Agency history, 1981-1995

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Subject

  • Dillman, Robert P
  • Reiss, Philip K
  • Thomas, William L
  • Smithsonian Institution Office of Facilities Planning and Engineering Services
  • Smithsonian Institution Buildings Management Department
  • Smithsonian Institution Office of Plant Services
  • Smithsonian Institution Office of Physical Plant
  • Smithsonian Institution Office of Design and Construction Division of Planning
  • Smithsonian Institution Office of Design and Construction Division of Design
  • Smithsonian Institution Office of Design and Construction Division of Construction
  • Smithsonian Institution Office of Design and Construction Division of Visual Communications
  • Smithsonian Institution Office of Design and Construction Division of Project and Construction Management
  • Smithsonian Institution Office of Design and Construction Engineering and Design Division
  • Smithsonian Institution Office of Design and Construction Planning Division
  • Smithsonian Institution Office of Design and Construction Support Division
  • National Zoological Park (U.S.)

Category

Agency History

Notes

  • This is an agency history. It does not describe actual records. The Smithsonian Institution Archives uses these histories as brief accounts of the origin, development, and functions of an office or administrative unit to set that unit in its historical context. To find information on record holdings, please double-click the highlighted field "Creator/Author", which will open on a brief view of relevant records.
  • Guide to the Smithsonian Archives, 1996
  • Smithsonian Directory, 1987-1994
  • Annals of the Smithsonian Institution, 1994-996
  • The Office of Design and Construction (ODC) was created in 1981 from the Office of Facilities Planning and Engineering Services (OFPES), itself the successor of the Buildings Management Department. The Office originally had four divisions, a Division of Planning, of Design, of Construction, and of Visual Communications. The latter was shifted to the Office of Plant Services in 1984. The make-up of the Office changed from time to time. In 1994 the unit consisted of four divisions: Project and Construction Management; Engineering and Design Division; Planning Division; and Support Division. By 1996 its functions had been assigned to other units of the Office of Physical Plant.
  • The Office of Design and Construction was responsible for the planning, design, construction, and revitalization of Smithsonian Institution facilities, including their museums, research centers, and the National Zoological Park.
  • The first Director was Philip K. Reiss, 1981-1990. He was succeeded by Robert P. Dillman, 1992-1994, and followed by William L. Thomas (acting), 1995.
  • For a history of the larger creating unit, refer to "Forms part of above."

Repository Loc.

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Capital Gallery, Suite 3000, MRC 507; 600 Maryland Avenue, SW; Washington, DC 20024-2520

Date

  • 1981
  • 1981-1995

Topic

  • Museum buildings
  • Historic buildings
  • Engineering
  • Architecture
  • Repair and reconstruction
  • Construction projects
  • Buildings--Repair and reconstruction

Form/Genre

Mixed archival materials

Local number

SIA AH00137

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