Plant Exchange Articles
- New Project Assistants
- Plant Exchange: Volume 14 / No. 4 / February 2006
- This past Fall, Construction Services welcomed three new Project Assistants: Mike Petit, Mike Folk, and Samantha Brandt...
- Riser Replacement
- Plant Exchange: Volume 14 / No. 4 / February 2006
- On November 21, 2005, Construction Services began a very challenging project. For 47 days, excluding Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Years, Construction Services managed a project that replaced 22 sanitary risers effecting 82 Intensive Care Unit rooms in the UM main hospital. Due to the sensitive nature of the areas impacted, the project required a 24/7 work schedule...
- Hospital Gets Help From Construction Services
- Plant Exchange: Volume 14 / No. 3 / December 2005
- This fall, Construction Services kicked off the implementation of the new Orders Management Project (OMP) that is expected to be completed by fall 2006. OMP is a massive clinical computing project that will improve the quality and safety of inpatient care in our Health System...
- A Fresh Look
- Plant Exchange: Volume 14 / No. 1 / August 2005
- In February, Construction Services proceeded with a badly needed renovation in Ruthven Exhibit Museum. The under-utilized area
was in need of electrical and mechanical upgrades. An overall increase of the exhibit area was also desired...
- Roof Protection For Rooftop Staging Projects
- Plant Exchange: Volume 13 / No. 6 / June 2005
- Rooftop projects are on everyone's "to do list" now that the weather has finally warmed up in Michigan. A building's roof is the first
line of defense against Mother Nature. Therefore, here are some roof Do's and Don'ts to help maintain the integrity of the facility...
- Buhr Building's Electrical and Mechanical Analysis
- Plant Exchange: Volume 13 / No. 5 / April 2005
- In February, Construction Services conducted an electrical and mechanical evaluation of the Buhr Building. About two years ago, we
provided power for 49 Digitization Workstations for The University of Michigan's libraries. These stations are used to digitize every book
that the University owns for a Google project...
- Project Reports
- Plant Exchange: Volume 13 / No. 4 / February 2005
- In the fall of 2003 the Senior Managers in Construction Services developed an outline for documenting the projects completed by our department...
- Construction Services Earns UMHS Recognition
- Plant Exchange: Volume 13 / No. 3 / December 2004
- Construction Services has been heavily involved in the updating and restoration of the Children's playground area on the top level of Mott Hospital during the summer of 2003...
- Construction Demolition Waste and Recycling Pilot Program a Success
- Plant Exchange: Volume 13 / No. 3 / December 2004
- Construction Services and Grounds & Waste Management have teamed up to pilot a new partnership for construction debris reuse and recycling...
- Summer Upgrades at the Law Quad
- Plant Exchange: Volume 13 / No. 2 / October 2004
- This past summer Construction Services has worked with the Law Quad to upgrade Legal Research and Hutchins Hall by bringing the buildings into the 21st century...
- Cool Solution
- Plant Exchange: Volume 12 / No. 6 / June 2004
- Over the winter, problems were detected in the Medical Science II Cooling Towers. The cooling tower piping had corroded and tests indicated that the Medical School could face the possibility of a catastrophic system failure during the upcoming cooling season...
- Department's New Home
- Plant Exchange: Volume 12 / No. 5 / April 2004
- November 2003 marked the completion of the renovation of the Construction Services office in Plant. After many years of making due with offices that were cramped and inefficient the renovation has created a space for its managers that allow them to effectively complete their work assignments...
- New Material Acquisition Pilot Program
- Plant Exchange: Volume 12 / No. 4 / February 2004
- Construction Services and MStores have partnered in the development of a program for material purchasing they hope will provide
significant improvements to acquisition of materials required for construction and renovation projects...
- ICU Renovations
- Plant Exchange: Volume 12 / No. 3 / December 2003
- Recently Construction Services completed renovations to three nursing stations in the Hospital's Intensive Care Units (ICUs). Since ICUs are a unique and sensitive environment, Construction Services faced key challenges of conducting the renovation work while the ICUs continued their
operations...
- Welcome to New Employees
- Plant Exchange: Volume 12 / No. 3 / December 2003
- Construction Services is happy to welcome two new managers to our family: Rich Gross-Foreman I Architectural Trade Shops, and Mark Bevington-Project Assistant...
- Volunteer Cross-Functional Team
- Plant Exchange: Volume 12 / No. 2 / October 2003
- In the Winter of 2000 Plant Operations began working on a strategic plan for the department, "Vision 2005". One of the four major focus areas of this effort is "People" and the Volunteer Cross Functional team was born...
- An Intern's Perspective
- Plant Exchange: Volume 12 / No. 1 / Summer 2003
- My name is Kevin Morgan and I am an architecture student working as a project intern under Rick Eathorne and Alan Swan. In the last few months, I have received an education in itself...
- 2002 In Review
- Plant Exchange: Volume 11 / No. 3 / Winter 2003
- Construction Services has been involved in hundreds of projects in 2002. These projects have ranged in size from the small one-to-two hour projects to very large and complex projects in many locations on campus. Nearly two years ago, Construction Services divided the campus into areas managed by our Managers of Construction Services...
- Implementing Vision 2005
- Plant Exchange: Volume 11 / No. 2 / Fall 2002
- In the Fall of 2000, Construction Services began examining the way we provide our services. We focused on the changes we anticipated in the campus community (we did not anticipate former President Bollinger's departure) and how we needed to structure Construction Services to meet the needs of our customers...
- Greetings and Farewells
- Plant Exchange: Volume 11 / No. 1 / Spring 2002
- Over the past year, Construction Services has made many changes in its family. Since March 2001, there have been promotions to management positions in Construction Services, as well as to management positions in other parts of the University, retirements, full-time trades positions added in place of contract temporary employees, and people promoted from within...
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