Blog/Newsletter
GiantKiller.co
ByGeorge
Expat Hoops
Fourth Estate
Doc Nix and the Green Machine
Bill Bride - DMV Sports Shots
Patriot Brew Blog/Newsletter