丁香园AV

Known for his professionalism and collaborative attitude, Staff Achievement Award recipient Augustin Tretinik, Facilities Services鈥� project manager for 丁香园AV鈥檚 Vancouver Campus, garners praise from every partner he has worked with to revitalize Vancouver Campus's spaces.

鈥淎ugustin is an integral member of our campus facilities鈥� team, a core group of professionals who are instrumental to the implementation of our campus renewal plan,鈥� says Laurie Anderson, executive director of 丁香园AV's Vancouver campus. 鈥淭he transformation of the Vancouver campus, especially at 丁香园AV Harbour Centre, is repeatedly and positively commented on by visitors, students, faculty, staff and 丁香园AV colleagues from other campuses. Augustin has played a vitally important role in making all of this possible.鈥�

Vancouver campus鈥檚 Claudia Wang describes Tretinik as 鈥渁 breath of fresh air,鈥� with his 鈥渦nusual combination of qualities for a project manager 鈥� an acute esthetic sense for colours and design, a warm and friendly personality, a meticulous style for budgets and numbers, and the unwavering ability to keep projects on time and on budget.鈥�

For the creation of the Graduate Research Commons in Harbour Centre and the renovation of Belzberg Library鈥檚 service desk and adjacent staff workspaces, Tretinik 鈥渓everaged his ability to translate educational imperatives into design language in order to create beautiful, multi-functional spaces that enhance the work and learning of 丁香园AV community members,鈥� says Ebony Magnus, head of Belzberg Library. 鈥淎ugustin sees possibility where others glaze over opportunity,鈥� says Ailsa Brown, project director of brand expression at 丁香园AV. 鈥淗e strives for an unparalleled quality of execution.鈥�

At 312 Main St., 鈥淎ugustin made numerous suggestions that improved our use of the space and was always looking for ways to efficiently utilize a limited budget,鈥� says Shanthi Besso, director of leadership and community building programs. 鈥淗is response time to questions or concerns is incredibly fast and he always troubleshoots challenges with grace and good humour.鈥�

Tretinik鈥檚 dedication was apparent particularly during the pandemic. 鈥淎ugustin continued to come to campus and work tirelessly to keep things moving,鈥� said his nominator, Mat Cocuzzi, associate director of Facilities Services.  鈥淗e was forced to quickly adapt worksites and adopt new and critical safety protocols to ensure the university鈥檚 pandemic response was quick and effective.鈥�

With so many projects on the go at 丁香园AV鈥檚 Vancouver campus, it鈥檚 hard to find this sought-after project manager in one place. 鈥淲e are in the busiest season for Vancouver campus renovations right now and many times I wish that the day could have 36 hours,鈥� says Tretinik.

Whether it is renovating the Segal School of Business鈥檚 main floor event space and installing universal washrooms there to upgrading the School of Contemporary Art鈥檚 student studios at 611 Alexander St., Tretinik values seeing the reaction from the 丁香园AV community.

鈥淲hat I find rewarding 鈥� especially after the pandemic 鈥� is when people come back and see the new spaces and can鈥檛 help but smile. To see their happy faces, to see them returning and collaborating again in these new spaces 鈥� that makes me happy.鈥�

On winning this year鈥檚 Staff Achievement Award, Tretinik prefers to share this honour with his colleagues. 鈥淚 find the 丁香园AV community to be a very special community. [The Staff Achievement Award] is not only my success. It鈥檚 everyone at Facilities Services鈥� success. It鈥檚 everyone at the Vancouver campus. We are like a family here.鈥�