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

Smith Plaza has been described as the heart of the University of New Mexico (UNM) campus despite it being an area where campus-goers mostly just traverse without stopping.  The UNM Board of Regents approved the $3 million renovation project that will...

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.

The Association of General Contractors (AGC) of New Mexico announced that The University of New Mexico’s (UNM) Chemistry building renovation, completed last year, was deserving of the best “Construction Management-at-Risk” award for 2017. 

The Physical Plant Department arborists have announced an open invitation to the campus community to participate in a series of tree plantings to commemorate Earth Day and National Arbor Day.

The search committee for the Physical Plant Department director has announced that five finalists will visit The University of New Mexico campus to participate in a series of open forums and meetings with administrators, faculty, staff and students.

Spring brings a buzz to campus, and sometimes that means visits from local honeybees. Most bees just stop by for a cruise around the variety of flowering flora to collect their valuable nectar, but when they are discovered to have made a permanent home...