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News and Features

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  Facilities/Construction Management Restructuring Announcement

  Facilities/Construction Management has undergone a slight restructuring that includes the creation of a new unit: Facilities Customer Relations & Communications (FCRC). FCRC will be comprised of two dedicated teams: Customer Relations Team and Communications Team. This restructuring represents a great opportunity for F/CM to continue evolving. With a renewed emphasis on customer service and strategic communications, we are confident that FCRC will play a pivotal role in building stronger campus partnerships.

• 91ÁÔÆæ staff members from the Facilities/Construction Management department attended the 2025 TAPPA Annual Educational Conference and Business Partner Fair in Galveston, Texas from April 15-17. One of the key missions of TAPPA is to provide valuable educational programs and networking opportunities to its members and business partners. 

• Facilities/Construction Management’s latest issue of the ‘Facilities in Review’ magazine is now available to read. This year’s edition highlights accomplishments from the department in 2023. Highlights include the department winning an APPA Award of Excellence. Magazine to learn more about Facilities/Construction Management.

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  Facilities/Construction Management Outages Tracker

  Did you know? Facilities/Construction Management has a page on their website dedicated to information on outages related to lights, elevators, road closures and more. The page contains a monthly calendar where visitors can see what day, and time, and for what purpose an outage may be occurring. about the outages page.

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  F/CM Attended Big 12 Academic Business Conference

  The Big 12 Academic Business Conference was held in Manhattan, Kansas and Facilities/Construction  Management sent a few representatives to participate in the Facilities track: David  Oliver, Maite Trasancos, Jennifer Rea and Magda Brady attended the conference last  fall and were able to connect with fellow Big 12 universities

• The 91ÁÔÆæ Police Department partnered with the university’s Justin Dart Jr., Student Accessibility Center, and Facilities Services to host the first Cougar Walk & Roll, an event modeled on the annual Walk in the Dark event. While UHPD’s Walk in the Dark event focuses on identifying areas that could benefit from increased lightning, the Cougar Walk & Roll asks participants to locate accessibility concerns on campus. Read more about the first Cougar .

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  Facilities Solid Waste Career Day

  In November, Assistant Director of Campus Services DeAnthony Thomas, Refuse Collector/Driver  Justin Luera and Facilities Communications Manager Erica Vazquez had the opportunity  to engage with over 120 students at Black Elementary in Aldine Independent School  District on the various career opportunities within Facilities/Construction Management  at 91ÁÔÆæ. To read more click here.

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  Facilities/Construction Management Engages at TCUF Conference

  Staff members from the Facilities/Construction department attended the 2024 Texas  College & University Facilities Professionals Conference (TCUF) in September. This  year’s theme was Live, Learn and Play. Attendees engaged in various workshops that  included topics related to how facilities and staff in higher education can balance  wellness, knowledge and growth. Read more about how

• Since 2018, Facilities/Construction Management has held an annual Facilities Forum  that invites facilities departments from within the 91ÁÔÆæ System to  congregate, collaborate, and exchange ideas to better serve their universities. Each  forum has a theme and the guest speakers during the two-day forum use the theme to  guide their topic. Past forum themes include, Breaking Barriers with Dream Teams,  Shifting into High Gear, Digging Deeper into Sustaining Our Evolving Environment to  name a few. Read more about the 2024 Facilities Forum

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  Facilities/Construction Management Hosts Annual Employee Awards and Celebration

  Facilities/Construction Management held its annual departmental employee lunch and  award celebration at the Student Center South, Houston Room with over 300 F/CM employees  attending. The event provided an opportunity for F/CM to congratulate and honor the  entire department for winning the 2023 APPA Award for Excellence in Facilities Management.  Read more about F/CM’s award luncheon and find out who won the individual and team  awards

• Facilities/Construction Management’s latest issue of the ‘Facilities in Review’ magazine  is now available to read. This year’s edition highlights accomplishments from the  department in 2023. Highlights include the department winning an APPA Award of Excellence. to learn more about Facilities/Construction  Management.