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Starting on Aug. 21, UNM Parking and Transportation Services (PATS) will be enforcing an update made to the UNM Administrative Policy 2260, Section 4 (UAP 2260), regarding the regulation of non-motorized and small motorized vehicles, including mopeds and...

When the campus infrastructure is operating as it should, most people don’t even think about the hundreds of Physical Plant Department (PPD) staff who work every day of the year to make it all possible. It’s when things go wrong that the management of the campus facilities is brought to the forefront of everyone’s mind.

A 480 volt bus at the Lomas Chilled Water Plant has been damaged which may cause an unexpected outage to the facility.

Any UNM employee who has been appointed as a building contact for maintenance issues/communications are invited to attend the Physical Plant Department’s (PPD) Building Coordinator meeting on Friday, July 28th from 9 - 10:30 am in Woodward Hall.

When Physical Plant Department professionals with varying areas of expertise come together, amazing things can happen.

When two prominent New Mexico education administrators get together to discuss education, it is quickly apparent there are more questions than answers on this important topic. Shawn Berman, acting dean with the Anderson School of Management (ASM) at the...

The search for the Physical Plant Department’s (PPD) director has come to an end after several months of evaluating over 40 applicants for the position—five of which were finalists in the selection process. Alfred Sena was selected to the fill the PPD...

Twenty-one convocations, a University-wide commencement ceremony and numerous departmental celebrations were squeezed into just six days last week – a week which kept The University of New Mexico's Physical Plant Department’s (PPD) Special Activities...

As the spring semester draws to a close, The University of New Mexico’s Physical Plant Department (PPD) is gearing up to complete numerous sidewalk projects throughout the UNM campus. These projects are scheduled during times which will be the least...

The break room in the UNM Health Sciences Center (HSC) Custodial Services suite was quiet and tense as the staff awaited an announcement from the Physical Plant Department (PPD) interim director, Shirley Mitchell, last week. Little did they know the announcement to be made was to present the first PPD’s Outstanding Manager Award for 2016 to Michael Crocker, manager of HSC Custodial Services.