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Project manager leads new round of facilities planning

SPOKANE, Wash. – Washington State University Spokane has hired a facilities project manager to plan and manage land use on the growing campus.   Russell (Rusty) Pritchard leaves the position of vice president/senior project manager at Hill International where he guided the planned public/private Wine Science Center on the WSU Tri-Cities campus through the state […]

FacOps golf tournament funds scholarships

Photos by Tim Marsh, WSU Today.     PULLMAN – Nearly $10,000 was raised for WSU student scholarships during the second annual Jess Ford of Pullman Hardhat Classic Golf Tournament.   Sponsored by Facilities Operations as a benefit for the FacOps Scholarship Fund, the 18-hole open-to-the-public event at Palouse Ridge Golf Club was held Aug. 14. […]

Chillers installed to increase chilled water circulation

Facilities Operations and Capital Planning and Development are working to improve the underground chilled water piping loop that supplies cold water for air conditioning to buildings on the WSU Pullman campus.Over the past five years, many steps have been taken to improve chilled water capacity, including adding new loop-connected chillers and enacting energy improvement projects […]

Facilities Operations asks for cooperation in building safety

Facilities Operations maintenance and custodial divisions are asking for the help of all university campus departments to improve the security of campus buildings during off hours. The Facilities Operations dispatch center has been receiving a large number of calls from individuals requesting to have buildings’ exterior doors or office areas unlocked for them. While Facilities […]

New system lets you submit, track building work orders

Staff and faculty now can submit and track building maintenance and construction requests online, through the new myFacilities Web-based system. Early training sessions for finance officers, facility and building coordinators held during the last few weeks were well attended. “The new process of submitting work requests and problems via the myFacilities is simply wonderful,” said […]

University’s energy savings warm governor Locke’s heart

Washington State University recently was awarded a 2004 Governor’s Award for Excellence in Energy Management from the office of outgoing Washington Gov. Gary Locke. The award, presented during the Jan. 28 WSU Regents meeting, is a recognition of a number of energy-efficiency improvements and environmental achievements made universitywide. Among the improvements cited by the award […]