The third shift Building Service Workers (BSWs) are the unseen team who clean 18 buildings encompassing dining areas and athletic facilities like the Fitness Center, Hancock Stadium, Horton (including pool), and part of Redbird Arena.
Unit: Facilities Management
Heating Plant: Life on third shift
Andrew Sylvester has been with Illinois State for nine and a half years, with the last two and a half years as the assistant chief engineer working third shift.
Carpenter: More than the title implies
To be a carpenter means to be knowledgeable in a wide array of areas and materials, not just wood working.
Fire hydrant flushing on campus
Facilities Management and Environmental Health and Safety staff members will be flushing fire hydrants across the Illinois State University campus October 23-27.
Facilities is ready for Homecoming
The Facilities’ team plays a critical role in Homecoming events; they has been busy working behind the scenes to ensure all the details, for each event, are coordinated in a sequence that meets everyone’s expectations.
A peek at Williams Hall restorations
Nick Rohlfs, facilities machinist welder, has been hard at work this year on a fun project at Williams Hall.
2016 Coca-Cola/Keep America Beautiful Public Space Recycling Bin Grant Program awards 50 recycling bins to University
Keep America Beautiful and The Coca-Cola Company have awarded 50 new recycling bins to Illinois State University. Keep America Beautiful and The Coca-Cola Company are working together to address one of the primary barriers to recycling in public spaces by making access to recycling bins more readily available and convenient through the 2016 Coca-Cola/Keep America Beautiful Public
Esprit de Corps awards announced at Founders Day
Bob Blick of Facilities Management and Narry Kim of the Office of the President have been announced as the winners of the Esprit de Corps awards at the annual Founders Day Convocation.
Restroom renovations underway at Milner Library
Milner Library will be seeing lots of building improvements in the next year, and the first project started December 5.
2016 summer projects for Facilities Management
Summer is a focused time for Facilities Management employees to accomplish many projects in a limited timeframe.